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Designing the perfect kitchen

Although you may think that you know almost everything about the kitchen's design but there are several aspects that should be taken into consideration before you start furnishing the one of the most important rooms in the house. So, what should you pay attention to before you start repairing or designing a new kitchen?

The first and the most important step is budgeting work. Setting of financial limits will help you while choosing the appropriate tools and materials needed for implementing the planned activities. The next important stage is the creation of the project in compliance with the principles of kitchen economics. The designer must take into account a lot of details in order to offer you the project which will completely satisfy the owners by the appearance and convenience in everyday use.

Zoning

Each kitchen area must consist of 5 conventional parts: stocks zone, storage area, washing area, preconditioning products zone and direct food preparation area. Location of the areas must be consistent and clockwise if the kitchen is mostly used by right-handed people, or counterclockwise - if left-handed dwellers are using the kitchen. Also it is important to take into consideration the distance between the cooking zones and the placement of so-called "work triangle" consisting of a refrigerator, sink and stove. For the most functional kitchen the optimal distance between the different parts of the triangle should be in the range: 120-210 cm - from the refrigerator to the sink, 120-210 cm - from the sink to the stove, 120-270 cm - from the stove to the refrigerator. Too little distance between the stove and sink, as well as between the sink and refrigerator can create a lot of inconveniences.

An effective solution for this issue will be placing the kitchen island, which can be appropriate to use in the large room area. From both sides of the sink must be allocated the space for countertops designed for the food processing or ready meals placing.

For ease of use really important is the height of the countertops in the kitchen. Experts consider that this value should be within10-15 cm below the height of the elbows, with a tolerance of a few centimeters - if several people use the kitchen.

Functional solution

"Horizontal planning" plays the significant role in the kitchen. It will be better to place the rarely used items on the upper and lower shelves of the hanged cabinets. Proper arrangement of the kitchen utensils will help to make the daily kitchen work easier and will speed up the search of the right thing. You should also think about installing the functional and spacious drawers that can help to organize the space in the better way.

Good lighting is of great importance for a comfortable arrangement of your kitchen. For working surfaces an additional source of light should be provided. It is necessary to use different types of fluorescent lamps or LED lighting which can be installed directly above the desktops.

Use the experts' advices

The best solution for creating of your dream kitchen is to look for the highly qualified specialist in design, which will offer you an individual project of the modern kitchen furnishing. An experienced designer will advise how to place furniture, appliances and kitchen utensils - everything in order to make the daily use of all these things most convenient and enjoyable for you.

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