Kitchen Wall Clocks
Buy the best kitchen wall clocks selected and recommended by interior designers. By Tara Gosselin.
If you’re the type to lose track of time in the morning, a kitchen wall clock will stop you from being late for everything. Whilst you’re eating your breakfast cereal, a quick glance will remind you that it’s time to go. A decorative wall clock will also brighten up your kitchen space, especially if your home is rented and you can’t make any large changes to the walls. Our design experts have picked out some of their favorite kitchen wall clocks below.
Kitchen Wall Clocks
Buying Guide
Tara Gosselin
Interior Design Expert
Tara is a San Antonio-based award-winning landscape architect, writer and educator, passionate about eco-friendly solutions and growing her own food. She knows all it takes to help you create a sustainable backyard retreat that combines blissful charm with a modern take on landscaping.
The best place to hang a wall clock in a kitchen depends on your room’s layout. Ideally, you should be able to see it when you’re cooking to keep an eye on the time, so choose a fairly empty wall that you can look at when you’re hanging around your main countertop. The easiest way to do so is to place your kitchen wall clock at eye level or just above.
Alternatively, if you have an open-plan kitchen, you might want to kill two birds with one stone by placing your clock on a wall that can be gazed at easily both from the kitchen and your living room.
Kitchen wall clocks need to be easy to see, but you might not have a lot of wall space to work with in your kitchen. As many kitchens tend to have shelving and cabinets where one might usually put a clock, you’ll need to pick a strategic size. A diameter of 12” to 18” is a good size for a wall clock you can easily see and read from across the room; if you’re purchasing a rectangular one, go for 12” or 18” inch sides.
While quartz clocks are the most common on the market and easy to maintain, they may encounter some problems from time to time. The most common issue is a dead battery, in which case replacing it with a new one will resolve the issue.
However, if it doesn't, you may need to check if the hands are touching or hitting any other part of the kitchen wall clock. Cleaning and drying the terminals from time to time is another way to maintain the clock. Finally, reducing friction and ensuring that the hands are not touching each other will ensure that your kitchen wall clock works effortlessly.