subject: Planning Tips For Designing An Ultimate Kitchen [print this page] Home making if on one side is tedious job it is also fun and a way to get creative on the other side. Where every room and inch counts for your comfort and convenience, one place where you find yourself most of the action happening is your kitchen. Planning for a kitchen involves many itsy bitsy things which may not look important at first instance but later the utility of it find its place. So whether you are remodeling your kitchen or doing it for the first time keeping some useful planning tips always helps in the long run.
When it comes to plan a kitchen you always have to adjust with space limitations. You have limited area to design in a way which gives you proper access to appliances, free movement in kitchen and less clutter to maintain it. To have this you need to know the following things before you plan it.
Firstly, use of kitchen. This involves planning for the following:
No: of people would use the kitchen.
No: of people may use it at one time.
Whether it will be part of your formal or informal occasions
Whether you want to add additional features as snacks or breakfast bar
Any special needs in view of height of wall cabinets as of you and your family members require
Secondly, features you want in it involves:
Cooking with gas or electricity
Placing oven or microwave oven
Steel or fire style sink
Flat pack cabinets
Filling a pantry
Store area for small appliances
built in space for appliances
going for wall or recessed cabinets
Thirdly, if any structural or mechanical changes as for rerouting heating ducts, plumbing pipes or electrical wires is required.
Fourthly, the style of kitchen design and its furniture involves:
Whether you want European style
Whether you want Victorian style
Modular or semi modular style
IKEA flat pack furniture style for kitchen
If your job profile is so that requires relocating then IKEA style kitchen is best. Its easy to assemble and dissemble and carry with least load and carriage. Also you get professionals in every city to help you fit it back in right shape.
Last but not the least it is your budget. This will actually keep a constraint on not getting out of the way expensive and unrequired stuff. Your budget will also help you find durable and suitable stuff for your kitchen.
