8 Kitchen Layout Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make!

There are a lot of home activities that happen in the kitchen. These include eating, drinking, socializing, and cooking. Sometimes, people even prefer to watch television in the kitchen. As a result of this, the design of the kitchen holds a very significant value that should not be ignored.

Before getting started with your kitchen redesign, consider all the 8 kitchen layout mistakes that you should not make.

These include:

Causing obstruction in the kitchen triangle

According to kitchen experts, the refrigerator, the stove, and the sink happen to be the kitchen triangle. This is the area that involves the greatest activity as a result of which it should have unobstructed access and very careful planning.

Out of all these three options, the sink usually has the most unobstructed access to it. In case the sink is in a poor location, working in the kitchen could become quite a heft.

Wasting the storage space

Kitchens are usually designed to hold a lot of stuff. Atop that, some kitchen cabinets happen to have appliances that are shaped very oddly. As a result of this, the storage of such appliances becomes a problem in case the storage space is not utilized properly.  

In-sufficient counter space

One of the biggest mistakes that people make with the layout of the kitchen is assigning a very small space to the kitchen counter. Consider all the activities that involve the use of a countertop, one would want to add in as much as open horizontal surface area as possible.

Poor lighting

Poor lighting is yet another layout problem that many kitchens have. Poor lighting is necessary not only for the atmosphere and the design but also for safety when it comes to handling sharp tools such as knives.

Poor level of ventilation

A kitchen space requires a lot of ventilation. In case you ever walk into someone’s kitchen and smelled the chicken from last night still lingering around in the air, you would know that ventilation holds great significance. So, ensure that your kitchen is not enclosed fully, and has points from where air can enter and escape.

Choosing a wrong kitchen island

A kitchen island is useful as an extra space for preparation, and for serving. However, kitchen islands usually waste a lot of kitchen space if set up in the wrong way. Putting one in the wrong post for instance, could be a disaster and can result in overcrowding of the work area.

No recycling

Make use of sorting bins for items in the kitchen that can be recycled. The trash that has to go out, should be thrown into a separate bin. This way, an intelligent organization of the bins can help a lot.

Getting too trendy

Although, getting too trendy is not always a mistake, sometimes, the latest high-end equipment is not the best choice. This is because many trendy designs and colors happen to have a very short life. What is popular today may not be very popular tomorrow. As a result of this, getting a long-term return on the investment such as in the case of a resale may not be very huge.