Kitchen layout design makes it functional and productive – keep it simple, modern, and open.
You kitchen is your workplace. You must therefore make it a functional space, bringing together your family and friends to enjoy great cooking. But where do you start?
Your kitchen layout alone makes it a functional and productive space as it defines the work-triangle, involving refrigerator or pantry, stove, and sink. You get ingredients from your refrigerator or pantry, wash them at the sink and cook your favourite dish at the stove. So, design your kitchen layout such that you create a beautiful symphony of optimal movement that’s efficient and productive. Open layouts – shaped as L, U, G and parallel – or peninsular are a few popular options.
If you enjoy hosting dinner parties, you may go for an open kitchen design that gives a sense of connection with your family and friends at the table – or on the couch watching TV. If you’re building an independent house and your space permits, you may also consider an island kitchen design. Island makes your kitchen look modern and brings lovely conversations closer to you while you’re cooking at the stove.
Always ensure that you’ve ample storage space in your chosen kitchen layout design. You need enough cupboards to keep the clutter of movable kitchen appliances out of sight. Go for modular kitchen cabinets that look cool and super-efficient in their performance.
Kitchen design ideas to brighten it up – countertops, sink, laminates, tiles, paints, and lighting
Your workplace elements – be it countertops where you cut your vegetables or sink where you wash the dishes – must be bright and fun to work at. So when you choose the material (granite, quartz, Corian), go for colour schemes that can brighten up your kitchen. Don’t forget that the laminations, dado tiles and paints for the rest of the walls also bring colours. You can either let the colours flow uniformly from the countertops to the wooden shutters and walls or break the pattern and go for contrasting colours.
Kitchens that bring plenty of natural light during the day are always joy to work in. Although independent homes have the maximum advantage in positioning windows for maximum natural light, you can easily add brightness and drama to your kitchen in an apartment through artificial lighting.
Do you’ve a challenge at hand – interior design for a small kitchen? Kitchen with less natural light?
Although a small kitchen is a constraint, you can convert that to an advantage in building a tight work triangle for high performance. Well-planned cabinets can help you increase the storage and cut the clutter from public view. And nicely-designed concealed lighting can brighten up the countertops and throw reflective light off the ceiling.
At the end of it, your kitchen must reflect your personality and be consistent with the rest of your home. The best way you achieve this is to incorporate your design philosophy in the kitchen interior designing. Wondering what’s a design philosophy? Do you want to discover your design philosophy?
