Give a touch of color with nice accessories that accompany cooking, choosing the right furniture or the distribution in the design of modern kitchens , are the key to creating our own environment and feeling in home.
We can find a thousand kitchen furniture , multitude of styles and modules, distributions for small and larger, full kitchens, island or intelligent with state-of-the-art technology, in grey, white and black or bright colors, cheaper or more luxurious…etc.
But the reality is that kitchen decoration goes much further than those temporal trends as indicated by holy kitchens; must be to favor words like utility, flexibility, simplicity, ease in cooking and cleaning, practicality, etc.
Gastronomy lasts over time and we must understand that decorating and conditioning this space must provide us with long-lasting solutions.
To make better use of space, we have to look at many details. Regardless of whether it is big or small, Irregular or square… What do you want the best kitchen for your home?
Today, we are going to explain step by step how to have the best kitchen design without leaving us anything… (in the end, there are portals with interesting photographs to catch some ideas)
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Ideally, it should be spacious, bright and orderly to achieve a special charm in that corner where so many hours we can pass without realizing it.
Here comes what the experience of years cooking designates as
For the triangle to work more optimally, the sum of its 3 sides must not be greater than approximately 8 meters, and, separately, none must be less than 1.20 meters (To be able to work), no more than 2.70 meters away.
On the most conventional types of kitchens, visually they would be the plans - following schemes on their work areas when cooking and moving around better (The points reflect the most common ways we move according to layout):
These movements in relation to the forms – stays typical of the houses derive in the types of kitchen layouts more standard:
For distributions, since it is a broad subject, we have created a very detailed article that you can look at from HERE.
We already know aspects of how to divide the space of our kitchen. Now... it's time to make a sketch!
To take the measurements, or we make a sketch with a piece of paper grid (Remember to measure the height) or we can use an Internet program to draw.
Large surfaces, such as Ikea kitchens or Leroy Merlin have programs, but you have to download them. From HERE we have a planner a online kitchen designer very easy to use, practical, with a multitude of materials and 3D views.
Note: If it is a comprehensive reform, I advise you to see the tool at the end of the article to get an idea of the cost of the works.
Now! useful advice regarding space and layout:
Remembering that the measures for kitchens ergonomics may be designated in the following infographic:
And if we go deeper into the dimensions to improve the space usability. We have the following image that can be very useful in the distribution of furniture, both tall, like short:
The above infographic reflects common measures in ergonomics and more used, but as in the design and bathroom reform, does not mean that they are mandatory, they are tips.
At this point... we're on the furniture!
We are going to give a series of tips on how to place kitchen furniture from the perspective of the utility. Visually relieve the style kitchen minimalist is the primary goal:
Imagine how you move and you will succeed with the furniture. A trick that does not fail for design kitchens and does not lose its usefulness, is to confirm the following:
| Furniture layout | You would drink power |
| Food next to the hob and oven | Within easy reach |
| Pans and pots next to the hob and oven | Within easy reach |
| Pots and pans next to the dishwasher | A quick save |
| Cutlery and crockery next to the dishwasher | A quick save |
| Trash can next to / under the sink | Easy waste disposal |
| Cleaning products next to / under the sink | Within easy reach |
| Cutlery and crockery near the table | Set the table faster |
Kitchen furniture can be transformed easy, from changing the pieces, to painting them or applying in the surface an imitation vinyl with excellent results. As a summary of suggestions:
We continue with creating the ideal kitchen más modern… touch the colors!
Dare to change the color of the wall, it will give a change radical with very little money (We remember the article on how paint a wall with good tricks). A tone will be ideal that highlights the qualities of the space and the furniture.
We remember an App for mobile phones (HERE – iTunes Apple) that You simply take a photo of a room, and it tells you the colors you use. Useful to know
The orientation of the kitchen can help determine the suitability of one color or another. The oriented to the North require warm and bright colors, instead, the oriented to the South, they improve with shades such as white or green.
The ones facing East are the best for greys, creams and pastel tones. Those that face west are perfect for cool colors.
If we want to learn more about color we have a good article extensive guide on color in architecture.
The complements and small accessories will give the last note to the modern kitchen , achieving a very staff:
If you can find the ideal distribution, furniture to measure, matching painting and combined details, it will have been achieved find the perfect environment. It is possible to change the design with a minimum investment, it will only be necessary a distribution adequate.
Sometimes, unleashing creativity with simple details or main pieces, you can make it enjoyable and easier to work in a kitchen.
It shouldn't just be a place to enjoy the gastronomy, the stove or cooking , you can also offer a space for meetings, sharing and conversation.
In recent years, the kitchen has been a source of ideas in design, gaining ground today and becoming comfortable and manageable. Accessories and furniture wanted practical so that it is easy to cook and can be achieved, whatever the occasion, be the best host:
Now, if you want exclusivity… Check out the following trends!
Keys, the most current designs. The style of furniture or its distribution, as we have already commented, are some aspects key in kitchen design. The most modern designs of kitchens and current ones can give us some clues and suggestions for decorating without the need to go to a professional.
We observe in shop windows and decoration magazines the style of contemporary kitchens that are consolidated in clear trends united with the rest of the house without borders physics, open continuity movements with great fluidity to the dining room, living room and exterior.
Fashion inclinations are adapted to personal uses, respecting the distribution and conserving current airs.
A designer kitchen has to detach functionality in all its materials and an aesthetic taste surprising, attending to ergonomics with mixtures of good lighting and resistant and durable materials.
Combinations of stainless steel workbenches, workshop modules to maintain order added to worktops stone, corian, zodiaq, solid wood or lamicolor with finishes in curved lines. Glass, aluminum and steel are proposals suitable for a kitchen with an aseptic character and contemporary.
Find column storage solutions interiorly illuminated pull-outs for weekly purchase or monthly, and designed to also store crockery or glassware.
Drawers with sliding systems with straight sides and anodized aluminum, with soft closing system in two heights They are practical and simple options that have been around for a long time. They practice decorating dining rooms. All this, we It will provide a perfect setting for order and quality of life. Remember the famous phrase "Less is more".
Furniture manufacturers offer their products with the minimal consumption of raw materials and energy, long duration, recycling and non-toxic finishes that guarantee us total Freedom in the choice of finishes. If we look at the table of energy consumption:
We will quickly realize the importance of appliances in the kitchen; The oven, dishwasher, or different types of refrigerators that we buy what they really consume. So be careful what we spend money on money!
With the help of free-standing columns or cupboards it will allow us to hide a refrigerator, an oven or a microwave. enclosures shutter for the small format and thus obtain a appearance of a continuous surface.
In addition, hide all appliances from view, the concealment of these will allow us to isolate it in the day zone of the noise they may cause.
Choose the latest technological trends in household appliances is important when choosing the style from your kitchen. An example of the latest in technology for the kitchen :
Extractor hoods with elliptical geometries made of aluminum and glass materials; refrigerators with zones climatic conditions divided inside for better conservation of your food; steam ovens for roasting and gratin, keep food warm and achieve precise cooking.
The kitchen environment must be a meeting point family in which everyone finds their place within. Has to fit its owner perfectly, reflecting its life in she with an individual and independent style.
A space to cook, eat and socialize, a stay exquisite to bring us happiness in our lives without high costs and unattainable signatures.
Not only will we reflect the taste for decoration, but we will internally we will grow at the same time that our needs and the inhabitants who live in that place. HE you want a place to cook but also more motivation to live and enjoy your home.
It's getting harder and harder to reach that glass on the shelf top or that pot at the bottom of the cabinet. I don't always know You can enjoy breakfast and after-dinner meals all day long. time that one wants with all the calm in the world when we are in this part of the house.
If we thought a little more light would bring it to life, a better organization would be more comfortable and easy to clean…. Why not improve it to enjoy it to the fullest?
It is necessary to find a balance between design of a kitchen and lifestyle. They will look for the suitable colors (See meanings of the colors in this article), integrating the necessary lighting and finding the accessories most in keeping with the room (shelves, sink, appliances, etc).
On the Internet we have different tools and applications to see how much it costs to reform a kitchen and get more or less in detail an indicative budget.
To have a general idea of the cost of the works, we are going to see a useful application.
As we want to provide quality, professionalism and offer a tool that really adds value, we will have to go to the tool of the IVE (Valencian Institute of Building).
Works on a construction price basis fully updated per year and has a useful application and easy to use to give us a real indicative value and the possible reforms at home. (In addition we can save and print the budget)
With a decoration full of ideas, proposals and secrets decorative, you can get a new kitchen, practical and comfortable, without having to change furniture if it is not necessary.
Look for offers on kitchens for sale! There are many and, above everything, in change of season or renewal of shop windows, there you can buy interesting things.
Although many times we have an idea of what we want, looking at other projects and images can give us more inspiration. So we leave some websites where you will find good photographs of modern kitchens for catch some good idea, there are users who have a lot of imagination!
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