Cautious planning is required to ensure your kitchen is both beautiful and functional. Here are some tips you may not have thought about when designing your kitchen to ensure all bases are covered and you get the most out of your kitchen.
- Walkways
If you have a large space to work with, ensure you design wide kitchen walkways and adjust your kitchen island with enough room for two cooks. - Kitchen Island Function
Decide on the function of your kitchen island. If you wish to prepare, cook and eat on kitchen islands ensure you plan for space under the counter for kitchen stools and plan enough space so the cooktop is away from the eating area. - Shorter Steps
Think about the steps you take during food preparation and clean up. Add storage cabinets for your dishware near your dishwasher for easy unloading, keep breakfast foods and utensils near your breakfast table and preparation appliances near your work surfaces. - Direct Traffic
Design your cooktop area away from busy traffic areas and walkways to ensure children running through the kitchen don’t cause spills or knock pots and pans when cooking. - Focal Point
Design a stylish kitchen by finding a focal point such as a fancy kitchen splashback, bright kitchen cabinets or classy bench tops and design your kitchen to complement that area. - Kitchen Lighting
To make your kitchen appear bigger, design your kitchen to make the most of natural lighting. A lighter kitchen appears more inviting so build your kitchen cabinets around your windows, add sky lights or add a transparent splashback to let the sun shine in. - Electrical Outlets
Add multiple power points along your kitchen splashback and on your kitchen island so you will have access to electricity whenever you need it. - Recycling
Design a cabinet near your kitchen sink which includes separate compartments for glass, plastic and general waste. - Hide your Sink
If you hand wash a lot of your kitchen utensils and are a drip dryer, it is best that you avoid placing the sink on your island bench to minimise a messy looking kitchen. Alternatively, build a higher bench surrounding the sink to hide the dishes. - Practical Kitchen Materials
Use durable and low-maintenance kitchen materials such as Caesarstone or stainless steel for kitchen bench tops, and timber or natural stone for kitchen flooring.
Harrington Kitchens consider your whole lifestyle while designing your dream kitchen. If you need help renovating your kitchen, our experienced staff at Harrington Kitchens can help with the design and installation of a broad range of kitchen styles.
Harrington Kitchens offers a wide variety of kitchen designs and styles including:
- French Provincial Kitchens
- Modern Kitchens
- Classic Kitchens
- Laminate Kitchens
- Timber Kitchens
- Polyurethane Kitchens
- Country Kitchens
- Outdoor Kitchens
For more information on our various kitchen designs, please visit our Gallery. Our Gallery brings together a selection of our custom kitchen designs ranging from traditional to contemporary kitchens. Each kitchen style has the flexibility to work in any home environment and can be designed to suit all tastes and budgets.
The entire Harrington Kitchens team is focused on designing kitchens that utilise premium materials and offer each and every customer the highest level of service. Harrington Kitchens partners with the best quality kitchen suppliers within the kitchen manufacturing industry and employs experienced and professional tradesmen to ensure the longevity of your custom designed kitchen.
For a free quote and free design consultation please contact us at Harrington Kitchens on (02) 4647 4474 or submit an online enquiry, alternatively you are welcome to visit the Harrington Kitchens Showroom at 12 Graham Hill Road Narellan NSW or 5 Old Hume Highway, Mittagong NSW.
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