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Kitchen
Secret #7
Why should you
prioritise your needs?
 Even
though a customer knows what equipment is required for a kitchen, there
still can be many design outcomes.
In
the examples here, Kitchen Secrets have designed three individual possibilities
for the same room - considering that the customer had pre-determined
specifications and required the following appliances:
An integrated dishwasher,
a washing machine, a tumble dryer, a fridge, a freezer, a cooker, a
five ring hob and a feature steel canopy.
Figure
One above shows all the appliances at a lower level. The fridge
and the freezer can be found underneath the worktop on the top right
hand side of the drawing, as soon as you walk through the door. The
under-oven can be found further along the same side of the room after
a set of drawers. The obvious advantage of this layout would be the
large amount of worktop space as well as more visual space via the lack
of taller units.
Figure Two
above shows the same room, yet with a tall oven housing and a tall fridge
freezer. These are located at the bottom of the drawing. However, in
this instance a decision was made that it wouldn’t look very good
having a tall fridge freezer as you enter the room. This therefore meant
that it had to be located at the bottom left hand side. It is of course
generally good efficient practice to keep all the plumbing required
together. Because of this, the re-positioning of the fridge-freezer
and the location of the stop tap, it’s only possible to fit two
additional appliances here. Therefore, on this occasion, the customer
would have to choose between the benefits of having a tall oven housing
and the introduction of a washer-dryer replacing the two separate appliances.
Figure
Three shows that it's possible to fit all the appliances that
the customer would like whilst also offering enough seating via a breakfast
bar for four people. This kitchen would be the easiest one to ‘sell’
to a customer. Especially if the designer concentrates on all the ‘features’.
However, this
is where you should beware – not enough cupboard space is available.
That’s why you must prioritise your needs before hand. You need
to end up with a kitchen that’s right for you.
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