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How to design the ideal kitchen
The kitchen is one of the most important places in the house.
This is where your creative juices at your work creating your
new dishes or pastries.
Here are my thoughts of planning the ideal kitchen. Here are my
kitchen design tips I have learnt through experience over the
last 20 years.
Ideally there should be easy access between the kitchen and the
doorstep or main door of the house.
This means easy delivery of your groceries and also easy
disposal of garbage and waste.
Ideally the stove should be located as near as possible to the
wide open spaces air and outdoor and yet within the confine of
shelter from wind and rain.
This serves two purposes. Firstly when you fry oily food this
allows the oil and grease vapour to escape into the open air
instead of settling onto the walls of the kitchen cabinets . You
have to spend much time cleaning these areas. Secondly, this
will be a safety measure. In case of leaking gas from gas pipe
or cylinders the cooking gas will be emitted to the outdoors
rather than filling the whole home with gas and potentially
killing everyone due to gas poisoning .
Put the cabinets and refrigerator upon the platform. This means
that it will be easier to wash , mop or clean the kitchen floor
without wetting and corroding the kitchen cabinets . It will
also prevent the electrical appliances from being damage by
water seeping in.
Next , there should not be spaces or gaps between the cabinet
,stove and sink and the floor. By removing the space this
prevents cockroaches and other pest from residing in the dark
corners.
Your kitchen should be heavy duty and water proof and use hard
grade materials so that it will not rot and break. This
is
especially so in the area surrounding the sink. Things can get
easily corroded and spoil due to the water splashes and spilling
from the sink. Do not used wood for your cabinets below the
sink. If possible construct the area around the sink and stove
using concrete for the base and stone, or granite tiles for the
surface for maximum durability.
I prefer a built in oven placed at work top level height so
there is no need to bend over to look at the state of the
cooking . It is also easier to place the meat in the oven and to
take it out the cooked food.
Most importantly, there should always sufficient worktop space
between the sink and the hob so that space can be used for food
preparation.
You must plan the kitchen design carefully. Review and check
everything before proceeding . If you intend to cover water
pipes and sewage pipes during renovation, please inspect and
check for leaking pipes and repair before proceeding to renovate
. Otherwise water from the faulty pipes will spoil the kitchen
cabinets.
Also consult your kitchen designer on the location of your
electrical outlets . These should be located where the
appliances will be positioned. For example your kettle ,
microwave oven, dish water , oven, hob and hood, refrigerator
and rice cooker. Before renovation , also take note of existing
electrical sockets which needs to be re located.
Revamping your kitchen costs money. With a little luck, you
could get your kitchen perfect without any cash worries with
these
kitchen
renovation resources.
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