Today one of the major areas of change in a home is the way our kitchens look and that is true for a kitchen remodels or a new home. If you are remodeling you can open up walls, change your plumbing or add electrical for under-mount lights. In new construction kitchens can be endless in their design, If you like country French or the whimsical look talk to your architect and or interior designer. In new construction your kitchen will match the exterior elevation 100% of the time. If your home is 40 years or older many clients have an eclectic look, and they lean towards a contemporary feel. Your designer needs to do an extensive inventory of the client’s requirement in either case, or in design language what are the “givens”, for your family’s daily agenda. Hidden storage areas that are tailored to the space gives you that perfect ergonomics for human function.
And the family’ s lifestyle is what makes your kitchen design work for you and every corner of the kitchen that you can see with the human eye will look beautiful and yet it will satisfy the families individual needs. Even if your kitchen is large, space can be at a premium as drawers, cabinets and pantries are filled with our daily necessities. The most important factor in increasing your options is finding wasted areas under countertops, and in the sides and corners of these cabinets you will find many uses for stow away storage solutions. False fronts can be installed in many kitchens, such as the end of the cabinets or to the left and right of the sink. Deep drawers are used so you can put in your large cooking pans so you can see what you need for the meal you are cooking or use pull out shelves that hold your pots and pans and can be rolled out with full extension, and ball bearing slides, Your pull out cabinets to the side of the sink can be used with perforated stainless steel panels so you can hang brushes dust-pans and cooking brushes with ease. At the bottom you can store cleansers, window cleaner, paper towels and kitchen soap. On the other side of the pull out cabinets you can house your cooking tools, smaller pots, pizza slicker, and laddels, and these can be on pegs that you can insert at different levels as you need space. An island is a real enhanced space for hidden storage areas even if you use a few feet for under the countertop space for barstools. Your kitchens island can make a bold statement when you are having a party but for cooking it can turn into areas that integrate many versatile components, such as a double garbage can holder or a trash compactor, warming drawer or wine holder and these can have custom wood paneled doors. A new dishwasher out for the client is one that has a two- drawer application. These dishwashers work independently; so you can stack dishes in one, while a load of glasses and small fragile dishes can be washed in the other. Your kitchens details can be drawn by your designer with many features for you so you can decide what works for your cooking experience, and give you the custom cabinet look with all the correct storage options.

Juli Johnson © DEH Interiors