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InformationWhere To Start Your Kitchen Design ...
There are no hard and fast rules regarding kitchen design, but you may find the following approach helpful:
- Decide upon the general kitchen layout (Galley Kitchen, "L" Shaped Kitchen, "U" Shaped Kitchen, Peninsular, etc)
- Determine the position of the water based items (Kitchen Sink, Washing Machine, Dishwasher, etc)
- Decide upon the position of any "Tall" items (Built In Oven Housing, Larder, Broom Cupboard etc)
- Choose the type of any corner cabinet that may be required (Blind Corner, Magic Corner, L Shaped Corner, Diagonal Corner)
- Position your kitchen appliances in a practical manner
- Fill in the blank spaces with kitchen cabinets
- Fine tune the positions of everything to make it as cost effective as possible
1. Layout ...
The general layout of your kitchen
is often determined by the "length of run" required to fit in all of
your appliances.
Try adding the widths of all of your kitchen appliances together, and then
add in a minimum of 1500mm for base cabinets.
This will provide you
with an idea about the size
required, and how many "runs" you will need.
2. Water Based Items ...
The position of your water based items is generally determined
by the waste water outlet.
This may be something that can be repositioned, but as a rule of thumb only
consider moving it if a major design change can be achieved.
The sink cabinet normally contains the waste water exit point, with the
dishwasher and washing machine in close proximity.
3. Tall Items ...
Tall items are best positioned at the end of a "run", and are
often grouped together.
Tall items are best used in "L" or "U" shaped kitchen designs as they
can dominate small galley kitchens, leaving very little usable worktop.
4. Corner Cabinets ...
Where possible try to provide the best access possible into any corner your
kitchen design creates.
The best access into a corner is provided in this order - "L" shaped corner
cabinet, Magic Corner (pull and swing) corner cabinet, Blind corner cabinet
with carousel, Blind
corner cabinet with shelves, Diagonal corner cabinet.
5. Kitchen Appliances ...
A lot is spoken about in kitchen design books about the "working triangle".
Simply, this means that it makes sense to position your kitchen appliances in
a practical manner, so that you do not have to continually walk from one end
of the kitchen to the other (in our experience most people would love to have
a kitchen big enough for this to be a problem).
6. Kitchen Cabinets ...
Most of the "base run" will be taken up with your appliances, sink base,
corner base leaving little scope for improvement.
Make best use of the wall cabinets (use the tallest wall cabinets
your ceiling height allows) as this is where the main kitchen storage
will be.
7. Fine Tune the cost ...
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