Vignettes for Decorating Style in a Fat Chef Kitchen

What do you do with odd little out of the way places in your fat chef kitchen decor? You create simple vignettes is what you do. And there are great and easy ways to do this.

First, let's look at what makes up a vignette. This term is one of those that interior design professionals like to use. It just means a small grouping of decor items. Making use of an odd number, especially 3, is ideal. You want to have a focal point for your vignette with several other complementary items around it.

For example, I have a counter corner in my kitchen. It's tucked away and not very easily reached. So I can't do something like put a small appliance there. Since it's open, I don't want to use it for storage space either. A vignette is the perfect solution.

I have 2 great fat chef cookie jars. One is much taller and fatter than the other. So the taller one becomes my focal point. I set the other one next to it and added a solid colored red mug to complete the effect. Now, my otherwise useless space is part of my decorating. It also works great to display 2 pieces from my fat chef collection.

You aren't limited to just counter space. Make use of a section of your kitchen wall for a vignette as well. An open shelf in your kitchen can work, too. Maybe it's the top of the refrigerator that you want to redo into a fat chef vignette. Just about any space can be turned into part of your decor scheme. See, I told you it was easy.

There's even more ways to create display space in your kitchen. Take a look and see if there isn't lots of space in your kitchen for fat chef vignettes.

The Retro Kitchen Look Can be Funny

There seems to be no way to have enough funny stuff in the kitchen. Somehow that room just lends itself to humor. One of the funniest things to do for a retro kitchen is to make use of humorous wall signs from that era of the 1950's.

Some times, it's the fun of a diner look with their humorous wall signs. I get a real kick of those signs in diners that said some thing like: Any unattended children will be fed caffeine. OK, I've seen that sign, but just can't find it anymore. But, there are others.

The look of the old diner signs make great wall decor for your retro kitchen. Fun ways to add little accents that make a big difference.

When you make use of accents for your retro kitchen theme, you add the little things. Not the big things. And certainly not the costly things. I like that a few well-placed accents can be all that's needed to take your otherwise not-retro kitchen into a retro decor theme.

For example, using a humorous retro wall sign as the focal point, you can place a small shelf just below it. I like the kinds of shelves that have pegs or hooks just below. Set 2 retro looking items, like a diner sugar bowl and a set of 1950's salt and pepper shakers on either side of the shelf. Then hang one or 2 of your retro aprons from the hooks.

That's a simple arrangement that makes a retro decor focus. The humorous wall sign will be a great addition to your kitchen. And the total look with bring a vertical accent to your decor. It's easy, not expensive and a fun look for the retro kitchen.

Use Placemats for a Country Apple Kitchen Look

One of my favorite styles for kitchen decorating is a country apple look. Sure, you can use plenty of decorating on the walls and counters, but taking advantage of the table and the table linens make a good decor addition.

Kitchen table centerpieces and placemats are great way to carry your country apple theme across the room. Even if your eating table isn't right in the midst of the kitchen, it still works to continue your theme.

Table Linens for Decorating

I use plenty of table linens in my house. I'm lucky in that I have both a table in my kitchen as well as a dining room with a table there. So I can work with both tables to create my country apple look. I leave country apple placemats on my kitchen table all day. The family uses them for meals, but then the placemats continue to be part of my decorating.

In my dining room, I work with the centerpiece as my decorating on the table. The country apple look works very well with my antique oak table. And, yes, I set a placemat in the center then add my items to create the centerpiece.

Create Your Kitchen Theme

Actually, using a placemat in your theme works great to kick off the centerpiece. It can be a solid color that picks up your accent color in the rest of your kitchen decor. It can also be a matching one to your country apple placemats on the table. Either way, you have a great way to continue your kitchen decorating theme.

For easy home decorating, it's the accessories that can create your theme. So choose your decor style and your accessories, then get off and running with your own kitchen decor theme.

Red: The Accent Color for Fat Chef Kitchens

The charming look of the Fat Chef character includes red in his little chef outfit. Many of the looks include a red kerchief tied around his neck. That makes red a great accent color for a fat chef kitchen.

Even if you refer to the little guy as a Bistro Chef or Italian chef, he still looks the same. And he still has a chef costume. That includes his white jacket and apron, along with his black and white checkered pants. A black and white color scheme works great with a red accent color.

As we go through choosing red accent items, small kitchen appliances are ideal options. Think of the small appliances that regularly sit on your counters. Those that you use every day. Things like toasters, coffee pots, blenders, even crock pots. It's these small appliances that can work so well as red accents.

Imagine a grouping on your counter that includes a Fat Chef cookie jar, a red toaster and a little Fat Chef figurine. You have some items with the look of the little guy, accented with the red toaster, but grouped to have different heights. This makes a charming focal point in your kitchen decor.

Decorating any room, a kitchen included, can be as easy as what accessories and accents you include. In my world, repainting or rewallpapering is just too much work. So I like to go the easy way. Picking accents and accessories in my theme.

With a fat chef theme in the kitchen, you don't need to go crazy with the whole effect of the little guy. In fact, that can end up being overdone and seem cluttered. So you augment the look with accent colors. And red is the perfect accent color for the fat chef kitchen decor.

Create Retro Kitchen Theme with Accessories

It's all about the little things. Great saying, isn't it? But what does that mean when we are talking about decorating a kitchen in a retro theme? It means that you don't need to spend hours trying to find just the right wallpaper. You don't need to strip the kitchen floor and lay new tiles. It means you can redecorate inexpensively and easily. Let's talk about how.

No matter what your kitchen color scheme or style, you can create a retro theme. You simply pick out accessories. It's those accessories that can create your theme easily.

Add some wall decor that reminds you of being in a 1950's diner. Set your table with a retro set of placemats. Add a retro look pitcher or teapot as part of the centerpiece. Surround it with a retro salt and pepper shaker set, maybe a chrome napkin holder. Create a vignette in a corner of your counter space.

These are just some of the kinds of accessories that will create your theme. Keep thinking in terms of the accent pieces you want to have in your kitchen. A small wall shelf where a retro clock hangs above it and several retro mugs sit on the shelf makes a fun little accent focal point.

It really is all about the little things to create your theme. Of course, if you really want to, and can afford it, make major changes. But, you don't have to. You can create that retro look in your kitchen with the addition of accessories within your theme.

Instead of spending the money to retile your kitchen floor, spend it on accessories in a retro look. Pick a corner of your kitchen and add a retro step stool. Simple. Really.

Fat Chef Figurines for Kitchen Decor

You'll love this one! When you go for a fat chef kitchen design, you like lots of function stuff. Sure, but how about some stuff just because it looks great? That's what I love about fat chef figurines. That charming little guy is posed in so many ways and he just looks fun.

Of course, use him as your canister set and cookie jar. But, why not a wine bottle holder? Now that's a fun fat chef figurine. But he can also be just a little statute that graces your counter or a bookshelf in your kitchen.

Yes, I have a friend who has the most amazing collection of fat chef figurines. She's looking for more. Can you believe it? So when I went looking for new ones to give to her, I found some.

My gift turned out to be one those charming fat chef figurines that holds a serving tray above his head. Now, the tray isn't big enough to hold much. It's a small figurine. But I also found a miniature teapot and cup. You know the kind that are used for doll's houses. I set the tiny teapot and tea cup on the serving tray.

That fat chef figurine now holds an honored place among her collection. She sets the whole thing on several shelves in her kitchen. Yes, she has the best fat chef kitchen I've ever seen. But, being a little creative with a gift for her turned out to be just exactly right.

So have plenty of the function kind of kitchen accessories for your fat chef kitchen, but add in some figurines as well. Just because that will be adorable!

Cupcake Making the Easy Way

We're going to have a fun time in the kitchen. There are plenty of chores that need to be done to make meals, but cupcakes are just one of those fun things to do. But, let's make cupcakes the easy way. Let's use cupcake makers.

These handy little kitchen small appliances may not be used every day. But when they are needed, they are great! Cupcakes are the most popular dessert or sweets item these days. And for good reason. Overall, they are much more fun to make and decorate than a full sized cake. Actually, the decorating is the really fun part.

They are easier to serve and easier to eat. Slicing and plating are just not necessary with cupcakes. Neither is a fork and knife. So we are all enjoying making and serving cupcakes.

I first got a cupcake maker because I was going to have my granddaughter visiting for a week. What to do with an 8 year old little girl for all that time? She and I would make cookies often when she visited, but I wanted something different. Cupcakes were the perfect answer.

I was thrilled to discover that cupcake makers weren't terribly expensive. In fact, many turned out to be pretty inexpensive! Since I thought we were going to use it only a few times, then pack away until her next visit, I got a cheap one.

It turned out to be a pretty inexpensive way to discover that I love making cupcakes. I have since replaced the cheap cupcake maker with a better one. Now, I make the dessert kind of cupcakes, but I also make dinner muffins and breakfast muffins in my cupcake maker. Yes, I use it several times a week.

Always aware of the addition of more small appliances in the kitchen, it was beneficial to test out whether I would want this one or not. It turned out to a valuable addition to my kitchen. Probably yours as well.