Kitchen Design Tips

If you're new to the world of kitchen design then you might not have heard of the Golden Triangle theory, but you certainly will soon enough. So here's the lowdown to ensure you won't look dazed and confused when confronted with the lingo. Leaving plenty of room to move around is key in a contemporary design. The last thing you want is to not be able to move about freely around your own kitchen. There is nothing worse than having family or friends over and having everyone stumble upon each other in the kitchen area while getting drinks or helping with the food. Avoid this mistake at all costs, even if it means that you have to shrink the size of your granite island, or even eliminating your breakfast bar. The kitchen is one of the most important places of your home and it must feel free not crowded, it must feel clean and uncluttered space. Remember that this is the arrival place of everyone in the house every morning, for lunch, dinner, and throughout the day for snacks, family meetings and such.
The Golden Triangle is a theory that underpins kitchen design layout, ensuring that you create a functional space that operates like it should and not just an aesthetically pleasing kitchen that is nightmare to work in. To achieve the Golden Triangle you group the three things you use in your kitchen the most together. In the majority of kitchens, the positioning of these three objects normally creates three points in the shape of a triangle - hence the 'Golden Triangle' theory. When your design is complete, you should find it easy to carry out your day-to-day kitchen tasks because the things you use most often are all within easy reaching distance and not at opposite ends of the room.
Interestingly, the Golden Triangle isn't always a triangle. Some people have kitchens with everything pinned up against one wall, often referred to as the 'Galley kitchen design'. With this shape kitchen, it is obviously an impossibility to create a triangle, but the same principles should still apply. Group the appliances you use the most close together to minimise the amount of ground you have to cover to achieve the simplest tasks - its just common sense really.