Kitchen Cabinet Planning 101

Kitchen Cabinet 101 part 1

Have you ever wonder how to start build your own kitchen cabinet? You browse all kind of cabinet types, you collect all kitchen images from pinterest or houzz or anywhere else, and then don’t know how to choose the best for your kitchen?

Below is the steps of what you have to decide before you start to contact your kitchen specialist:

Make sure who is going to use the kitchen

Is it yourself or your assistant? If you are the one who will be the kitchen goddess, then you can design it in maximum specification according to your budget. If your assistant is going to use the kitchen much more than you, then you can lower the specification with an easy maintenance material and heavy duty options.

Is it going to be daily kitchen or only a pantry?

If you use it for daily kitchen and you planned to cook a heavy process of cooking with lots of herbs and spices and condiments, then it will affect the material selection and also color selection.

But if you planned to use it for making income such as catering or cooking a large amount of orders for Idul Fithri, for examples, then its going to be different also.

How many utensils are you going to keep in the kitchen?

You have to go thru a simple list of how many kitchen utensils that you are going to use, because it will affecting the size of cabinet, and how many storage you need based on the above planning.

How many kitchen appliances are you going to use?

You also have to make a simple list, what kind of types are you going to use, such as, sink stove, ovens, exhaust or hood, fridge or even dishwasher, juicer, ricecooker, coffeemaker and dispenser.This will also determine the power socket outlet position and how many of them.

After you knowing what you want, then you may call an interior designer or an architect to make your dreams come true.

Where can you find a suitable kitchen specialist that meet your needs? Simply ask your friends, colleagues, families who has the new kitchen or just finished renovating the house. Ask them for recommendation. This is the simplest way. Or, if you are location is in Jakarta, I can help you with many options of kitchen specialist.