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Article by clarisse bwown

Because we spend so much time in the bedroom, using a bedroom remodeling project to create a room that reflects your lifestyle and tastes is an excellent project to undertake. The Internet provides a wonderful resource for anyone looking for information about bedroom remodeling. Kitchen, bath and bedroom remodeling is perhaps the most common route for remodeling.

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Perhaps you’ve planned a bedroom remodeling or living room remodeling project. So, make sure your home remodeling project is a winner; whether a bedroom remodeling, kitchen, basement, or living room remodeling project. Plan your electrical wiring needs when you embark on the bedroom remodeling project. Bedroom remodeling can be a very important project. It is no doubt that have enough knowledge about bedroom remodeling to make solid, informed choices cuts down on the fear factor. Try not to schedule important events close to the estimated completion time of your home remodeling project.

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Bedroom remodeling gives you a chance to create a bedroom of different moods. The bedroom is the room we spend most of our lives in, perhaps asleep but wouldn’t you want to use a bedroom remodeling project to create the perfect room to fall asleep to and wake to. And waking to a beautiful and comforting bedroom has to help get your day off to be a good start. The world has always looked to the French bedroom designs of sexy bedrooms and now the rest of the world is following their lead and begun creating bedrooms with passion and sensuality.

For a lot of people, the bedroom is a place to lounge and read. For those people the bedroom must enhance their reading and lounging experience. This type of bedroom remodeling project should feature a comfortable reading chair, good lighting and padded headboards for proper posture in bed. This type of bedroom remodeling renovation should be designed to create a private retreat to unwind with total privacy. Some bedrooms are small and cozy while master bedroom suites are popular with others.

Spare bedrooms or guest bedrooms may also double up as home offices or hobby rooms. If you don’t want to make any major modifications to your bedroom plans, you can look at alternatives to remodeling. Give your bedroom a facelift with the right blend of color, furnishings and furniture. Storage is a major concern while remodeling a bedroom. Custom designed built-in closets create efficient storage space without adding to the furniture in the bedroom.

Homeowners often remodel old homes out of structural necessity a maneuver that often requires an architect’s help. Many people are choosing to use replicas of primitive artifacts and statues as decorations in their homes. So proportions play a major role in interior design and furniture in your bedroom. The bathroom must be near the bedroom and no obstacles or furniture should restrict the access to its door. Find a reliable professional home remodeling contractor for you home remodeling project.

Article by Kitchen Cabinet Shane

Pop quiz. Which TV personality would be more at home in your kitchen: Candice Olson from the HGTV show “Divine Design”, or Carole Brady from “The Brady Bunch”? Now, if you honestly love your gold laminated counter tops and linoleum floor, than just put on your bell bottoms and cook up a nice cheese fondue on your avocado green stove. But if your heart is yearning for stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops, a kitchen remodel is definitely the way to go. But you say “I simply cannot afford to remodel my kitchen”, and the we say “tosh”, an affordable kitchen remodel is simply a matter of making a few informed choices about materials and design. Here are the pointers you can use to stay on budget, and send the avocado green back to 1974 where it belongs.1. Granite Counter Tops. Nothing says “new kitchen” faster than granite counter tops. Or marble, or soapstone, or any number of natural stone counter tops. The problem is that natural stone has to come out of the ground and be transported to your new kitchen. The larger the slab of stone, the harder (ie. more expensive) it is to excavate it and transport it in one piece. But you can still indulge in the luxury of natural stone counter tops if you are willing to install the stone in pieces. Just purchase small squares of granite and have them installed by your tile installer. Choose a grout color that matches the stone as closely as possible and you may even be able to achieve the visual effect of a solid counter top. As an added benefit, if you damage one square of tile, it can be easily replaced without incurring the expense of replacing the entire counter top.2. Stone Back Splash. A kitchen back splash does more than keep fingerprints and chili stains off your walls, it also provides one more opportunity to accessorize your kitchen with contemporary kitchen finishes. Of course, the most elegant finish for your new stone counter tops would be a new stone back splash. But as we have already discussed, granite and other natural stone tiles are expensive, as compared to a standard ceramic tile back splash. One trick is to turn your stone tiles on their side, so you are creating a diamond pattern instead of the standard horizontal row of tiles. The diamond pattern looks expensive, but actually requires fewer tiles than the horizontal pattern.3. Custom Kitchen Cabinets. While your heart may yearn for custom kitchen cabinetry in your new kitchen, remodeling your kitchen on a budget may require to ditch the site-built kitchen cabinets and use standard factory built cabinets. One trick that kitchen designers use is to install factory made cabinets, but to vary the height of the cabinets. By using a few 42″ kitchen cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling, with a mix of standard 36″ cabinets, you can create visual interest and the illusion of custom cabinetry. Or, if you are splurging on 42″ cabinets for the entire kitchen, skip the expensive options like matching crown molding, and ask your trim carpenter to pick up some poplar crown molding at the local lumber yard, stain it to match your cabinets, and install it on site. This method is usually cheaper in the long run than ordering the fancy trim pieces from the cabinet manufacturer. Your carpenter can even fabricate the look of intricate moldings by layering a couple different simple moldings together.This is a great way to save on kitchen cabinets. This is how we Buy Kitchen Cabinets and save.One last trick. Remember that lighting goes a long way toward the overall effect of your kitchen. Installing three small hanging pendant lights over your kitchen island is can be less expensive than splurging on one large kitchen light fixture, and definitely cheaper than installing an entire gang of recessed lights.By looking at each component of your kitchen remodel and asking “how can I do this cheaper without cheapening my kitchen?” you can pull your poor dated kitchen out of the 1970s and into the new millennium where it belongs. Candice Olson would be proud.

Article by Bathroom Varities And RTA Bathroom Varities

Earlier, the bathroom was a place where you would spend 15 minutes in, in the morning. Today, it is so much more than that. It is a sanctuary, a place to relax and take a leisurely shower. Such bathrooms were only a luxury to be afforded in 5 star hotels and resorts, but today, it is a place in your very own home. High end bathrooms with great multi functional facilities are the current trend. It has been seen that most consumers, while buying houses pay maximum attention to the kitchen and the bathroom. Large, spacious, bright kitchens and bathrooms that look good and are multi purpose are the reason that some very expensive houses are bought.

It is important that when you buy a house, you make sure that everything in the house from bathroom vanities to the furniture in your kitchen is to your liking. The bathroom has over the years emerged to be one of the most important places in a house. It is a place where you get complete privacy and isolation from the rest of the world and that is why most people prefer to do up their bathrooms opulently. The list of bathroom vanities is endless. There are so many things you can do to make your bathroom a haven of luxury and leisure. There are light modifications, therapeutic shower panels, Jacuzzis and anything else you can imagine.

Installing a steam shower in your bathroom is a great idea and gives you a spa like experience in the privacy and comfort of your home. The steam shower comes with a reclining chair, remote controlled massage, an electronic steam generator as well as a surround sound. Bathroom vanities like a Jacuzzi are also a good option if you are going all out in doing up your bathroom. A Jacuzzi is basically a bathtub with some modifications. It has provisions for water squirting out of the sides creating a swirling motion in the tub, which is very relaxing.

If you want to be different from everyone else then you can even get a tanning shower. A tanning shower can be incorporated into your old shower panel itself. It comes in the form of a unit with lamps, reflectors and a double UV filter for the best tanning. A high intensity infrared light which protects the skin is also included in the unit.

If however, these bathroom remodeling trends are too out of your budget, you can opt for cheaper ways to make sure your bathroom looks inviting and trendy. One way of acquiring a completely new look for your bathroom is by changing the current cabinets and replacing them with new ones. RTA bathroom cabinets are a cheap and affordable way of making your bath look good. RTA bathroom cabinets are available in different materials with different finishing. Choose the one that you like best, and you have an entirely new bathroom at hand.

If you are planning a kitchen remodel for the first time then I really appreciate how stressful it can be. Apart from the many ranges and styles of kitchens available online and in free brochures to get ideas and inspiration from there are some harsh realities that you need to know. Unfortunately, having done a number of kitchen remodels the later far more successful and easier than the earlier ones I have learned a number of things which I think are vital for those new to kitchen remodelling need to know if they want their kitchen remodel to be a fairly simple operation. I list the key factors of a good kitchen remodel as follows:  

Plan, Plan, Plan and plan again

Most of you will read this and probable say but I already know that and you are right. However, there is real thorough planning where you cover every possible detail and plan for potential problems which is differing from having a few ideas in your head, alot of kitchen ideas and a basic kitchen plan. Believe you me the planning process of kitchen remodels is so important that it will not only save you time but also money and stress. When planning you kitchen remodel you need to think about the following:  

1. Plumbing: Where do you want the sink and washing machine to be?  

Is the existing piping in the right place for the sink and washing machine to be fitted exactly where you want it now?  

Also, is the pipe work dated (if the property is old) and in need of updating?  

Does the pipe work have the necessary stop taps in case of an emergency in which you need to lock off the water supply for a particular area?

This may seem like a stupid and simple question but I am amazed at how many homes and even small businesses such as take aways have few stop taps and some cases just the mains stop tap. If you don’t have sufficient stop taps in the kitchen and have a problem such as leaking pipe it means you will have to lock off the mains system cutting off all the water to the home which means no hot water, central heating and running water until the problem is fixed. I learnt the hard way during my first kitchen remodel when a pipe burst in the kitchen during a very cold spell and I had to turn off the mains water stop tap which also caused further problems with the central heating due to the drop in temperature and the freezing of pipes!   

Does your gas point need to be moved due to fitting your hob or gas appliances in another part of the kitchen?    

 A friend of mine, who in his rush to move into his new home, decided not to take my free advice about planning his kitchen remodel throughly and in detail, informing me ‘I don’t have the time, I’ll get it sorted, no worries, may be next time’. As he solely focused on getting his kitchen fitted and relying on advice from a small kitchen business he had not planned the necessary steps for his pipe work to be fitted exactly where he needed it. In his old kitchen his cooker was in the corner where as in his new kitchen he was installing his new hob on another wall in the middle. This meant that his gas pipe needed to be moved. However, in his rush to have his kitchen fitted he had his floor tiled so the kitchen could be fitted on top of the tiles before moving the gas point to the other wall where the new hob would be. Where the pipe should have been fed under the floor boards to the new location it had to run along the wall which caused more work and complexity when fitting the kithcen units thus costing more time and money.

Should I use copper or the plastic easy fit piping?

Copper may cost more but give me it any day over plastic piping. I have seen on a number of occassions plastic pipes cause so much damage due to the push joints on plastic failing where copper would be so much more superior as a material. Also when pipe work can be seen copper looks so much nicer than plastic!  

Do I have an extractor fan fitted with carbon filters or an extractor fan connected to a pipe which sucks in air from outside?

An extractor fan which uses air from outside is much better and more cost effective than using an extractor fan with carbon filters that must be changed regularly to be effective. However an extractor fan which sucks in air from outside needs a pipe that leads to an external wall and therefore should be on an external wall or very close to one otherwise you will see a pipe above your cabinets which doesn’t look particulary appealing. This is where using an extractor fans with carbon filters excel they can be placed anywhere. If you are not bothered about the additional cost of changing carbon filters and plan to have it in a location away from an external wall then it is the better option.  

2. Design:

 Are my kitchen walls in a good enough condition to simple paint them? I have seen kitchen walls in my time old and even recently plastered that have more bumps and bends then a country valley! Such walls needed to be rectified and made smooth and flat by a good plasterer before you paint, or should be tiled. I have seen people paint on walls that are not straight and flat in the hope that the paint may cover up somehow the uneveness of the walls! It doesn’t work! Replaster or tile!  

Are my tiles cheap ceramic tiles or heavy duty porcelain tiles which need super diamond drill bits to drill through?

I love Italian porcelain tiles. They are thick, strong and robust. They will last a life time and still look beautiful however… Thick porcelain tiles Italian or otherwise are a nightmare to drill into. I have wasted so many drill bits along side other work collegues that I am sure we made the DIY stores we frequented rich just because of our purchasing of drill bits! Cheap ceramic tiles break often so buy extra as you will need them!  

Do a use cheap paint to safe costs or do I use expensive paint?

 I was ask this recently what is the difference between cheap and expensive paint. What is the difference? It depends on the quality of the product not the price? I buy alot of paint from a paint recylcing place in my home town which will mix whateever colors to your taste using expensive and cheap paints. I have found that they are as good as expensive paints that are branded as top quality. What I always do in order to use less paint especially on newly plastered walls is wash the walls with PVA bonding mixed with water and then add a little PVA glue to the paint so I use less coats of paint, saving time and money.  

Lighting

If you have a small kitchen do not go for dark coloured units especially if your lighting is limited. If you have large windows which allow you alot of sunlight then you can consider having darker cabinets. Spot lights really help in kitchens which lack natural lights and reflective surfaces such as the high gloss kitchen units also help to create the effective of more light due to their reflective quality.  

Workmen

Please, please use professional kitchen fitters or joiners who have sufficient experience and show you examples of their work. Don’t be fooled there is a huge difference between a professional kitchen fit and a standard kitchen fit done by the local joiner or your friend. Somone who specialises in fitting kitchens will be much better than someone who fits kitchens sometimes, hangs doors, builds bookshelves etc. Also, if you are using tilers, plasters and plumbers ask to see there work and ask around about them. I amaze at how poor the level of quality and service is being offered by so many workmen. I have suffered dearly financially due to poor workmen. And finally, if a workman is cheap beware! Cheap price poor quality! And don’t pay all upfront!   

 Kitchen Units   There has been so much said on this subject that I have very little to say. Work with a good kitchen designer to produce the kitchen the way you want it in terms of style, use, space and comfort. Read some of the other blog posts on this blog which discuss this more detail. Hope you enjoy this article until the next one check out more articles and kitchen tips at: http://kitchenremodeldesigns.blogspot.com/

One of the most popular ways to add value and enjoyment to your home is to renovate the kitchen. Changing that boring old-style kitchen into something wonderful is simpler than you might imagine. First thing you need to do is making right choice among kitchen contractors. How do you find the right contractor for your needs? What should such a professional offer? What makes one contractor better than another one? Here, you’ll find a short list that will help you make the best choice possible.

Experience – How much knowledge does the kitchen contractor have? Kitchen contractors with little to no experience can make viable options, but it’s always preferable to have an experienced professional in your kitchen. With experience comes expertise and knowledge of how to handle problems, unpredictable situations and ensures that the contractor chosen can create the kitchen of your dreams quite easily.

Status – For making right choice among the kitchen contractors, you should check out their reputation. If the contractor has a website, examine the customer testimonials there. Ask the contractor for references, or for the contact information for previous customers. This information can provide you with an excellent place to start. A contractor should have a reputation for quality work and customer satisfaction. Any contractor that has a considerable number of dissatisfied customers should be stricken from your list.

Price – As a note, you should never let price be your sole deciding criteria. However, it can most certainly be a good addition to other criteria. Don’t choose from the very low cost kitchen contractors – Keep in mind the old saying, “you get what you pay for”. Of course, you need not go with the most costly contractor, either. Seek some middle ground, as this will provide you with a knowledgeable contractor, but will ease the strain on your bank account.

Estimate – Any kitchen contractors with whom you make contact should give you a rough idea about the cost of the whole project. The contractor in question should actually pay a visit to your home and view the kitchen in question. Make sure, that he or she should talk about your objective and help you in modernize your design ideas.

With these simple tips, you will be able to select the best among the kitchen contractors as per your requirements.

Large number of people prefers to remodel their kitchen Few better options exist if you desire to add new life to your home. After all, the kitchen is the most used room in the modern home. It’s used for dining and cooking, certainly, but it is also a gathering place for family and friends. Therefore, changing the look and feel of your kitchen is an excellent option, particularly if your kitchen is a bit dated. What new expansions can you find for Toronto kitchen design?

New Appliances – Every one loves new appliances. If your kitchen appliances are outdated and awful, it’s right time for an up gradation. The contemporary appliances come with advanced technology and can give improved functionality to your kitchen with additional fun.

One of the most popular additions for a new kitchen design is that of an under-counter wine cooler. These can be found with clear, glass walls and doors, or they can be outfitted with wood paneling to match your kitchen cabinetry. With addition of a wine cooler to your kitchen, you can make extra space in your cold storage and it can also allow you to increase your vintage collection.

Another popular appliance for new Toronto kitchen design is that of dual, side-by-side ovens. You’ll come across various advantages of these dual ovens. Both ovens work independently, therefore you can cook in both, utilize one for baking and other for warming, or any arrangement of different tasks. You will also that dual ovens are quite an attention-grabbing addition to your kitchen.

Another option is installation of wall-mounted oven and microwave. Such ovens are easy to use and give an additional cabinet space for other needs. Modern microwaves are more multipurpose as compare to the old ones and some microwave ovens offer the benefit of convection.

Lighting Choices – Replacement of lighting pattern of your kitchen is one the in demand option in Toronto kitchen design. Simply adding under-counter task lighting to new or existing cabinetry can give your kitchen a new look, as well as greater functionality. You might opt to add track lighting to the ceiling, or install recessed lighting as well.

Your choices in lighting should reflect the overall theme of your kitchen design, though. There are various latest designs are available which actually integrate into the fixtures inside the kitchen and give a perfect look.

Remodeling Your Kitchen or Considering a Remodel of your Cabinets?

Remember These Essential Kitchen Remodeling Planning Items

What is the Most Important Kitchen Planning Item?
Such an exciting time this is! Good for You! In the rush of excitement over replacing a kitchen it is easy to loose sight of the most important factor in knowing you will be satisfied with your new kitchen when the work is complete. What is this most important kitchen planning item you need to know you ask? Hold on – keep reading, we will get to your answer soon.

Concentrate on the Best Style of Counter for Your Kitchen
With kitchen remodeling there are many factors that you need to understand such as the style of counter for your new kitchen. Popular counter styles include granite, marble, laminate, and other solid surface counter styles such as silestone quartz, caesarstone, and tile countertops. Adding a separate bar counter is also popular in many modern, contemporary kitchens today.

Decipher the Best Style of Kitchen Cabinets
O.k. – I Need To Identify What Kitchen Counter Style is Best for Me. But – What is the most important kitchen remodeling planing item – You are asking again? Leave me be – and you shall see that most important item soon.

Identify your Kitchen Cabinet Style.  Modern cabinets styles include the popular white cabinet styles, but we must not forget about the traditional oak, cherry, maple, birch, and walnut cabinets. Walnut is usually a premium dollar about for top of the line new kitchens, and the beauty of cherry cabinets is hard to beat with a well deserved premium dollar amount to go with it. Traditional oak cabinets have a beautiful wood grain and the oak kitchen cabinets never seem to go out of style.

Discover your Kitchen Cabinet Door Style and Hardware
When choosing your kitchen cabinets, you need to discover the door style that is best for your needs. With the doors and drawer fronts – Remember your selection of cabinet hardware (Handles, knobs, and drawer guides with specialty items such as pull outs and roll outs).

Attain your Kitchen Flooring Style Selection
Choosing your kitchen flooring is very important. Laminate flooring is a popular choice, still consider examining a hardwood floor as the long term durability is hard to beat. A vinyl floor may serve well for you with light traffic patterns, and tile floors are also popular with heated tile options increasing this popularity although tile seems to stay traditionally more for bath areas with the kitchen cook having the idea that a falling can of soup could crack the tile floor.

Implement Planning Before Starting Your Remodeling
Each step of your kitchen planning needs careful analysis for you to know what you desire before the remodeling starts. Consider long term and forget including a style of cabinets just because it is the popular style. Know you love the style of cabinets, counters, and flooring you choose with the right dollar amount for your kitchen.

The Most Essential Kitchen Planning Item
And the most important kitchen planning item you need to know is – Your kitchen design! This is of course – Along with all of the above items being understood in prayer. You want to ensure you have a safe layout. Will you change your kitchen cabinet design? If so – Be sure to also understand the plumbing and electrical considerations. Understand changing walls and including remodeling increases your dollar versus a simple kitchen cabinet and counter replacement or makeover. By Planning Your Design Ahead- And Making a List of every item to be included in your new kitchen you will find success with your dream kitchen.

Kitchen remodeling can help you restore your kitchen into central space of the house. From conventionally a dungeon-like place to cook and wash dishes to a multi-use action center of the entire family, kitchens have absolutely become a vital part of the modern homes. The homemakers now want to get the best kitchen remodeling done in order to have the best possible in-kitchen experience. Kitchen is after all a place where you have to spend very important time, and good cooking comes with good surroundings.

Kitchen remodeling can be an exceptional mean to add value to your home. It is a very wide topic and consists of many smaller areas. It takes time and planning.

You’ll want to make sure you are choosing the right kitchen remodel for your home and your budget. It is important that you research designs from several sources in order to make sure you have found the design that is perfect for your kitchen.

The first kitchen remodeling tilt is to believe the three basic kitchen functions: storage, food preparation, and clean-up. Additional considerations for small kitchens include space-saving built-in appliances at any time possible.

Using Local home improvement contractors gives you the advantage of working with well-informed home improvement experts. The difficulty of a house remodeling project depends upon the room being remodeled, the nature of the work to be done, and the capability of those doing it. Surviving the stress of a major home remodeling project can be a challenge.

For ideas regarding good custom made kitchens try to read up on as many articles and books on kitchen design, architectural style, cabinets, countertops, flooring, faucets and fixtures, as well as lighting. Great kitchen remodeling design takes the harmonization of kitchen design ideas, the assortment of kitchen cabinets, the arrangement of contractors and other professionals, and lastly, the conclusion of exceptional workmanship to create the kitchen of your dreams. In a family, generally everybody has a say in kitchen remodeling ideas because, even if they don’t cook, they will spend time in the kitchen eating breakfast and extra meals if the dining table is located in the kitchen.

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Kitchen Dollar Savings on Kitchen Remodels

Kitchen dollar savings is something desired by most desiring to remodel a kitchen. How can you attain this dollar savings for your kitchen remodel? Here are a few tips.

Huge savings can be made on kitchen remodeling costs by dealing with suppliers. It is possible to buy kitchen appliances second hand, partly used, or with a scratch and dent. Can this actually save you a small fortune? Will there be a guarantee left on it? Know the supplier you are dealing with and the real value of kitchen appliance.

Many have learned that huge savings can be made on their kitchen remodeling costs by dealing with suppliers. It is even possible to buy kitchen appliances second hand, partly used, or purchasing scratch and dent kitchen items can actually save you a small fortune.There may even be a guarantee on it!

Where do I look for these deals for my kitchen you ask? Your local newspapers or stores that advertise; the internet, word of mouth, and the phone book. You may be pleasantly surprised at the amount of kitchen equipment you find. Increasingly, suppliers are offering secondhand equipment to keep down kitchen remodeling costs because the environmental as well as the economic advantages of using second hand equipment has many benefits.

You save a little money for your new kitchen this way, and a little more money that way. Each step you take in the planning of a new kitchen can save you dollars and cut cost your overall costs helps. With each step your new kitchen gets a step closer to reality! Now your kitchen remodeling dream can be a reality!

You have carefully considered which jobs you’re able to complete yourself and those where you will need a professional remodeler or builder.  When you choose a professional making sure he is willing to work with you and will let you do the painting, staining, electrical, plumbing or anything else you can do yourself if you have the skills and experience to do this work correctly.

You verified with your kitchen contractor there will no problem using supplies that you have picked up yourself at discount. Some remodel contractors make it a policy to add 5 to 10 % to the work due to problems with home owner’s picking out their own materials so be sure to verify this information with your remodel contractor and ensure you are complete when the materials are purchased.

You checked for any items you could look for to save you money for a new kitchen. You wrote down a list of these items and checked it twice, you found out who is naughty or nice… (Checking if you are still reading and I thank You if so!). On your list you included trim and moldings, light fixtures, doors, cabinets with hardware, flooring, shelving, countertops, and anything else you plan to place in your new dream kitchen.

Planning is the Key to Success, planning and budgeting makes sense or dollars and by you doing your planning you have now allowed yourself to include that one item in your kitchen you didn’t think was possible! Wow! And you even have some money in the bank!

Great Job!
Take Your family out for dinner and be proud of a job well done!

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Kitchen Dollar Savings on Kitchen Remodels

Kitchen Remodeling Kitchen Zones

Kitchen Zones:

Food Prep              Cooking               Baking                  Cleaning

Kitchen Zone One: Food Prep
The food prep zone is the area of the kitchen where you slice and dice. If your kitchen is spacious enough to accommodate an island cabinet, the food prep zone would be well placed there. It’s helpful to include another sink for rinsing fruits and vegetables, as well as including a refrigerator drawer for milk and eggs if your main refrigerator isn’t easily accessible.

In your food prep zone include:
Pullouts
Drawer for knives
Drawers for mixing, measuring and serving items
Pullout trash center
 

Kitchen Zone Two: Baking Zone
This area is built for fun! The baking zone of the kitchen is where cookies, breads, and casseroles come to life. Aside from the appropriate countertop space and material (marble slabs work best for rolling dough), you’ll need to keep a number of your kitchen’s supplies within easy reach.

Include:
Drawers for storing small items like cookie cutters
Storage Bins for flour and sugar
Pull Out Tray divider for baking sheets and pizza pans
Drop down cookbook rack
Drawers for rolling pins, measuring cups, and teaspoons
Easy-to-reach cabinet space for heavy casserole dishes and mixing bowls
Storage for oven mitts, pot holders, and trivets
Divided utensil storage for spatulas and wooden spoons
Pop-up stand for your mixer
 
Kitchen Zone Three: Cooking Zone
The cooking zone is always a hot place to be. The kitchen’s cooking zone is where fire enters the picture. Centered around the range or cook top, this is the spot where stir-fry, spaghetti, and sauces and steaks  sizzle. You may want to keep your microwave and toaster oven here as well.

Include:
Deep drawers for pans
Shallow drawers for pot lids
Spice drawer (or cleverly hidden racks in pull outs)
Microwave cabinet for concealing and saving countertop space
Utensil drawer for spatulas and spoons
 
Kitchen Zone Four: Cleaning Zone
Next to your sink and dishwasher, the cleaning area of the kitchen is the home of water and washing.  Keep “water dependent products” like your coffeemaker and salad spinner nearby. You’ll also be emptying the last bits of lasagna and soup into containers here, so keep storage supplies nearby. Include space for an adequate number of cleaning and drying supplies, as well as a convenient way to store clean dishware.

Include:
Pullout rack for dishtowels
Plate rack for storing daily or occasional dinnerware
Under sink pullout for dish washing detergent and cleaner
Tilt out sink tray for sponges. Drawer for aluminum foil, paper, and plastic wrap storage
Pullout drawer for Tupperware, divided for lids and containers
 
Although not directly involved in the four zones of the kitchen remember the “dining zone.” There is more flexibility involved with designing your eating area, however do consider adding easily accessible storage for tablecloths, place-mats, napkins, or infrequently used chinaware.

Footnotes: Although used in this article the word Remodelings may not be an official word.

Topics of Article Include:
Kitchen Remodeling

Kitchen Zones

Kitchen Remodelings

Kitchen Planning

Kitchen Designs

New Kitchens

Kitchen Zones

Kitchen Remodeling Kitchen Zones

Remodeling Kitchens Four Kitchen Zones

Kitchen Designs and Proper Kitchen Planning for New Kitchens