How to Choose Your Kitchen Appliances
When you’re making up your kitchen design plans, you should also include the appliances that you need to buy, and decide which among them is the best and on how and where you could store them in your kitchen.
For those large and major appliances, like refrigerator and stove, several kitchens have already had the spaces built for these. However, for some other appliances, knowing where to put them can be quite a challenge. This would usually depend on how big the space of your kitchen is. Storage space is usually a problem on small kitchens, so you need to look for the most effective solutions for this, depending on the kind of appliances that you plan on buying for your kitchen.
Let’s take a look at some common situations and how to solve them:
If you plan on buying a separate oven without a stovetop, the best place to put this is to build it along with your kitchen cabinets, instead of putting it on the cupboard. Doing this will take up the space of only one cabinet, therefore, you are not really losing a lot of space when it comes to storage, and therefore you no longer need to look for additional space. And this goes the same for extra burners -you may fit them to one of your countertops or place on top of the kitchen island, that is, if you’ve got some space to build one.
As for the microwave, the problem that is usually associated to this is that it could take up more space on your counter, and this is not really practical to those with small kitchen. The solution for this is to make use of your kitchen walls. If possible, try building a shelf on your wall, where the microwave can sit on, or maybe set it unto the cabinets, such as those mentioned above. But before you build the shelf, consider the height on the wall, if you want your children to also have access to it.
Dishwasher, anyone? (And no, I’m not referring to your husband or the maid!) If you don’t have enough space, you may have to sacrifice one of your lower kitchen cupboards to fit it, next to the sink so that it is near a source of water. The same principle, in fact, would apply to a washing machine, which some people fit into their kitchens. Think very carefully if you can afford to lose too many cupboards for this purpose. You may be better off putting the washing machine on a utility balcony, in the bathroom, or in the corridor so that you don’t lose too much storage space.
And what about where and how to buy your appliances? This very much depends on your budget. If you can afford to buy everything new, that is best. But if you do so, make sure to purchase insurance. If funds are tight, you can purchase reconditioned refrigerators and ovens, but make sure that they come from reputable places with some kind of certificate stating that they are in good repair.
Janette loves to beautify her kitchen and using kitchen countertop ideas or kitchen projects is a thing that she most certainly advises for a new look.
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