So you’ve decided it is time to update your kitchen but are unsure as to what the ideal layout for this important room should be. Many people have given you advice and you do not know what you should do with your space. Whose suggestions do you follow, and how should you spend your remodeling funds? Fortunately, the answers to those questions are not really that difficult if you keep a couple of things in mind.
First, you will want to contact a professional kitchen remodeling contractor to look at your kitchen and give you some advice on what should be done. Based on what they have to say, you will then be able to incorporate ideas and suggestions that others have given you for using your existing space. You will also be able to hire the services of this contractor and have the work on your kitchen begun.
Second, as you listen to your contractor and the advice of others, you will also want to make sure the basic flow of your kitchen is designed so that you will do most of your work within a triangle. Most kitchen professionals recommend a basic kitchen layout wherein the sink, refrigerator, and stove or oven are positioned in relation to each other so that each of these areas is like the corner of a triangle. This ensures that these work areas, which will get the most use in your kitchen, are not too far apart from one another, making it easy for you to cook and clean efficiently while in the kitchen.
As long as you keep these simple pointers in mind, you should be able to complete a kitchen design that will meet your needs and offer potential resale value without sacrificing any of the aesthetic design elements you want to incorporate.
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Just a note about the work triangle. You will want the sink to be in the “middle,” between the fridge and the stove. It makes sense with your work flow. You get carrots out of the fridge, you go to the sink to wash them. You fill you pot at the sink, take it to the stove and then put your chopped carrots into that pot. The sink, and the area around it, is the primary work zone. Limiting the number of steps you take in your kitchen while cooking will pay off in better efficiency.
Thanks for the tip, Stephanie! That is some very useful information for homeowners working on a kitchen project. No one wants to be running around when they’re trying to get dinner ready.
We’ve found that many of our clients are preferring to put the stove in the middle of the triangle, often on the island itself. Of course, plenty are putting sinks there as well.