Kitchen Fundamentals: cupboards

When starting to plan your kitchen renovation you may get quickly waylaid by the glitz and the glamour of appliances. However a kitchen is not built around your oven, rather it is your preference for cupboards that dictates a kitchens design. This is not simply because they provide the façade for your kitchen but more because they compose the bulk of your kitchen. So let’s look at three sections of cabinets; materials, Design and functionality/features.

Materials:

Wood is the most common option as the range that it affords is staggering. It also allows for a range of budgets from cheap and nasty birch to bourgeois ebony. Metal is another viable choice which is not given to the aging/warping of wood, however it does not come with such a range of colours and styles. They are exceedingly durable but at a raise in price above wood. The cheapest option is laminate, but they come in a myriad of colours!

 

Design:

The design is largely constituted by the type of door panel. The most common categories are slab, raised or recessed. A Slab look makes for a clean modern look for your kitchen whereas a raised or recessed panel can give it a more traditional/country feel.

Functionality/Features:

The options here are endless but so we will just make mention of a few items to wet your appetite.

• The walk in pantry – If you have the space they are invaluable
• Soft Closing Drawers – So your pubescent offspring will never be able to close a kitchen cupboard in anger again
• Deep drawers – To store deep things, great for that ever increasing collection of canned vegetables
• Spice racks – Because nothing says OCD better than a meticulously organised spice rack
• Roll out trays in base cabinets – so that you never have to forage the dark recesses of your cupboards again
• Rubbish Bin in base cabinets – Hide them away so they don’t sully your kitchens appearance

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