Kitchen Layouts Even The Most Fussy Cook Will Love
If you are like most good cooks, you are particular about the foods and utensils that you use to work with. And of course the biggest tool in your arsenal is your kitchen. Or to be more exact your kitchen design layout.
Kitchen layouts can be one of the most frustrating things you may have to deal with while living in your house or condo. So when it comes to re-designing your kitchen, you really don’t want some non-cook making the final decisions for you.
Why waste time arguing back and forth with your kitchen designer when in a few short minutes you can explain what you want in a way they can understand? This article will show you some design tips and principles for kitchen layouts that help you with this process.
Kitchen Layout Design Principles
There is a couple of design principles that you need to be aware in order to create a kitchen that you can work in effectively and love for years to come.
Stick to the Basics - Keeping your design clean and simple is a must. Let’s be frank, simplicity is harder than you think it is. To design a kitchen that is beautiful plus “user-friendly” and functional isn’t always easy.
But by eliminating the frills and removing all the unnecessary additions that become part of any kitchen remodel layout project, along with keeping your layouts both straightforward and uncomplicated, you can save a ton of money in design and construction costs.
Aim For Good Lighting From Natural Sources - A well lite kitchen as any one knows is a joy to work in. Nothing is as draining on the mind and the spirit as to work under harsh lighting. Use big open windows or supplemental skylights to bring as much light into your work area as possible. And to have the best kitchen lighting you or your designer should talk to a lighting professional.
Get Good Air Flow - An improperly ventilated kitchen can quickly trap all sorts of odors and smells. Not to mention smoke, soot and other nasty fumes! Of course there are several ways to vent a kitchen using appliances like exhaust fans and the kitchen hoods.
But of course the oldest and most undervalued venting device is the old fashioned window. By adding several windows, especially if they are opposite each other, can offer you a low tech cross-ventilation solution that will remove odors quickly and inexpensively.
Plan For Plenty Of Storage Space - The biggest problem in most kitchen layouts is that the designer is not a cook! Even with years of experience, if your designer doesn’t do much work in a kitchen, then they will not understand just how much space you really need.
Think of all the space that all the various pots, pans, utensils and appliances take up, not to mention food stuffs in the pantry. Always push for the maximum in storage space. No one has ever complained of having too many kitchen cabinets.
Of course these are just a few kitchen layout tips you need to go over with your designer before you start your kitchen remodeling project. But with just these few kitchen layout plans you should be able to explain why a “cook’s” place is different from a regular kitchen.
