If you’re a switched-on, ultra-modern person, you’ll know that custom kitchen design is the only way to do things.
Only recently has the transition from the days of fitted kitchens, when suppliers such as Magnet, MFI and B&Q cleaned up, come about. People no longer want to be ordered and told what works and doesn’t work in their kitchen. They want to have a say in everything, down to the smallest detail and make sure that everything that goes into their kitchen is tailored to suit them. This is what custom kitchen design is all about.
Taking control of how you want your new kitchen to look takes a lot of courage, not to mention time. You need to assess everything and think about how you can make improvements that will help you and your kitchen work better.
When it comes to the layout of your custom design, think about the areas of your kitchen that you use the most. You should consider grouping these workstations together so that you can have all the things you use frequently within easy reach of others. Although you might not believe it, this can have a dramatic impact on how quickly you complete even the simplest tasks in your kitchen.
The furniture and appliances you choose for your custom kitchen design are your best chance to inject your own personality into the project. Think about how your old kitchens have worked in the past and what problems you have had. Has there never been enough storage? Was your refrigerator too far away from your stove that you had to continue from one end of the kitchen to the other? A custom kitchen is your chance to correct these issues and ensure that once your design is complete, everything runs like clockwork.
Always ask about the different options available with your furniture. Can you get handles in different styles for your cabinet doors? How many shelves can you fit in the roof storage? By asking these types of questions, you begin to see how much control you actually have over the finished product. When choosing your furniture, don’t just think about how it looks. Start mentally filling up all the drawings and cabinets and think about whether there will be enough space to store everything you have.
