What Are The Essentials Of Kitchen Layout?

When it comes to designing the perfect kitchen - what you need is not just a beautiful looking kitchen, but a kitchen that is highly functional to complete the daily chores with utmost ease. If you are living in an apartment, the size of a kitchen should be compact. If you are building a new home, you certainly have more space which you can include in your kitchen layout, however, a kitchen should have its own boundaries and should not be too large. Through years of experience, home designers have outlined five types of kitchen layouts that are ideal for domestic kitchens of various sizes. They are explained as below:

Type 1: If you have two walls in your kitchen, you can have L-shaped kitchen layout which will be just perfect.

Type 2: If your kitchen is spacious enough, U-shaped layout would be ideal. To support this layout, the minimum requirement is two walls and plenty of room for three connected walls or should have a peninsula room divider. In bigger open-plan homes, a U-shaped kitchen layout is in trend.

Type 3: Where space is a constraint - normally single line or straight kitchens have all things laid out along a single wall.

Type 4: If space is not a constraint, a single line kitchen can also have an island which will enable you to have a work triangle and more bench and storage space. Behind the island, you will require around 120 cm through-traffic aisle space and a similar measure of space you require between the wall workstations and the island. If you have this much space, then you can go for this type of kitchen layout.

Type 5: In case, you desire a more functional kitchen, then the parallel kitchen is a way to go. They don't require more floor space as in L-shaped and U-shaped layouts, however, they won't have aisle space.

What is Triangle Work Space?

A triangle workspace would typically connect the usage of the sink, fridge, and cooktop, so that kitchen chores can be effortlessly accomplished. Thus, kitchen designers take this factor into consideration while sketching a kitchen layout. The overall length of the 3 sides of the triangle work area should not exceed 6 metres and the area between two working spots should not be more than 90 centimeters. This will ideally give you plenty of space to freely pass through, and at the same time lower the walking distance between the workplaces in your kitchen.

The kitchen designer knows that the person working in the kitchen should have easy access to the workspace triangle, and at the same time fridge should be placed in a place which can be easily accessed by all other family members without causing any hindrance to the person working in the kitchen.

These are the essentials of any good kitchen layout, nonetheless, it is the homeowners who need to decide which type of kitchen layout will best suit them that will be convenient and easy to operate without eliminating the visual aesthetics.