How to make a kitchen? What color paint the kitchen? Where to locate the kitchen? How to decorate the kitchen? How to organize the kitchen? Below are some tips to make your kitchen is super cute and functional.
Usually the kitchen is heart of the house, which is always a familiar venue to have breakfast, lunch, to get work at any time.
Given the importance of kitchen cooking times should be nice and cozy, that why kitchens must be comfortable, practical and functional. When considering the design of your kitchen, consider these aspects that based on the expertise of specialists:
1- Clarify what you like and dislike about your current kitchen and defines aspects such as:
- How many people work simultaneously in the kitchen?
- What kind of chef work there?
- You daily supply your kitchen or you need to allocate space to store supplies for a long time?
- Do you have enough ventilation in your kitchen?
- You will use your kitchen as a daily meeting place with the family?- Do you have to allocate an area for washing clothes? Some small departments use a section of the kitchen for laundry.
2- Where to locate the kitchen:
- If you have the option of choosing the location of your kitchen, make sure that the path between it and the dining room as short and expeditious as possible.
- Dispose, if you can, the disparities between the two spaces: it will not only be uncomfortable and tiring to serve or withdraw the table but also it will be dangerous.
- Take care of natural light and the orientation of the room: In south facing you get good light without direct sun (which in summer can be a blessing), but if you are looking for the sun in the morning, the windows to the east will be more appropriate.
3- How to organize activities of the kitchen?
The experience specialize in kitchens indicates that there are certain basic considerations to keep in mind when designing a kitchen. The following steps will allow you to organize functionally:
A. Define the "work triangle":
- In a functional kitchen (unless it is developed on one wall), the "union" of the refrigerator, the kitchen and the dishwasher must be what is known as "work triangle".
- At each vertex of the triangle or around them, the activities that most important and characteristic of the kitchen preparation, cooking and cleaning food.
- The "work triangle" is the shortest distance between the refrigerator, the main surface of cooking and dishwasher, measured from the front axle of each artifact (now appliances have also been incorporated). The correct design ensures that the activities firing focus in one area, leaving everything you need close at hand.
- To make the triangle work optimally, the sum of its 3 sides should not be greater than 8m and separately, should not be less than 1.20m or more than 2.70m.
- If your kitchen cooks working simultaneously 2 or more, install a work triangle for every cook and although it may overlap one side of each triangle, the other two should not cross. The artifacts can be shared or divided.
- If you define more than 1 triangle in your kitchen, try to at least one of which is securely located.
- Work surfaces are important elements for cook; so consider heights that are useful for people of different sizes and work in different ways, standing or sitting.
- Work at least 2 levels: one between 0.72 and 0.92 m; and another between 0.92 and 1.14 m.
So have a suitable in for each task and provide an additional design element.
- Where there will be sitting people (dining room, peninsula, island or bar) leaves at least 30 to 50 cm free space for the legs.
- If your kitchen is small (less than 14 sq.m) allocate at least 4 m linear base cabinets with a depth of 50cm at least.
If larger, consider not less than 5 m linear with a depth equal or greater; that are not include the area long blind corners.
- In small kitchens (less than 15 sq.m) to be at least 3.60 m linear 76 cm hanging furniture in height. In larger kitchens, locate at least 4.80 m.
In both cases, include shelves that have a minimum depth of 30 cm and can be moved to different heights.
- If you want to hang cabinets also on the hood, oven or refrigerator, but do not leave appliances installed within them.
D. Maximize storage space:
- Add extensible drawers and shelves as possible; extensions located in the base cabinets, improve the accessibility of the corners.
- Design drawers of different sizes between base cabinets and hanging furniture, to have more storage space and add interest to the design.
E. Examine circulations and accesses:
- No major traffic must pass through the "work triangle".
- There should be no movement of people sitting behind eating. If any, leave a passageway of at least 1.65 m in width.
- In areas with seating, allow at least 90 cm free from the edge of counter or table to a wall or similar.
- If your kitchen works only one person cook, simply leaving 1.10 m width for the corridors that surround the islands of work and 0.76 m for the rest.
But if 2 person simultaneously working in coo , extend it to 1.25 m.
- The doors require a minimum width of 80 cm and no more than 60 cm deep in the direction of movement.
A typical mistake is not considering a door wide enough to go with the cooler you want to have.
- Take care that there is no interference between the door and the doors of furniture and equipment.
4- Discuss alternatives kitchen color
- When choosing the color of your kitchen, consider the feelings that the different tones produced within a space. May completely change the visual perception and the "atmosphere" of your kitchen.
- Sense of order in a kitchen can be accentuated with a limited color range.
5- Check the wiring
- In addition to the outlets and protection needed for each area, be sure to examine the general lighting and light support on the dishwasher, kitchen and work areas.
6- Define the area for trash
- The garbage must be protected from animals and insects, in a place of easy entry and exit. The space under the sink is the most used location.
Usually the kitchen is heart of the house, which is always a familiar venue to have breakfast, lunch, to get work at any time.
Given the importance of kitchen cooking times should be nice and cozy, that why kitchens must be comfortable, practical and functional. When considering the design of your kitchen, consider these aspects that based on the expertise of specialists:
1- Clarify what you like and dislike about your current kitchen and defines aspects such as:
- How many people work simultaneously in the kitchen?
- What kind of chef work there?
- You daily supply your kitchen or you need to allocate space to store supplies for a long time?
- Do you have enough ventilation in your kitchen?
- You will use your kitchen as a daily meeting place with the family?- Do you have to allocate an area for washing clothes? Some small departments use a section of the kitchen for laundry.
2- Where to locate the kitchen:
- If you have the option of choosing the location of your kitchen, make sure that the path between it and the dining room as short and expeditious as possible.
- Dispose, if you can, the disparities between the two spaces: it will not only be uncomfortable and tiring to serve or withdraw the table but also it will be dangerous.
- Take care of natural light and the orientation of the room: In south facing you get good light without direct sun (which in summer can be a blessing), but if you are looking for the sun in the morning, the windows to the east will be more appropriate.
Kitchen design with bar by Sandra Harrigan
The experience specialize in kitchens indicates that there are certain basic considerations to keep in mind when designing a kitchen. The following steps will allow you to organize functionally:
A. Define the "work triangle":
Kitchen Design: Pedini Italian Fitted Kitchens
- In a functional kitchen (unless it is developed on one wall), the "union" of the refrigerator, the kitchen and the dishwasher must be what is known as "work triangle".
- At each vertex of the triangle or around them, the activities that most important and characteristic of the kitchen preparation, cooking and cleaning food.
- The "work triangle" is the shortest distance between the refrigerator, the main surface of cooking and dishwasher, measured from the front axle of each artifact (now appliances have also been incorporated). The correct design ensures that the activities firing focus in one area, leaving everything you need close at hand.
- To make the triangle work optimally, the sum of its 3 sides should not be greater than 8m and separately, should not be less than 1.20m or more than 2.70m.
- If your kitchen cooks working simultaneously 2 or more, install a work triangle for every cook and although it may overlap one side of each triangle, the other two should not cross. The artifacts can be shared or divided.
- If you define more than 1 triangle in your kitchen, try to at least one of which is securely located.
B. Install cabinets, counter-tops and furniture that have a height adjustable base:
Kitchen furniture design: Daniele Lago
- Work at least 2 levels: one between 0.72 and 0.92 m; and another between 0.92 and 1.14 m.
So have a suitable in for each task and provide an additional design element.
- Where there will be sitting people (dining room, peninsula, island or bar) leaves at least 30 to 50 cm free space for the legs.
- If your kitchen is small (less than 14 sq.m) allocate at least 4 m linear base cabinets with a depth of 50cm at least.
If larger, consider not less than 5 m linear with a depth equal or greater; that are not include the area long blind corners.
- Distribute covered on both sides of the cooking area and, if possible, further deepening the cover of the fires to the bowl hand with wooden spoons, utensils, salt and other elements.
- Round the open corners of the furniture.
- Round the open corners of the furniture.
C. Install hanging furniture with different heights and measures:
- Not all the wall units have to be at the same height; upload it or lower it to better accommodate the different levels.- In small kitchens (less than 15 sq.m) to be at least 3.60 m linear 76 cm hanging furniture in height. In larger kitchens, locate at least 4.80 m.
In both cases, include shelves that have a minimum depth of 30 cm and can be moved to different heights.
- If you want to hang cabinets also on the hood, oven or refrigerator, but do not leave appliances installed within them.
D. Maximize storage space:
- Add extensible drawers and shelves as possible; extensions located in the base cabinets, improve the accessibility of the corners.
- Design drawers of different sizes between base cabinets and hanging furniture, to have more storage space and add interest to the design.
Corner Drawer designed by: heritagecabinetry.biz
- No major traffic must pass through the "work triangle".
- There should be no movement of people sitting behind eating. If any, leave a passageway of at least 1.65 m in width.
- In areas with seating, allow at least 90 cm free from the edge of counter or table to a wall or similar.
- If your kitchen works only one person cook, simply leaving 1.10 m width for the corridors that surround the islands of work and 0.76 m for the rest.
But if 2 person simultaneously working in coo , extend it to 1.25 m.
- The doors require a minimum width of 80 cm and no more than 60 cm deep in the direction of movement.
A typical mistake is not considering a door wide enough to go with the cooler you want to have.
- Take care that there is no interference between the door and the doors of furniture and equipment.
F. Check the cooking area:
* Kitchen:
- Never install the front area of the fire under a window that can be opened; wind could extinguish the fire and let the gas escape.
- Never put curtains on windows that located above the cooking area as they could catch fire.
- Consider extinguishers, smoke detection systems and ventilation systems for kitchen spaces.
- If you can, avoid putting your fridge next to the oven, separate them with a panel of chipboard.
- Never put curtains on windows that located above the cooking area as they could catch fire.
- Consider extinguishers, smoke detection systems and ventilation systems for kitchen spaces.
- If you can, avoid putting your fridge next to the oven, separate them with a panel of chipboard.
* Microwave:
- The best location depends on how you or your family use it.
- From the point of view of safety and accessibility, it shall located adjacent to convenient work desks and in a position such that the bottom of it is between 0.60 to 1.20 m on the ground level.
- Consider adequate ventilation around it.
- The best location depends on how you or your family use it.
- From the point of view of safety and accessibility, it shall located adjacent to convenient work desks and in a position such that the bottom of it is between 0.60 to 1.20 m on the ground level.
- Consider adequate ventilation around it.
G. Check the location of the sink and dishwasher:
- Once installed, the dishwasher will be difficult to move into your kitchen, it brings a whole network of associated piping, so that- if you have not installed- analyze carefully their next location, and if you remodel; then know that it will be cheaper not to move from its current location.
- Elevate the dishwasher 20 to 30 cm of the floor for easy loading and unloading (this will generate a variation in the deck height).
- Elevate the dishwasher 20 to 30 cm of the floor for easy loading and unloading (this will generate a variation in the deck height).
- When choosing the color of your kitchen, consider the feelings that the different tones produced within a space. May completely change the visual perception and the "atmosphere" of your kitchen.
- Sense of order in a kitchen can be accentuated with a limited color range.
5- Check the wiring
- In addition to the outlets and protection needed for each area, be sure to examine the general lighting and light support on the dishwasher, kitchen and work areas.
6- Define the area for trash
- The garbage must be protected from animals and insects, in a place of easy entry and exit. The space under the sink is the most used location.
