Similarly, my general rule for seating at a breakfast bar is 60 cm per person. Having a 3-metre gap between your cabinets can create too much wasted space. Much less, and it becomes tight and feels squashed.Ī little more is great, but up to a point. My general rule of thumb is that the distance between cabinets or cabinets and walls (the pinch points in your kitchen) should be no smaller than 1 metre. Is it wide enough for two people to walk past each other comfortably? Can you have a cabinet door wide open and still have plenty of room to stand and get around the kitchen? If there’s more than one of you living in the house, you need to take into consideration the space between cabinets and around the kitchen. People can often get caught up in trying to maximize their storage by putting cabinets everywhere and cramming an island in a space that’s really too small.įilling a space up too much will most likely cause a negative overall user experience. A slightly odd concept to think about, I know. Space planning is making sure there is enough empty space within your kitchen layout. Help to focus your kitchen layout, but it can also make daily life run that All together in one zone, this makes the daily task as efficient and time-saving as possible.Ĭommon daily tasks in the kitchen and create zones for them. You then want to make sure that your cabinet with the tea/coffee/sugar is to hand along with your mugs. In turn, your kettle should be close by to your sink for water to fill it up. You’ll want to make sure you have that bit of clear worktop space close by to your kettle. My absolute favourite zone to consider, and perhaps the most important for some, is the zone for making tea/coffee. Knives and chopping boards should be close by and your bins below or next to you for the waste and rubbish you create. You will need to have sufficient clear worktop space in order to work. You need to make sure there are the correct cabinets nearby to store these items.Īnother could be meal prep. When standing at your hob cooking you would need to have your pots, pans and utensils close by, as these are the items you will need and use most. I then make sure everything you need to complete that task is easily accessible.įor example, this could be your cooking area. These are sections of the kitchen dedicated to a particular task. While the working triangle is a great starting point and should always be considered, it’s not a set rule, and things aren’t always as simple as that.Įxample of ‘Working Triangle’ Kitchen ZonesĪnother approach I like to take when designing a kitchen layout is to create zones within the kitchen. The three points should be near enough to each other to make meal preparation and cooking efficient, but each point should feel un-cramped. What you don’t want is to walk from one end to the otherĪnd then around the island to something else. Try to think of it like this: when you’re standing at the hob can you pivot and walk 1-3 steps to get to the fridge, then pivot and walk 1-3 steps to the sink to fill your pan with water, then pivot and walk back to the hob? (Hob / sink /fridge) + (Oven / sink / fridge) For some, your oven and hob won’t be combined so you may need to factor in that fourth point as a second triangle. These sections include the sink, fridge, and hob/oven.īut, of course, that’s 4 things and a triangle has 3 points. This concept seeks to achieve a working flow that connects the main sections of your kitchen together without spacing them too far apart or being on top of one another. The working triangle is the most popular design principle when it comes to kitchen layouts. However, there are some good design principles that you should definitely consider and try to apply to your project to help make it as efficient as possible. When it comes to designing a kitchen layout, there are no hard-set rules. The layout is key! Good Kitchen Layout Design Principles Utilising the best kitchen layout for the room you have available will create a more pleasant living environment. It can dictate the overall functionality and flow of the greater space it sits in. After all, it is the heart of the home.Ī good kitchen layout can not only maximise space. The concept of having one larger social hub in a house with several functions is more common, and the kitchen is at the centre of this. Many kitchen renovations these days include removing interior walls or extending to create a larger space. This means that designing the best kitchen layout is absolutely crucial. What more people desire is to have an open-plan space, combining cooking, dining and living. The idea that it is just a separate room in which you cook is disappearing. The role that a kitchen provides in our homes is starting to shift much more these days.
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