If you feel your kitchen is in need of brightening up, try these simple tips to give your most-used room a bit of extra style

• If your ceiling-mounted kitchen light fixture is a standard one, brighten things up by swapping it for a more sophisticated fitting or even a chandelier
• Kitchens can look spectacular when wall cabinets meet the ceiling, If yours dont, add wood with crown molding to give the same heightened effect
• If your kitchen gives you a closed in feeling, replace upper-cabinet wooden doors with glass to give a visual transition from one room to the next
• Change your wall covering to give your kitchen a little more flair
• Is your kitchen looking drab? Add some colour to make a splash. Trying painting your kitchen island a vibrant colour, if you have one, and use the same colour on the inside of your glass upper cabinets