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A Good Kitchen Plan Is Essential For Successful Small Kitchen Remodeling
by Jane Smallman
Refacing Cabinet Columnist
If you have a small kitchen that can't be extended, remodeling could solve your problems. Careful kitchen planning and remodeling could change your small kitchen beyond all recognition.
Small kitchens often lack light, storage space and simply enough room to move around. Remodeling can help with all these problems, even if you can't actually extend the kitchen in any way.
The most important part of the process is to create a careful plan before you begin remodeling. List the reasons why your small kitchen does not meet your needs, and make these a priority of your remodeling project.
How Can a Small Kitchen be Improved by Remodeling?
You might think that no amount of kitchen planning or remodeling can make a small kitchen bigger, but you would be wrong. Remodeling that follows these general guidelines should help you achieve a small kitchen that delivers on both space and efficiency:
- The Kitchen Plan. Make sure the layout of counter tops, storage units, appliances, doors and windows is as efficient as possible. If necessary, make rearranging them the top priority of the remodeling project.
- Traffic Flow. Make sure your new kitchen plan takes this into account and that it is part of the remodeling project.
- Appliances. Choose a range, refrigerator, dishwasher etc. that are narrow and shallow.
- Color Scheme. A limited number of neutral or pastel colors will unify the space and help to make it seem larger. You can, however, use bolder colors sparingly to accent certain features.
- Smooth Lines and Simple Patterns. Will help to create the illusion of space.
- Reflective Surfaces. Stainless steel or shiny cabinet door help to magnify the space.
- Storage. Think creatively and build custom storage if you need to.
By incorporating these ideas into your kitchen plan you can improve the design and efficiency of your small kitchen and achieve a remodeling project that solves all your problems.
About the author
Jane Smallman runs a mountain guiding business with her husband. Her early training was in hotel management and she has worked in the hotel industry in France, Holland, the US and the UK. Following this she worked in an administrative capacity for a number of not-for-profit organizations in the UK, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the Refugee Legal Centre. While doing this she earned a degree in Social Sciences through distance learning with the Open University. After graduation she progressed to the University of Sussex as a full-time student where she was awarded a Masters Degree in Social and Political Thought.
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