As promised, we are back with another blog to make your Thursday mornings brighter. This time we are covering: TOP THINGS TO CONSIDER WHILE PLANNING YOUR KITCHEN
Have you ever wondered why everyone suddenly wants to have a modular concept followed while redoing their homes? What’s all the hype about the modular industry & is it really worth spending a significant amount on getting a modular kitchen in India?
Well, don’t worry will try to answer everything in this blog to make it easier for you.
The kitchen is undoubtedly the heart of any home. It’s probably where you make the most precious memories. And more importantly, it’s where your favourite binge food & destress drinks are present (and the reason why we make an effort to plan it cleverly).
But according to our research, it’s found out that 70% of people have their kitchen space made by opting for a luxurious appearance instead of giving functionality even a teeny tiny bit of thought & later on regrets their decision on spending such a huge amount just to see their kitchen losing its shine with time.
Why planning a kitchen is important?
Namah from Jaipur mentioned, “I’ve always thought that an appearance is what will make my kitchen give out that luxurious vibe whenever someone’s gonna come over to my home, but what I found out, later on, has opened my eyes to never repeat the same mistake, I’ve spent 7.5 lakhs amount on redoing my kitchen in 2022 but after few months only I started noticing that due to lack of storage planning all the pots and pans were falling off a stack? Spice bottles lined up one behind the other, out of reach at all times, having difficulty opening or closing the drawers, & this kept on getting worst with time.
The first step we advise taking to prevent going through what Namah did is to visualise your kitchen as a heat map of its most crucial elements. The location of your stove and the area right next to it will be vital because this is where everything happens. Work your way outward from this point to determine the functional importance of each section for the rest of your kitchen. Once you have heat mapped your kitchen in order of utility, it is easier to pick what goes there. This is one of the clever storage ideas for small kitchens that can help you make better use of your available space.
You must be thinking why is the hardware so important when it comes to planning your kitchen in 2023? Let’s understand it with an easy everyday example, on average every human being maintains his body by taking a majority of essentials internally & maintaining the rest by following a proper skincare routine.
Well, the same goes for your kitchen, you have to have a proper balance of a 3:7 ratio when it comes to kitchen accessories & the rest of the kitchen components.
Now that we are confident in you that you won’t be making any above mistakes let’s directly take you to 5 Things to consider while planning your modular kitchen in India:
1) Don’t Have Enough Space For Your Monthly Grocery?
If you are like us and buy all of your food for the month at once, you will later realise how difficult it is to store them without making a large mess in your kitchen. We’ve got a solution for you, so don’t worry. Typically, we advise every client to construct a tall unit that is just intended to hold all of their groceries in one location.
Now imagine a product like MIO TALL OR TANDEM PANTRY that can make this dream of yours come true, with its customizable drawer option, wide space storage & weight capacity that can store up to 10kg – 20kg wheat or rice bag within a single drawer. You can store everything from the smallest items like pickles, chips, biscuits, cornflakes, sauces, powders, etc to your entire monthly grocery items at the same time.
The most interesting part about Kesseboehmer pantry storage is that it comes with a lot of durability & premiums in a single product & hence gives your kitchen that lavish look without compromising on the quality factor.
Create spaces that are truly yours – with Kesseboehmer Pantry Storage units
Tandem Pantry
Easy pantry organizing
2) Kitchen Is Not Just About Drawers
According to a study, 80% of homeowners today have put many drawers in their kitchens under the advice of their interior designers and architects, believing that this is the best way to keep everything. But nobody informed them that while drawers can keep your utensils, they cannot be kept particularly neatly. You would wind up wasting 70% of your productive time again looking for the appropriate goods.
Without any organizer
Instead, we’ll recommend investing 40% in organizers & 60% in kitchen drawers to form that equal balance. Imagine all your spoons, spatula, knives, plates, bowls, etc organized in a single place with a clear vision of accessibility to all the utensils at the time of cooking.
Well, let’s introduce you to our most loved and UNIQUE agent in the market – One Stop for all your cooking supplies; “COOKING AGENT”
A cooking agent saves up to 75% of your efficient time while cooking. The versatility and flexibility of a Cooking agent are due to its modular construction. The key highlight of our special agent is that it has a storage room for everything, including plates, bowls, chopping boards, oils, sauces, and spices.
It has a full-extension pull-out that entirely extends all of the contents out in front of the cabinet & hence makes it easy for you to access the utensils instantly while cooking.
Cooking Agent
Cooking Agent with YouBoxX
3) The Importance Of Corners In Your Kitchen
We can’t lay enough emphasis on how much functionality a corner space unit can bring to your kitchen. Normally we have seen especially in India how people either leave out the corner space idle while planning the kitchen or they’ll get shelves installed which later becomes a disaster as the right items are not accessible or out of reach half the time.
This is the main reason why we recommend all our clients never leave the corner space idle or get an unorganized shelf installed, but rather invest in a good modular corner unit specially designed for this purpose.
Our favourite is Leman’s corner storage as it’s a perfect duo of visibility & accessibility for all your big pots & utensils.
A Lemans Storage unit easily utilizes the corner space, its softPUSH mechanism pushes the trays out smoothly & we can load up to 50KG per tray, isn’t that great? Well not just this, but the material that comes over Leman’s tray is antiskid & thus while opening the gates the pots & pans don’t make any clashing noise & remain organized.
Lemans
4) Plan Your Appliances The Right Way
Typically, individuals wait until the kitchen is fully functional & ready to use, to get their appliances installed. This is a huge mistake & everyone should avoid it, WHY DO YOU ASK?
Well, consider how you typically plan everything before you go on an outing, from finding the appropriate clothing to deciding what mode of transportation to use to how long you are going to spend and how you are going to return home.
The layout of the kitchen should work in the same module, the right placement of the hardware, the colour scheme, the Vastu, the smart appliances, and the amount of space they will take up in your kitchen should all be arranged & planned beforehand.
This will give you an idea, let’s say an oven is what you are going ahead with for your kitchen appliance, now your designer knows that you have an entire top space & bottom space left in that particular area. So a smart way is to get a clever storage unit such as a foldable table that you can utilize while baking or a top revolving unit such as turn motion to pick out the right ingredients then & there.
TopFlexx – foldable table
Turn Motion 2
5) Countertops To Consider
The major & most loved countertops in 2023 that you can consider to go ahead with considering their durability & recent trends are Quartz, Corian, Granite, Italian Stone & Marble. But before going ahead with any one of them we request you to do thorough research on what your actual requirement is & the tips to maintain the countertop.
The common mistake that every nine out of 10 Indians make is not having proper guidance on planning the right storage for their countertops.
Imagine you got up to cook your favourite dish but after a while, there’s a huge mess piled up over your cooktop & you are not even halfway to getting the pasta ready, I mean really? Why? Yup everyone’s been through that, well not to worry, what if we told you that you can have a foldable table inside your cooktop that you can utilize for cutting the veggies, plus all your oils, knives & spatulas are visibly stored inside a unit named cooking agent.
This is what the clever storage concept is all about, where everything is planned to your convenience. This is it guys, hope you found the answer you were looking for. We thank you for spending your valuable time reading this blog.
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