If you have a pool house, you can certainly look forward to incredible summers and lots of partying with friends and family. In fact, your house will likely turn into the destination where everyone will be spending most of their summer days. However, have you considered taking your pool house one step further and transforming it into an architectural dream by adding in an up-to-date, stylish, and functional kitchen? Here are some design ideas for the perfect pool house kitchen that you should consider adding to your own kitchen.
A Fresh Color Palette and Textures
The first thing you’ll want to consider is the color palate. We suggest you go for bright, fresh, and summery colors. Blues and yellows are the perfect way to emulate the water and the sun while also adding in some fun contrast. You can also work with textures by trying out different kinds of stone for the kitchen counters and different kinds of tiles on the floors and walls.
You want to choose materials that will last longer and weather any kind of poolside accidents. Try concrete surfaces or tiles that bring in the same look of the pool all the way into the pool house kitchen.
A Wet Bar
A wet bar is a perfect way to get the party started and take your kitchen to the next level regarding style, elegance, and functionality. A wet bar is basically a bar specifically used for serving alcoholic drinks.
The bar can be an open one, looking out onto the pool deck so that people can come and go to it for drinks without having to come inside the pool house. It can also have a sink and an easy-to-access wine glass rack.
Easy Access Shelves
Upper cabinetry, while incredibly useful and suitable for storage, might not fit too well in a pool house kitchen. It can make your pool house kitchen look too much like an old-school traditional kitchen you would find in the main house.
We think it would be a good idea to ditch the upper cabinetry and go for easy-access shelves instead. This way, everyone can quickly grab whatever they need as everything is on display and easy to find.
Modern and Matching Paneling
Finally, to finish off your perfect pool house kitchen design, use modern paneling to match your kitchen to the outside pool area. This will help you create a cohesive space and to make your kitchen feel like a natural extension of the outside area.
You can use paneling on the lower cabinets or around an island and match the paneling to that which has been used outside the pool house. It will also go a long way to give the kitchen a breezy and beachy look.
We hope you’ll try out some of these design ideas for completely updating and revamping your pool house kitchen. Say goodbye to your boring old traditional styled kitchen and bring in a new, exciting, and functional design.