Tips for Small Kitchen Makeovers
Trying to make a small kitchen meet all of your needs can be a challenge, especially if the kitchen you are using is outdated or has not been remodeled in a while. Even simple tasks like making an easy dinner can feel like enormous hassles when your kitchen is small and crowded.
Thankfully
with some creativity and elbow grease you can give yourself a small kitchen
makeover and turn your currently small and crowded kitchen into a versatile and
highly usable space that meets all of your needs! So how do you make the
transition from small and crowded to light and airy? Here are some hints to
help readers who are looking for help with their makeovers for small kitchens.
The
easiest way to completely change the look, feel and usability of your kitchen
is to put your appliances in new positions. This is the first thing any small
kitchen makeovers expert will tell you: move the big things into manageable
positions. If you do this correctly you could open up quite a lot of usable
space! Remember to position your appliances in a usability triangle. You might
also trade your old and wide refrigerator for a taller and narrower
refrigerator. You might also trade your current standard sink in for a larger
and over sized kitchen sink (the larger your sink, the easier you can store
dirty dishes and food prep items).
Another
thing that most people who are researching small kitchen makeovers overlook is
the use of vertical space. So many kitchen designers focus on horizontal space:
counter tops, sinks, etc that they forget that vertical space is just as
usable. When designing makeovers for small kitchens, consider installing taller
cabinets for your dishes and food items. Some small kitchen owners install
kitchen cabinets that extend all the way up to the ceiling! To keep these
cabinets from overwhelming your space, consider using cabinets with glass or
clear plastic doors. This helps the space look more open and usable (and can
save a lot of time searching for the right spice or serving dish).
Instead
of a free standing kitchen table, have a corner booth installed. This will open
up half of your dining space for storage you can even build a table that has
shelving units or drawers below the tabletop to help you store larger or lesser
used items. Heck, with a nice tablecloth you could rest your tabletop on top of
a filing cabinet and small bookcase and nobody would know! So many people
overlook the kitchen table when they work on their small kitchen makeovers.
Don't be one of them!
Finally,
when working on makeovers for small kitchens perhaps the most important detail
to remember is that less is better than more. Let your appliances and utensils
serve as decorations for your counters and exposed walls. Don't try to over
crowd the space with superfluous items that you do not need. Consider washing a
pan out and using it again while cooking a meal instead of using two pans of
the same size!
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