Ideas to Make the Most of a Compact Kitchen During a Remodel
One of your main goals during a remodel may be to make the most of a small kitchen. Here are some ideas.
Maximised Wall Area
While the available floor space may be scarce and you have accounted for every square centimetre, have you done the same with the wall area? If it's not taken up with cabinetry, perhaps you could add shelves. Being shallower than cupboards, they don't protrude as much. You could put things like mugs and crockery, which look quite neat, on the shelves.
Another way to maximise the wall's storage potential is to extend the upper cabinetry to the ceiling. You can keep rarely used items in the top spaces. A bank of cabinetry from the floor to the ceiling in one spot is another idea. Without a countertop and splashback to break it up, a cabinet bank will provide plenty of storage. Plus, it will look neat as the facade is continuous from top to bottom.
Efficient Storage
Something to focus on in a compact kitchen is creating efficient storage. Custom cabinetry allows you to tailor the cupboards to your specific needs. Drawers will help. You can install shallow drawers for cans of food and deeper drawers for cooking bowls, thus not creating dead space. A tall, skinny pull-out pantry can be put in a nook. Determine your storage requirements and a designer kitchen company can build it to your specifications.
Clean Design
Maximising the storage is practical, but what about how the kitchen looks? Regardless of its actual size, you can design it to appear larger. Get rid of visual clutter and aim for a clean aesthetic. Integrate the appliances, big and small, into the cabinetry so they don't look messy. Also, do the same with the rubbish bin.
Streamlined cupboard doors will look cleaner. Flat fronts suit modern and contemporary kitchens. If you have a traditional or country kitchen, you could opt for shaker cabinets. In a small room, the subtle contouring on these cabinets will not be as noticeable as ornate profiles.
Practical Seating
Some seating arrangements are more efficient than others. For example, a dining table and chairs take up a lot of space, as they need extra room for the chairs to be pushed back. You can get around this problem with banquet seating, which has a bench seat along a wall. You could also use a wall area for a breakfast bar that can double as a study desk when needed. Even compact kitchens can be multifunctional.
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