Of course, the kitchen should have one thing in particular: work. She can look good anyway. Our tips on style, storage space, and solid materials.
Find the right kitchen form
Consider the working triangle
No matter which kitchen shape you decide on, you should definitely create a conceived working triangle out of the often-frequented points sink, stove and refrigerator. That's how work is very fast to do. However, there are no more than two periods between the functional zones, otherwise it is the same with the beautiful ergonomics again and you have long ways.
The choice of the right materials
When choosing the right material, pay close attention to care, water resistance and heat compatibility. Also ideal are continuous surfaces that have few seams. With certain synthetic resin materials, it is also possible to seamlessly integrate washbasin and splash guard into the worktop. This facilitates the cleaning. In natural materials such as solid wood and stone, however, you have to invest more work for the care, but they keep their beautiful appearance for many years under the right treatment.
Consider everyday life
Open kitchens that go into the living room are becoming increasingly popular. Closed rooms, on the other hand, have the advantage that noises, cooking chaos and odors remain where they belong - in the kitchen. Therefore, if you have a penchant for roast food and the kitchen after cooking rather reminiscent of a battlefield, you should rather bet on the trend on a kitchen door. Conversely, for frequent guests, an open kitchen makes more sense, so you always keep in conversation while preparing your meal.
The color of the kitchen fronts
Neutral white or natural tones are timeless and adaptable. For all those who have a penchant for frequently changing accessories and styles, also offer neutral fronts.
A kitchen with colored or specially designed fronts, on the other hand, looks extravagant. So if pink has been your favorite color for decades, you probably still enjoy the pink fronts in ten years' time. In this case, nothing speaks against colored fronts. But then the rest of the institution should hold back in color, as in our example. You can not decide? Then it can be an alternative, once only paint a wall in color.
Make the kitchen comfortable
Our example above shows what floating floor cabinets make up: The kitchen immediately gets a homely character. Cabinets, highboards and countertops in the same shades of brown and matte fronts reinforce this impression. If the kitchen appliances then disappear behind closed doors and a carpet is on the floor, you have banished the typical kitchen charm from the room.
Plan a dining area
A counter or a table with chairs is always good in the kitchen. They not only provide space for visitors, but also expand your work space. And honestly, even in the smallest kitchen there is often a place to do it. Do not you think: how about a folding variant, for example?
Think of storage space
Plan as much storage space as possible! If you have the opportunity, bespoke floor-to-ceiling wall cabinets are the best solution. Long, narrow shelves that run from wall to wall are an alternative when the kitchen is small or a window makes wall cabinets impossible. If you have extra space, an additional built-in shelf loosens up a reduced kitchen interior visually. So you do not feel so restricted by the cupboards.
The kitchen has to suit you, not the other way around
A kitchen should be adapted to humans and not vice versa. Body-appropriate heights, widths and depths make working easier and prevent back pain.
Therefore, try to consider the following points during kitchen planning:
Frequently used items should be stored at working height, everything else higher or lower
Install oven and microwave at eye level
Adjust the height of the work surface to your body size (rule of thumb: elbow height for angled arms minus 15 cm, for a body height of 175 cm this corresponds to approx.
Work light and mood light
When cooking, we need beautiful work light, but we would like to eat it then but moody. How it works? Very easily. Work areas like here on the back wall should always be directly and well lit. LED strips are ideal for this. If you do not already have them, you can bring light into the dark with adhesive options for retrofitting. For the dining area at the counter offers a pendant lamp with warmer and less strong light. This creates an atmospheric and homely atmosphere.
Invest in one of the new extractor hoods
Because the new models are hardly recognizable as such. Decorative and functional is also this flat-screen hood, which is more reminiscent of a cupboard light than a cooker hood thanks to its low height.
Find the right dining table
The dining table is the place of assembly at home and should therefore be completely in line with your own habits. Our checklist helps you to buy:
How much space is available?
How many people should be able to sit at the table?
Do you prefer a round, square or oval shape?
Should the table be extendable (on how many people)?
How easy to maintain the table top?
Do table height and seat height of the chairs match each other?The latter is especially important when mixing new and old furniture. So older chairs sometimes have a seat height of 44 cm instead of the usual 46.5 cm. Trial seating is therefore always mandatory before purchase.
For country house fans a must: the buffet cabinet
Handleless high gloss fronts are not your thing? With a kitchen ensemble in the style of a buffet cabinet you bring a pinch of country house charm to the kitchen. In addition to nostalgia, it also offers enough storage space for dishes, glasses and pots.
Chair mix beautifies the dining table
Stage your dining table as a character piece and put on a chair mix. Tip for beginners: For a guaranteed harmonious picture you should assemble the different chairs in only one color. For the brave, calmly mix chairs of different ages, styles, and colors. This may look wilder, but a large no-frills wooden dining table unites them back into a whole.
Underestimated: accessories with style
Living professionals pay particular attention to details in the kitchen equipment. Do it! Because it does not testify to style, when cooking by the way a pretty kitchen towel, a coaster made of special material or stylish dishes come to light? Just!
Stage a plate shelf
Whether favorite dishes or decoration, books and pretty bits and pieces - beautify your kitchen with a plate shelf. The decorative accessory is storage and wall decoration in one and can be a nice break in style to cool interior. Your favorite cookbooks are always within reach.
A kitchen wall as a blackboard
Grab the tablecloth and paint your own personal notepad on a kitchen wall. You can customize the size and color to suit your own needs. You have children? Then the area also offers space for the latest works of the little ones.
You will find a large selection of table linen and board colors to order.
Open shelves need order
Open shelves loosen closed kitchen fronts. Provided you keep order! Small items should therefore disappear in glasses, cans and storage boxes. Then open shelves seem calm and are therefore a pleasant eye-catcher.
Bench as a space reserve
The bench is the joker among the furniture and is currently experiencing its revival. If a surprise visit comes, it makes us move together and one has more room at the dining table. If it is not needed, it also makes good as a shelf or improvised side table.
Pictures for the personal touch
Turn the kitchen into an art gallery. An ideal place is a deep window or a cookie on the wall to which you can assemble a picture bar as in our example. This makes the room feel comfortable and you can have a look at your favorite theme at the morning cereal. And there is room for decoration here, too.
Find the right kitchen form
Kitchen shape is right for you depends on the size of the room and the floor plan. Nevertheless, different forms are always possible, but all have different advantages and disadvantages:
Single-line: Ideal for long, narrow spaces, but this shape offers little storage space.
Two-line: More storage space and work surface, but the workflow is interrupted by two separate kitchen lines.
L-shape: Here you can work with liquid processes. However, rotatable rondels are necessary for the corner cuts.
U-shape: Utilizes the space optimally and allows flowing processes, because everything is close to each other. However, this variant needs a large space.
Open kitchen: Consists of different kitchen forms. This form promotes communication and makes a room appear more generous. But smells can enter the living room.
Single-line: Ideal for long, narrow spaces, but this shape offers little storage space.
Two-line: More storage space and work surface, but the workflow is interrupted by two separate kitchen lines.
L-shape: Here you can work with liquid processes. However, rotatable rondels are necessary for the corner cuts.
U-shape: Utilizes the space optimally and allows flowing processes, because everything is close to each other. However, this variant needs a large space.
Open kitchen: Consists of different kitchen forms. This form promotes communication and makes a room appear more generous. But smells can enter the living room.
Consider the working triangle
No matter which kitchen shape you decide on, you should definitely create a conceived working triangle out of the often-frequented points sink, stove and refrigerator. That's how work is very fast to do. However, there are no more than two periods between the functional zones, otherwise it is the same with the beautiful ergonomics again and you have long ways.
The choice of the right materials
When choosing the right material, pay close attention to care, water resistance and heat compatibility. Also ideal are continuous surfaces that have few seams. With certain synthetic resin materials, it is also possible to seamlessly integrate washbasin and splash guard into the worktop. This facilitates the cleaning. In natural materials such as solid wood and stone, however, you have to invest more work for the care, but they keep their beautiful appearance for many years under the right treatment.
Consider everyday life
Open kitchens that go into the living room are becoming increasingly popular. Closed rooms, on the other hand, have the advantage that noises, cooking chaos and odors remain where they belong - in the kitchen. Therefore, if you have a penchant for roast food and the kitchen after cooking rather reminiscent of a battlefield, you should rather bet on the trend on a kitchen door. Conversely, for frequent guests, an open kitchen makes more sense, so you always keep in conversation while preparing your meal. The color of the kitchen fronts
Neutral white or natural tones are timeless and adaptable. For all those who have a penchant for frequently changing accessories and styles, also offer neutral fronts. A kitchen with colored or specially designed fronts, on the other hand, looks extravagant. So if pink has been your favorite color for decades, you probably still enjoy the pink fronts in ten years' time. In this case, nothing speaks against colored fronts. But then the rest of the institution should hold back in color, as in our example. You can not decide? Then it can be an alternative, once only paint a wall in color.
Make the kitchen comfortable
Our example above shows what floating floor cabinets make up: The kitchen immediately gets a homely character. Cabinets, highboards and countertops in the same shades of brown and matte fronts reinforce this impression. If the kitchen appliances then disappear behind closed doors and a carpet is on the floor, you have banished the typical kitchen charm from the room.Plan a dining area
A counter or a table with chairs is always good in the kitchen. They not only provide space for visitors, but also expand your work space. And honestly, even in the smallest kitchen there is often a place to do it. Do not you think: how about a folding variant, for example?
Think of storage space
Plan as much storage space as possible! If you have the opportunity, bespoke floor-to-ceiling wall cabinets are the best solution. Long, narrow shelves that run from wall to wall are an alternative when the kitchen is small or a window makes wall cabinets impossible. If you have extra space, an additional built-in shelf loosens up a reduced kitchen interior visually. So you do not feel so restricted by the cupboards.
The kitchen has to suit you, not the other way around
A kitchen should be adapted to humans and not vice versa. Body-appropriate heights, widths and depths make working easier and prevent back pain. Therefore, try to consider the following points during kitchen planning:
Frequently used items should be stored at working height, everything else higher or lower
Install oven and microwave at eye level
Adjust the height of the work surface to your body size (rule of thumb: elbow height for angled arms minus 15 cm, for a body height of 175 cm this corresponds to approx.
Work light and mood light
When cooking, we need beautiful work light, but we would like to eat it then but moody. How it works? Very easily. Work areas like here on the back wall should always be directly and well lit. LED strips are ideal for this. If you do not already have them, you can bring light into the dark with adhesive options for retrofitting. For the dining area at the counter offers a pendant lamp with warmer and less strong light. This creates an atmospheric and homely atmosphere. Invest in one of the new extractor hoods
Because the new models are hardly recognizable as such. Decorative and functional is also this flat-screen hood, which is more reminiscent of a cupboard light than a cooker hood thanks to its low height. Find the right dining table
The dining table is the place of assembly at home and should therefore be completely in line with your own habits. Our checklist helps you to buy:
How much space is available?
How many people should be able to sit at the table?
Do you prefer a round, square or oval shape?
Should the table be extendable (on how many people)?
How easy to maintain the table top?
Do table height and seat height of the chairs match each other?The latter is especially important when mixing new and old furniture. So older chairs sometimes have a seat height of 44 cm instead of the usual 46.5 cm. Trial seating is therefore always mandatory before purchase.
For country house fans a must: the buffet cabinet
Handleless high gloss fronts are not your thing? With a kitchen ensemble in the style of a buffet cabinet you bring a pinch of country house charm to the kitchen. In addition to nostalgia, it also offers enough storage space for dishes, glasses and pots. Chair mix beautifies the dining table
Stage your dining table as a character piece and put on a chair mix. Tip for beginners: For a guaranteed harmonious picture you should assemble the different chairs in only one color. For the brave, calmly mix chairs of different ages, styles, and colors. This may look wilder, but a large no-frills wooden dining table unites them back into a whole. Underestimated: accessories with style
Living professionals pay particular attention to details in the kitchen equipment. Do it! Because it does not testify to style, when cooking by the way a pretty kitchen towel, a coaster made of special material or stylish dishes come to light? Just! Stage a plate shelf
Whether favorite dishes or decoration, books and pretty bits and pieces - beautify your kitchen with a plate shelf. The decorative accessory is storage and wall decoration in one and can be a nice break in style to cool interior. Your favorite cookbooks are always within reach. A kitchen wall as a blackboard
Grab the tablecloth and paint your own personal notepad on a kitchen wall. You can customize the size and color to suit your own needs. You have children? Then the area also offers space for the latest works of the little ones. You will find a large selection of table linen and board colors to order.
Open shelves need order
Open shelves loosen closed kitchen fronts. Provided you keep order! Small items should therefore disappear in glasses, cans and storage boxes. Then open shelves seem calm and are therefore a pleasant eye-catcher. Bench as a space reserve
The bench is the joker among the furniture and is currently experiencing its revival. If a surprise visit comes, it makes us move together and one has more room at the dining table. If it is not needed, it also makes good as a shelf or improvised side table.
Pictures for the personal touch
Turn the kitchen into an art gallery. An ideal place is a deep window or a cookie on the wall to which you can assemble a picture bar as in our example. This makes the room feel comfortable and you can have a look at your favorite theme at the morning cereal. And there is room for decoration here, too. 
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