For the most part, remodelling a kitchen is no more difficult than baking a cake. In effect, you can put a new flavour in the old recipe or create a whole new one.
In either case, you must consider the following…
- What is your taste?
- What is your budget?
- When do you want it completed by?
- What is your preferred size and shape?
Most cakes have the same basic ingredients. They don’t take on an individual identity until the different ingredients are added. This applies also to kitchens.
Every kitchen has the same basic design essentials:
- Cabinets
- Appliances
- Worktops
- Flooring
- Sinks & taps
- Walls, mouldings, and other architectural details
The designer takes on the role of baker when it comes to your kitchen plans. It is the designer who will add the different ingredients to give the kitchen its identity from all the other. This can be done with colour, style and materials.
Start with these points:
- The architectural style of your home—by making your home’s interior reflect its exterior, you bring continuity to the whole structure and the kitchen won’t look out of place.
- Your needs—perhaps you want space to cook big family meals, you are an at-home gourmet, or you have special accessibility requirements.
The style and colour of your new doors will have the most impact on the kitchen’s countenance by making the strongest visual statement.
Appliances are a top priority for a new kitchen. The ones you select and where you put them will determine how user-friendly your layout is.
You know doubt want to choose appropriate decoration for the “cake”, i.e. worktops, flooring, plumbing fixtures and accessories. You don’t need to match absolutely everything in you kitchen. By having a coordinating theme, your accessories etc can maintain their own personality while fitting in nicely.
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