Kitchen Design – The Advantages of Working With a Kitchen Designer
There are many advantages of working with a professional kitchen designer…
When you are looking for the perfect kitchen design, it should be well thought out and planned. Before you begin your project, spend some time looking through interior design magazines and books to gather all of the ideas you’d like to see incorporated into your kitchen design. Once you have a clear understanding of what it is you’re trying to accomplish, look into consulting with a kitchen designer. They will be able to help you work through the interior design process, bring ideas to the table that you hadn’t thought of and in the long run prevent you from making costly mistakes.
Hamptons Style Kitchen
Space Planning & Layout
When you begin designing your dream kitchen, it is good to start with a floor plan of your kitchen space. On a large piece of graph paper, draw the outline of the kitchen space, including any doors or windows that you will have to work around while you design your kitchen. Accurately mark where the plumbing and electrical supplies are located. You can move plumbing and electrical supply points, but this involves more time and money, and it is always easier to accommodate existing service supplies into your design if possible.
The placement of your work triangle should be the next step in designing your kitchen. The sink, cooking surface, and refrigerator need to be situated within easy reach of each other to allow your kitchen to work smoothly. Here, again is where an experienced kitchen designer can be a valuable partner in the design of your kitchen. They have the experience to know what will and won’t work efficiently, and could keep you from ending up with a kitchen that does not meet your needs. A good kitchen designer will know if your kitchen is more practical with an island, peninsula, movable cart or nothing at all. These are design items that need to be addressed early in the process. Discovering these details at the beginning of a project will make for a more functional and well thought out kitchen in the end. The last thing you want to happen is completing your kitchen design and realizing that things are not working how you expected.
Traditional Kitchen in White and Dark Walnut
Kitchen Design Details
Once the basic kitchen layout is complete, the designer can assist you with incorporating details that really make a kitchen a showpiece such as a plate rails, door styles, functional accessories and much more. Maybe a wine rack is appropriate in your kitchen design? It is the little details, which you may not have even thought about, that make any kitchen really special.
Two major factors of good kitchen design are countertops and backsplashes. You have many options of materials, colors, and textures to choose from. Sometimes the number of options can be overwhelming. The designer will be able to sort through all of the available options, and help you pull the design into a cohesive and functional space.
Visualizing your space before making decisions is also a helpful tool. Computer generated diagrams and elevations should be provided to give you confidence in your selections and design.
The design stages of your new kitchen should be fun and rewarding for you. Take a positive attitude and a sense of adventure into the process, be open to suggestions, and together, you and your kitchen designer will be able to design a kitchen that you will truly be proud of.
Country Kitchen Design
Christopher James Interiors is one of the leading Orange County kitchen designers. If you need some help with your kitchen design please give us a call to set up a free in home consultation.
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