A Kitchen Floor Plan Will Show You What Works
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If you are remodeling your home or having a new home built, sooner or later you will have to turn to the kitchen. A great kitchen design can add value to your home and make it more attractive to you.
A great kitchen design starts with a great floor plan. Whether you have interior design experience or not, with a little thought and effort you can come up with an effective floor plan.
First of all, think of what you want to accomplish. Will the space have an eating area or is it for cooking only? If you are remodeling, are you hoping to enlarge it? What problems are you having in your current kitchen? Do you need more storage space? Do you need more work space? Do you have enough room to open cabinets and doors? These factors all need to be considered when designing your floor plan.
Pick up home design and remodeling magazines for ideas. Consider what you like in other kitchens you have seen. Consider also what you don't like. The idea phase is one of the most fun in any remodeling project. But don't spend too much time dreaming or you will never put the ideas into action.
Now, take some graph paper and make a grid of your kitchen: each square of the grid equaling one foot of space. Also make cut outs of what furniture, appliances and cabinets you have. (They don't have to exactly match what you have, except for size, so don't worry about how well you can draw.)
Now play with the grid and try to place all the pieces in an arrangement that fits your needs and your lifestyle. Will installing an island block traffic between the sink and the refrigerator? Will the dishwasher fit in that corner? Will an additional cabinet fit by the sink?
If working with graph paper doesn't appeal to you, pick up one of the many interior design software packages. These are easy to use and can give you quite a realistic picture of how the finished kitchen will look. Changes are easy to make too. The software is not very expensive and it is fun to use.
Once you have a floor plan that you think will work, you can either do the work yourself or hire a contractor. Most contractors give free estimates and he or she can give you an idea whether your design will work. Ask around for contractors with good reputations and shop around for a reasonable estimate.
If you have the time and the know-how, doing the project can be a very satisfying experience and can save you a lot of money. Whether you hire a contractor or do the work yourself, you will soon have a kitchen you can be proud of.
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Kurt Schefken routinely creates papers on areas related to installing kitchen cabinets and a variety of types of kitchen cabinets. His work on kitchen cabinets are found on http://www.kitchen-cabinets-tips.com .
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