Showing posts with label Custom Furniture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Custom Furniture. Show all posts

Saturday, January 09, 2010

Everything about Kitchen

Kitchen should be located in the North, North-East corner or the East. These directions are useful to get welcoming sun in the morning and indirect light throughout the day. A kitchen should have cross ventilation.

The Size of Kitchen

Area of a kitchen where separate dining area is provided should not be less than 5 Sq. meter with a minimum width of 1.8 meter. The area of kitchen may be reduced to 4.5 Sq. meters if there is a separate store. Kitchen intended for use as dining area also should have a floor area not less than 7.5 sq. meters with minimum width of 2.1 meter.

Appropriate Height

The height of kitchen measured from the surface of the floor to lowest point in the ceiling should not be less than 2.75 meter except for the portion to accommodate floor trap of the upper floor.

Height of Wall Tiles

Proper height of the glazed tiles on walls should be 2 feet from counter/ working table in the kitchen.

Counter Top Material

Choosing counter top materials depends on your kitchen requirements and your personal taste. Keep in mind that some materials require more care than others. There are a number of counter top materials like wood, stainless steel, granite and marble etc. Ensure that the material is practical for the area.

Kitchen Cabinets

Cabinets provide enough storage giving kitchen a good look. Food and other stuff are properly set in the cabinets of the kitchen.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Good Kitchen Design – Research is the Key factor

The kitchen is the boiler room of the house. It is essential to the creation of the family home. The kitchen is a room that the correct design is very important like any other room in the house where you have the flexibility to correct errors. In designing and planning a kitchen there is very little room for error and if it occurs, is a costly mistake to rectify. The design is sometimes confused with kitchen planning. Planning and design are critical, and ignoring one while concentrating on the other can lead to disaster and regret. A designer can use different materials, cabinets, finishes and lighting to achieve an elegant and modern and cosmopolitan feel or to produce a kitchen that seems to belong to an old Irish cottage. Therefore, you must be clear in your own mind about what you want before you commit impulsive person.

There is no limit to the quantity of Kitchen Designs you can have - only your imagination. Kitchen design is primarily about the efficient use of space that you create or that you are allowed to work within an existing house. When planning a kitchen, do you think the placement of the stove, sink, appliances, cabinets and types of available cabinets and worktops.

There is a price to pay to get the kitchen you want absolute. It is called research, and can mean several weeks or months to pick up in many showrooms and design centers where you look, perhaps hundreds of different models and choose the ideas of everyone to finally up the pieces that your mind was scrambled from the start. It means going to cities like Dublin, Belfast and Cork to see large showroom with many alternative choices. Ireland is not really a big place so it pays to spend a little time made efforts to get the right combination. This is the most important room of the house and that you may use for the rest of your life.

You need to search the Internet to see the latest trends. There are any number of excellent design books of Irish food and magazines, you submit color photos of kitchens large and small, expensive and affordable. However, these dimensions are one and can often be misleading and confusing trying to decipher the allocation of space and relate it to fit your own kitchen. If you really want to be on the cutting edge, look for models of cooking done in European countries. The European kitchen designers often produce surprising results in smaller spaces, including German and Italian designers. Most of these manufacturers have showrooms in Ireland and while these may be outside your budget, they are worth a visit for ideas.

Design is not only the cabinets and worktops. All surfaces in the kitchen is a design element. Unfortunately, lighting is often overlooked in many kitchen designs and the most important. Natural light is your best friend, especially in the bleak winters in Ireland. You may have little choice in the matter but if you bought a house design with poor lighting in the kitchen. To remedy this would mean that structural changes may be neither practical nor cost effective. But if a solution is available in your budget to increase the natural light entering the kitchen, then go with it. You do not create a situation where, in winter, artificial light is the only way to light your kitchen during the day.

Friday, August 07, 2009

Kitchen Design Essentials - Kitchen Cabinets

The thought of home kitchen renovations can be quite challenging. There are many things you need to factor in such as budget, material selection, construction and more. Prior to that, there is the kitchen design you need to worry about. To make renovation projects a far from overwhelming, it is best for you to create a draft of your kitchen design with an expert before plunging into your project.

The key to a successful kitchen remodeling project is to seek the help of a team of designers and tradesmen for your design. Be sure to have an open communication with your team of experts by discussing everything you want for your kitchen to achieve your desired outcome. It is also important that you listen to them for whatever advice they may have. There are different basic layouts for kitchen designs available for you to choose from, depending on the size of your home, your preference, and, of course, the building regulations and restrictions in your area. In a big city like New York, for instance, the most common layout is the one-wall kitchen design. This basic design is perfect for narrow kitchens and, as far as remodeling is concerned, is fairly affordable. There are a lot of ways to spice up this simple one-wall kitchen design by choosing the right essentials such as sinks, kitchen cabinets and more!