| Kitchen Design Tip 1. Before you start designing your | | | | often less expensive, to position an optimal size nest |
| new fitted kitchen it makes sense to formulate your | | | | of drawers (500, or 600mm) where they are required. |
| idea's and note them down on to a wish list. It is worth | | | | Kitchen Design Tip 6. Try to design your kitchen |
| remembering that your new kitchen plan should | | | | economically. A 300mm wide cabinet may be half the |
| incorporate the things you do like about your existing | | | | size of a 600mm cabinet - but it is 3/4 of the cost. Try |
| kitchen, as well as the things you don't. | | | | to plan your kitchen layout using large cabinets instead |
| Kitchen Design Tip 2. Again, before starting your new | | | | of loads of small ones, this will reduce the kitchen |
| kitchen plan you will find choosing your kitchen | | | | furniture cost dramatically (And, as part of your fitting |
| appliances (or type of appliances) is worthwhile. Your | | | | cost is calculated by the number of cabinets to be |
| new fitted kitchen will require designing differently | | | | installed you will achieve a saving here as well) |
| depending on your choice of appliances. ("Built In" | | | | Kitchen Design Tip 7. Position your new kitchen hob (or |
| Appliances are planned differently to "Built Under"). | | | | Range Cooker) reasonably adjacent to the new sink |
| Kitchen Design Tip 3. Keeping the new position of the | | | | position. This will avoid the need to walk any distance |
| sink relatively close to it's existing position will simplify | | | | to drain pans full of boiling water. (If you are Right |
| your kitchen installation. It is not so much a problem | | | | Handed consider positioning the sink to the right of the |
| getting hot and cold feeds to your sink - it is the | | | | Hob) |
| running of the waste from it that can cause problems. | | | | Kitchen Design Tip 8. Allow for an uncluttered area of |
| (As a rule of thumb "Right Handed" people prefer "Left | | | | worktop space immediately next to your oven. This will |
| Handed" draining boards - The "Lefty's" that lurk | | | | provide a safe area to remove hot trays from the |
| amongst us generally don't care.) | | | | oven and place on too. |
| Kitchen Design Tip 4. Work your design out from any | | | | Kitchen Design Tip 9. Avoid the classic error of |
| corners. Good access into corner cabinets is crucial | | | | designing an American Fridge Freezer into a corner as |
| for utalising storage space. If your measurements | | | | they need a minimum clearance of 300mm each side |
| allow, try and plan corner cabinets in this order of | | | | for the doors to open fully... (check yours before |
| preference... "L shape" Bi-Fold, "Le-Mans" Cantilever | | | | buying) |
| Tray, "Magic Corner", "Syncromotion Corner Drawers", | | | | Kitchen Design Tip 10. When designing in a Kitchen |
| Diagonal Cross Corner, and lastly the Blind Corner. | | | | Island make sure there is plenty of walk-around space |
| Kitchen Design Tip 5. Using "Hi-Line" base cabinets in | | | | (preferably 1100mm, but minimum 900mm) to all sides. |
| place of "Drawer Line", will generally provide a more | | | | Avoid the temptation of including an island with less |
| ergonomic kitchen. Instead of drawers everywhere | | | | clearance space than this - it will dominate the room, |
| (some working, some false) it is more practical, and | | | | making it look cluttered. |