Tips to Designing Your Dream Kitchen

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When you’re designing your kitchen there’s one question that comes to everyone’s mind: What would Martha Stewart do? There are many lifestyle “experts” out there, but there’s only one queen, and that’s Martha. So, let’s look at some tips given by the queen of lifestyle when it comes to designing one of the most central rooms in your home: The kitchen.

The kitchen may not be physically in the center of your home, but when it is one of those rooms that tend to draw in people. How many parties have you gone to where you spent the majority of the time in the kitchen. For intimate gatherings, it’s even more important to design your kitchen so that there is room for entertaining. If you don’t have an open floor plan, you’ll be glad that you remembered to add room for a few friends so that you aren’t stuck in the kitchen while everyone is in the living room having fun.

But, you aren’t going to be entertaining every night, so let’s see what the lifestyle guru has to say about the necessities for a great kitchen design.

Kitchen Island

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A kitchen island gives your kitchen a central spot for eating, cooking, and gathering.
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An island is essential. Martha has two, but she’s Martha. One island is perfectly acceptable for the rest of us. The design of the island countertop, as well as your other countertops, depends on your personal style, but regarding size your island should be at least 4 feet long, and 2.5 feet wide.
 

Wide Walkways

Clearance is essential everywhere in the kitchen, not just when it comes to counter space. Make sure you have adequate room to be in your kitchen comfortably and move about without knocking into sharp corners. Unless you’re living your life like a slapstick comedy, you should be able to move about your kitchen without permanently stubbing your toe, or banging your head. And you should be able to open each drawer and cabinet door without obstacles or hindrances.

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Hanging pots and pans above your kitchen island near the stove is a great example or organizing wisely, as well as freeing up cabinet space.
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Organize Wisely

When you are designing your cabinets, drawers, and buying in-cabinet and organizational accessories you should already have an idea of where things will go. Organize your kitchen items logically so that the things that you need are all in one place.

You want all of your coffee making accessories in closer proximity to the coffee maker. You want your herbs and spices to be near the stove. And you want sharp knives and cutting boards to be near each other as well.

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If you want to talk to a kitchen design expert  about the best solutions for your dream kitchen, stop by or call  The Kitchen Showcase.

 

Planning and Designing the Perfect Kitchen

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Planning and designing a kitchen

There’s a lot that goes into designing the perfect kitchen. The kitchen is the heart of the home, and it should reflect your lifestyle. A kitchen is both functional and fashionable. Our design experts are meticulous in helping your plan and design your dream kitchen.

Too many cooks in the kitchen

Cooking as a family is a great way to spend quality time, but if your kitchen is cramped or poorly designed, you can feel like there are too many cooks in your kitchen. It’s an old adage, but our design experts would say that there is no such thing as too many cooks, just poorly designed kitchens.

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When we sit down to help you plan out your new kitchen, it’s not just about your favorite color or the type of cabinet that you like; it’s about suiting your new kitchen to your lifestyle and the way you live as a family. If you often have five people in the kitchen rinsing, peeling, chopping, and cooking, then our experts will help you work with the space you have to help accommodate all the cooks that you want in your kitchen.

With the kitchen being a drawing point for guests and visitors, it’s important to consider whether “hanging in the kitchen” is something that you want to encourage or discourage. Maybe you like to cook alone while everyone else is in the next room. If that’s the case, you don’t have to create a space in your kitchen for entertaining. However, if you don’t want to miss out on the fun because you’re stuck preparing food for your guests, then we can help you create a comfortable hang-out space.

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How you grocery shop will affect the design of your kitchen.

Choosing appliances

Your shopping habits also come into consideration. Of course, a bigger family is going to shop for more food and will require storage space and refrigeration, but some families shop in bulk, some shop for a whole week, and others shop as they need to shop – a little here and a little there. However you like to shop, we want to know, as it is all taken into consideration when we plan your new kitchen.

To do our job right, we need to get to know our clients, their habits, likes and dislikes, and lifestyle. It’s not every day you can afford, or have the time, to remodel your kitchen. Make sure you fill out our kitchen design questionnaire so that our design experts can help you plan and design a kitchen to fit your lifestyle and your aesthetic style.