Aesthetics is obviously a crucial element in kitchen design. But efficiency and economy of movement should always be equally key philosophies. By following key design principles, however, you can have it all; a good-looking kitchen that’s efficient and functional too. In today’s blog, we’re showing you a few ways to balance aesthetics and functionality – ensuring you get the most out of your kitchen space.
Whatever style ideas you have in mind, don’t forget the kitchen triangle. Otherwise referred to as the work triangle, it ensures efficiency in the kitchen – keeping all major work stations near the cooking and minimising traffic in the kitchen.
If you’re looking to enhance your kitchen space by introducing furniture that’s both aesthetic and functional, we recommend a kitchen island. A kitchen island is a great focal point while being multi-functional too. It can serve as a breakfast bar, food preparation space and can offer up plenty of storage – all while looking great!
We all need appliances – but sometimes they don’t do the aesthetics of our kitchen space any favours. Standalone appliances are often bulky and don’t fit with the sleek lines of a kitchen. What’s more, it can be difficult to colour match all your appliances too. Integrated appliances, however, do the job and look fantastic too!
An open plan kitchen tends to be the most functional choice for all homes and families. Whether you like to watch over your children while you prepare food or you enjoy throwing dinner parties, an open plan kitchen is a winning choice. Open plan kitchens are stylish and welcoming – but best of all, they’re functional too. In fact, for many homeowners, the open plan kitchen has become the heart of the home.
Minimalism is a huge trend right now – which is no surprise considering it meets both aesthetic and functional criteria. A minimalist kitchen looks good, oozing modern charm with its clean, crisp appearance, and puts functionality first too. In a minimalist kitchen, you’ll find design features like understated handles and hidden storage that tick all the boxes.
Natural light is the best kind of light. It helps make a space feel larger and brighter while creating a feel of openness too. While you’ll always need task lighting, we always advise making the most of natural light. It makes cooking and working in the kitchen more enjoyable and enhances the look and feel of your kitchen too.
Why not browse our top kitchen styles to get some inspiration? All of our designs perfectly combine good looks with functionality for a kitchen that meets all your needs.
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Ready to revolutionise your kitchen this summer? We’ve got just the thing – we’re giving you the chance to win a FREE Quooker flex tap (worth £1250) for your dream kitchen!
With a beautiful minimalist style, the innovative Flex tap improves further on the classic Quooker design with a flexible pull-out hose, giving you access to hot, cold and filtered water on demand. That makes it the perfect appliance to transform your kitchen; no wonder it’s so popular with so many of our customers!
To be in with a chance to win, all you need to do is book a free design appointment with one of our award-winning designers. It’s just a no-obligation chat that focuses on you, and your desires for your dream kitchen.
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AWARD-WINNING KITCHENS FOR AN AWARD-WINNING DEVELOPER
As you may know if you’ve visited any of our showrooms in Manchester, Blackburn, Liverpool or Barrowford, we manage more than 250 kitchen projects each year here at Kitchen Design Centre. Many of these kitchens are for individual customers, but we also specialise in providing exceptional designer kitchens to housebuilders and developers. We have a particularly successful longstanding relationship with Candelisa, a prestigious Yorkshire-based property developer that is (like us) known for the peerless quality of its designs.
The company already has an impressive array of awards on its shelves, and its team have recently managed to secure their latest accolade: the Best High Volume New Housing Development at the prestigious LABC Awards!
In case you need a quick refresher, the LABC Awards are the largest business-to-business awards in the UK’s building control sector, aimed at celebrating and rewarding building projects, and the people behind them. The Best High Volume New Housing Development in question was Candelisa’s project at Countyfields, Embsay. Due to our strong relationship with the company (largely through Simon Thomas, the head of our Barrowford showroom), Kitchen Design Centre was chosen to deliver every kitchen at the Embsay development – and like Candelisa’s team, we’re hugely proud of the results.
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A CLASSIC SHAKER STYLE KITCHEN FOR A CHESHIRE
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When Louise and Stuart renovated and extended their Wilmslow home they visited several local kitchen companies but were keen to get exactly what they wanted and researched companies with large showrooms located slightly further afield.
Kitchen Design Centre popped up on google and they were delighted to find that were open on a Sunday and that being located at Housing Units Failsworth, they were only a 20-minute drive away.
They were amazed by the showroom and how many full-size displays there were. They were equally impressed with Designer Paul Harrington who spent a great deal of time listening to what they wanted and going through various options and designs with them.
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Latest case study now live incase you missed it.
With a keen eye for design, Nicole knew the look she wanted and approached a local kitchen company. They came up with a range of designs but although there was nothing wrong with them, the couple felt that they would like an alternative design. They were already dealing with a lot of different companies for other rooms in the house and were reluctant to involve another but Anthony suggested they visited Rowan at Kitchen Design Centre Urmston to see if he could improve the design, and they were absolutely blown away with what he came up with.
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