How To Make Your Kitchen Space More User Friendly

The kitchen is where we spend most of our time, whether we are cooking, eating or entertaining guests. Therefore, the kitchen should be a space that is easy to navigate around, so you can find what you need quickly and be efficient. So, how can you make your kitchen space more user friendly? Fortunately, we have put together a short guide explaining exactly how, so you can make some changes to your kitchen to make it work for you.

Counter Space

You need plenty of space to prepare dishes, whether you are making packed lunches, breakfast or a Sunday roast. However, if your kitchen is already built in your home, then there are still a number of ways you can add more counter space, without having to install a brand new kitchen. You can add an island or a butcher’s block in the centre of the kitchen or at the side, as this will ensure that you have additional counter space. You could also add a fold out table at one end of the counters or clear your existing counters and put appliances in a cupboard instead. Appliances tend to get left on the counter and take up valuable space that could be used food preparation. Therefore, add some shelves above the counter or store the appliances in the cupboards.

Storage Space

As already mentioned, storage space is helpful for making your kitchen more user friendly. It’s important that you don’t let your cupboard get full up with outdated products that you don’t use. If you can’t throw them away, then you can put them in a box and store them somewhere else, such as the garage. Storage space should be accessible and have metod kitchen cabinets that are easy to open and close. Handles should be a practical design and size, so they not only match the theme of your kitchen, but make opening and closing the cupboards easy too.

Please note that although it may be tempting to put up lots of shelves in your kitchen to make the space more user friendly, these can get dusty very quickly, which then requires you to clean them regularly.

Lighting

The lighting can be easy to change and make all the difference to your space. It’s vital that you have more than just one central light in your kitchen, otherwise you end up working in your own shadow. You can add down-lights under your overhead cupboards or wherever will shine directly onto your work area. Enlarging the kitchen windows can also allow natural light to enter into your workspace.

You can also increase light in your kitchen by repainting the space in a light colour, including the ceiling and the cupboard doors.

Hidden and Built-In Elements

Having built-in and hidden elements, such as fridges, washing machines and freezers not only makes the space seem bigger and more aesthetically pleasing, but it also makes the space sleeker. This means that you don’t have bulky appliances in the way and you can move around your kitchen space with ease. Hiding appliances and other elements, such as pantries and tea and coffee stations behind pocket doors, allows you to free up space in your kitchen and leaves your kitchen looking tidier.

As you can see, there are a number of easy ways to make your kitchen space more user friendly, without having to start your kitchen from scratch. From more counter space to thinking more about the lighting, food preparation and spending time in your kitchen will be more enjoyable and less stressful than before.