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Remodeling Your Kitchen? Here’s What You Should Know, Part II
Which Kitchen Layout Will Work Best for You?
At the outset, take a close look at all the key, functional areas of your kitchen – food preparation, storage space, and wash-up areas. This will determine the kind of kitchen layout that will be most suitable for you.
You may consider having one of these popular options – Galley, L-shaped or U-shaped layouts. Over the past few decades, most kitchens have been based on one of these popular layouts, all of which have proved convenient to position a refrigerator, sink and stove in a triangular manner.
The triangular concept has been popular since the 1950s; however, the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), recently listed 31 guidelines, that set the minimum standards for kitchen designers and professionals, to ensure kitchen efficiency, spaces between appliances and items, traffic spaces, as well as cabinet and countertop space.
Create Multiple Work Stations For Greater Funtion
In line with NKBA guidelines, kitchen designers now create more than one work station in order to allow more than one person to work, without getting in the other’s way. It is less formal than the traditional, work triangle, and helps create additional space for work, apart from being in close proximity to the sink or an important appliance.
A kitchen island is a great idea for an additional work station, as it can accommodate an extra sink or stove, creating more work space in your kitchen.
No matter what design will work best for your new kitchen design, DirectBuy has the top-quality products to help you create the kitchen of your dreams. You’ll find manufacturer-direct prices on appliances, kitchen furniture, flooring and more.
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