Design Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make When Planning Your Dream Kitchen.

Mistakes To Avoid When Designing Your Dream Kitchen

Here at My Beautiful Kitchen, we’ve designed a lot of kitchens. It’s this experience that has given us the expertise to know what works and what doesn’t when it comes to planning a kitchen.

So if you’re thinking about a new kitchen for you home, here are five key areas you should take into consideration to help get it right early on.

Space to live

In a family home, the kitchen becomes one of the most heavily trafficked rooms. It becomes a place where people congregate, socialise and move about so if you’re planning a family kitchen, make sure you plan in plenty of space for everyone to be able to do just that

Space to work

You’ll need to make sure there’s enough workspace for your kitchen to be functional too. After all, it’s called ‘workspace’ for a reason, so make sure there are enough worktops for your needs.

Don’t forget to account for space occupied by worktop appliances, such as a toaster, kettle or food processor. Include in your plan where you intend to have your electrical outlets to power these devices.

The ‘golden triangle’

In every well-designed kitchen, you’ll find what designers call ‘the golden triangle’, linking the three most important areas of activity: the oven, the sink and the fridge.

Make sure that in your plan there is unobstructed access between all of these locations. Where possible, connect these areas via worktops for improved efficiency. Avoid narrow aisles, swinging doors or any other obstructions that prevent smooth movement between these areas.

A place for everything

Once these basics are in place, your next priority should be to plan your storage space. Look at your current usage and think of ways it could be improved. Estimate how many cupboards you need for produce, cutlery, crockery and cookware and where the best locations are to store these items in relation to everything else.

Don’t forget to make an inventory of rarely used appliances. Generally, the best place for these are in less accessible areas such as above head height. Planning a new kitchen is also an opportunity to declutter, so this is your chance to get rid of the things you don’t use. One area often neglected is rubbish. Think about how many bins you’ll need and where you’ll keep them.

See the light

Your kitchen is now starting to take shape. It’s time to pull it all together with lighting. Here, think about task lighting, such as under cupboard lighting for workspaces or pendant lighting for a table. In the kitchen, several low wattage lights will be much more effective and use less energy as one glaring 150W bulb dangling from the centre of the room.

And, of course, as soon as you have the basics of your kitchen plan, you can get all the help and advice you need to make it happen from the expert design team here at My Beautiful Kitchen so why not give us a call on 0141 771 3640 and make an appointment to speak to one of our designer’s or make an appointment to pop into our showroom for a chat.