11/15/2023 0 Comments Kitchen layout![]() ![]() There may be several different ways to lay out a kitchen in the available space. Remember perfection is probably an illusion. That’s our thought process on the layout. Watch out for the position of the open dishwasher door – how this will work to load and unload. We try to keep the dishwasher out of the working area as much as possible – generally to the outside of the working area. Scrape off, rinse off and into dishwasher – so it is important to cluster bins, sink and dishwasher. Plates, cutlery and crockery – near to dining side if possible. Step 4 Serving (and eating – the best part) And since we go to oven less often than the hob – we don’t mind if the oven tower is separated from the hob. This is a great place to have utensils, pots and pans, right there. We like oven and microwave in a tower (tall unit) – so that we can achieve drawers under the hob. Great if oven, hob and microwave are all close by. You need bowls, knives, chopping boards – and it would be great to have water and bins nearby. Now you need some bench space to work on. A trade off here often results in a great result somewhere else.īack to fridge and pantry. Embrace compromise as part of the design process. Sometimes a walk in pantry may not be immediately next to the fridge. You go shopping and land with the shopping bags somewhere convenient like an open bench top. Pack away the food groceries into fridge and pantry – if these are nearby and together, great. This is the simple process I follow (after taking into account the obvious constraints) These ‘norms’ already limit the layout to a few concepts. And most folk like the sink in front of the window. Stoves and hobs normally go against a wall so that a splashback can be installed behind. Fridges, pantries and oven towers need a solid wall. Add to this approach – the kitchen space will have some obvious constraints. Of course there are always difficult kitchen spaces where some innovative thinking may be needed. If you follow the food trail, the kitchen layout will often become clear. Cooking would mean oven, hob and microwave together. Cleaning elements clustered would mean sink, bins and dishwasher together. So it will be good to keep consumable storage (food) i.e. In principle if the kitchen is consolidated into five zones, where the elements of each zone are clustered together, then the user will walk the least distance over the lifetime of the kitchen. In this concept, Blum consider efficiency in the kitchen. Essentially it conceptualises the flow between storage, preparation and cooking = fridge/pantry - sink – stove.īlum, the suppliers of kitchen hardware, have an interesting concept called Dynamic Space. The concept is easiest when thinking about one person in the kitchen doing all the walking and work. The concept of the kitchen working triangle has been around a long time and can still be used when thinking about layout. How to approach the layout of your kitchen Edi tors Note: This is a guest post written by Innovative Kitchens. ![]()
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