THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF WHILE DESIGNING YOUR KITCHEN _ SINGLE BRICK Studio

 

THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF WHILE DESIGNING YOUR KITCHEN…

Life happens in the kitchen. From rushed breakfasts and family meals to sharing a cup of tea with friends, the kitchen is the activity hub of your home. It needs to both be functional and also look good. Whether you’re cooking, cleaning, eating, or entertaining, the kitchen should be a space you enjoy being in, and thoughtful kitchen design can help make that happen. If you’re planning a kitchen renovation or designing a new kitchen, these tips will help you create a space you’ll love. Follow our advice on how to design a kitchen layout with tips on planning, organization, and must-have features for a kitchen that looks beautiful and functions efficiently for all your needs.

Find the right height for the Under counter, Over counter, microwave, RO, Oven and Chimney.

The correct height, size, location and alignment of each and every equipments used in the kitchen helps in better functioning of activities. Likewise, heights for a microwave, oven, Ro or Chimney will vary depending on the height of the chef or the kid-friendly nature of the kitchen. Assuming standard conditions for Indian context, 5 feet 4 inches has been specified as an ideal human height so keeping 800mm height is ideal for counters which comes around waist height and are easy functional for cooking activities, also 1050mm height from the floor for bar table, service counters which helps in other allied activities in kitchen such chopping vegetables , breakfast etc. Just like that 600 mm height should be a clear workable space above the countertop for a functional cooking area.

All the heights for white goods adjust accordingly. As some of the equipment fixtures requires a very technical knowledge and it can’t be installed anywhere so you might need an technical adviser like interior designer to let you understand each and every crucs for your kitchen.

Also what type of material to be used , is it a maintenance free, whether it is economical, wheather it is durable, stain free, funtionable, easy to clean, rust proof, scratch resistance and most importantly in case of any damages if their after services are reliable. After the material selection you also need to take care how much utensils and storage to be required and will it come in the given amount of space, the arrangement of primary and secondary utensils to be marginalised or not and whether is it important to bifercate the areas. Also you need to keep in mind the standard hardware been available in the market. Many a times it happens that by using fancy hardwares if their been any problem in installation or breakage of any minor bolts also then its after service becomes very much headache.

After all these things one should also take care of handle selection, where to use knob and where profile are required. Lights also play an important role for your kitchen. The amount of balance between natural light and artificial light plays an important role for the kitchen. The use for artificial lights consist of mood lightning which helps in creating ambient environment of space, functional light like task lights are employed for particular task oriented functions.

Conclusion

Designing a kitchen involves lot of efforts and attention to details. One must always take an perspective of other skilled professionals for a better functioning of your kitchen.Multiple things needed to take care of like from right selection of hardwares to the lights being used and also to the right required amount of white goods being used… One must always first make a list of things being needed and which are functional and reject the unnecessary things which are only for the sake of being and less functional. We as a designer of SINGLE BRICK Studio designs kitchen first on functional basis and then side by side incorporate asthetical value to it.