The Three Easy Steps to Design the Kitchen of

Your Dreams

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July 2013

Make designing your dream kitchen easy on yourself

Many people would consider the kitchen to be the center of piece to any household. It’s the room where nourishment is prepared. Food brings people together and creates enough memories to last a lifetime.

With that in mind it’s really important that you are happy with your kitchen. Having a kitchen that you feel comfortable in will enhance you daily experience and really make cooking meals and hanging out with your friends and family in that space much more fun and enjoyable over all.

Step 1: Compare StylesWhether you are looking for expensive or cheap kitchen cabinets. Browse as many overall styles as you can. Put enough time and effort into this as possible so that you are sure that you’ve weighted out all of your options. The last thing you want is to commit to one style only to find out after you’ve paid for and installed everything, that there is something that better suits your fancy.

Once figuring out which styles you like the best from there you can choose your favorite of the bunch. It’ll be a tough decision to make but you’ll know the style that works best for you when you see it.

Step 2: Measure Your Kitchen

Make sure that you’ve measured your kitchen so that you know exactly where your limitations are. It would be a shame to order everything you want and then find out that you can’t even fit it all within your kitchen. Or just the opposite where there’s not enough material to make your kitchen flush and full causing it to feel incomplete. You want it to be just right, this is true whether you are searching for custom or ready to assemble kitchen cabinets.

Cabinet Measurement Checklist

Cabinets are integral to the design of the entire kitchen. Here’s a quick check list of steps to take when measuring for your kitchen cabinets.

1. Ceiling: Measure the height of the ceiling. Browse to see the the entire ceiling is the same height. (Note soffits and drop ceilings)

2. Walls: Measure the length of all walls with cabinets on them. Note if walls are open or closed on each side. (Leave 2 inches at open ends for countertop edging.

3. Windows: Measure the width of windows including the frame. Also measure the distance from the edge of the window to the corner or end. Note if there’s going to be cabinets above the window and he height above it.

4. Range or Cook Top: Measure the width of the range or cook top. Mark the distance from the center of the range or cook top to the nearest corner or end.

5. Hood: Mark down the distance from the center of the opening for the hood to the nearest corner or end. Note what type of hood it’s going to be; unde rcabinet, microhood, or chimney style.

Cabinet Measurement Checklist

6. Sink & Dishwasher: Measure the center of the plumbing to the nearest corner or end. Note if the plumbing is irregular. Mark the location of the dishwasher, standard is 24”. Normally the sink will be centered on the window if there is a window.

7. Refrigerator: Measure the width and the height of the refrigerator, mark the location. Standard is 36” (w) x 72” (h).

8. Islands: We recommend leaving at least 36 inches on each side of the island.

9. Other: Mark down any other notes or irregularities.

Step 3: Free Design ServiceOnce you have your style picked out and have accurate measurements down it’s time to move on to looking into a free design service. There are sites that can design your kitchen online if you know where to look.

In ClosingDesigning a beautiful kitchen that will hold up for many years to come can be simplified. With these three easy steps you do not need to feel intimidated and can actually understand the process of what it takes in order to execute designing a worthwhile kitchen.

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