Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 May 24, 2007 10:56 pm What important feature does your kitchen need to have included? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Whilst building your new home…… 2May 24, 2007 11:04 pm 1) A pull-out bin.
The bin fits into a 450 mm wide full height draw and when you pull it out the bin is attached. None of those open the door then open the bin combinations - that's one too many operations. Inide the pullout bin draw are two bins - one for normal waste, one for recylable waste. 2) Pull out pantry. Two 300 mm units rather than one 600 mm wide unit (better visibility). Re: Whilst building your new home…… 3May 24, 2007 11:07 pm I love the pull out pantries.
They are such a space saver! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Whilst building your new home…… 4May 25, 2007 6:20 am 1. Gas stove with wok burner
2. Pot drawers 3. Lighting over work benches (especially if there are wall cupboards above) 4. Walk in pantry 5. Pull out bin Re: Whilst building your new home…… 5May 25, 2007 6:33 am Pot drawers rather than cupboards........best thing I did.
Drawers rather than cupboards and that way, things don't tend to get left at the back and forgotten about. Really good lighting. A drawer next to the dishwasher, big enough for most of the crockery...makes unloading easy. A pull-out pantry. Lots of power points. If all you can see are obstacles, you have lost sight of the goals Re: Whilst building your new home…… 6May 25, 2007 7:37 am Agree with the lighting.
If you have a pantry, can you put your microwave in it? Best thing we did was to have the microwave in the pantry. Makes the kitchen look more appealing, and mroe room as well. Pot drawers definitely. Adrian B Re: Whilst building your new home…… 8May 25, 2007 9:22 am all we wanted was a bloody dishwasher....after spending a long time in a rental without one - easily pleased!!
oh...and big pot drawers... Built Porter Davis "Dromana" 2007. Re: Whilst building your new home…… 9May 25, 2007 9:22 am Adrian B - does that (microwave in pantry) cause excess humidity in there?
I was steaming some veggies the other day and surprised at how much steam was coming out the back (I dropped something down there at the same time ) Re: Whilst building your new home…… 10May 25, 2007 10:04 am 1) Maximum Possible Benchspace - no appliances on benches.
2) Maximum Storage - drawers under benches (small/large combos) wherever possible, tall pantries, preferably walk in (with automatic light). 3) Inset cooktop with seperate wall oven/microwave unit at an ergonomic height. 4) Vented extractor fan that actually works (like the new in wall designs) 5) Task lighting On the topic of microwaves in pantries/cupboards I tend to discourage them, for the heat/steam build up reason as mentioned by stonecutter. Any purpose built microwave cabinet should have a chimney up the back to vent steam and heat. If you don't like having to look at the microwave when it is not in use, there are some great lift up door solutions that can be used to hide them - like the new "Aventos" series from Blum. Cheers, Earl Re: Whilst building your new home…… 11May 25, 2007 10:06 am 1. Gas Burners (with wok burner)
2. Pot drawers (lots of them) and other kinds of drawers instead of cupboards 3. Long/wide prep/serving area for food prep but also for entertaining 4. Walk in pantry (I loved the pull out ones until I went to a kitchen expo on the last day, the kitchens had been played with by thousands of people opening each and every door and the worst ones by the end of the expo were the pull out pantries - they kind of rattled by then) 5. 90cm wide free standing stove (or if going wall mounted, 90cm double oven) 6. Seperate prep area (with appliance cupboard) for coffee/toast/breakfast stuff - so its accessible without having to use up the rest of the kitchen 7. Higher than usual benchtops - I'm 5 foot 11 and my parter is 6 foot 4 so we need them higher than standard 8. Dishwasher (oh how I'm looking forward to a dishwasher) 9. A kitchen design that makes me still feel like I'm part of the rest of the area I'm in, I hate feeling like the party is in the other room and I'm stuck in the kitchen... 10. Ceaserstone benchtops - square edge, waterfall design on sides 11. Lighting, lighting, lighting, lighting I could keep going, the kitchen design is the favourite part for me of us building the new house cause I love to cook, I think I have a list of around 50 - 60 things I want/don't want in the kitchen Fiona Re: Whilst building your new home…… 12May 25, 2007 10:08 am Michelle What important feature does your kitchen need to have included? Forgot the most important feature - a cute little assistant to do all the cleaning! Cheers, Earl Re: Whilst building your new home…… 13May 25, 2007 10:14 am Strumer Michelle What important feature does your kitchen need to have included? Forgot the most important feature - a cute little assistant to do all the cleaning! Cheers, Earl I thought of that one too Earl, but couldn't find any. Clive Peeters were hopeless, not a thing in stock If all you can see are obstacles, you have lost sight of the goals Re: Whilst building your new home…… 14May 25, 2007 10:28 am Now I don't want to be the one held responsible for this thread degenerating...but...This sounds like a great new product for IKEA!
You could design your own assistant to suit your needs and put it all together with just one tool. And your funky new assistant would also have a great accent. The left over parts might be a bit of a worry though... Earl Re: Whilst building your new home…… 15May 25, 2007 10:29 am You obviously went to the wrong department in the shop NeilD.
Keep the ideas coming folks, I have a kitchen in bits at present, and this thread is extremely timely and useful!!! Re the MW in the pantry, I too would be concerned about the steam into the cool environment, but if you seperated the section (& made it out of marine grade ply) and had the toaster, kettle, MW in their own cupboard it could work. I also like the idea of the rollup doors to close it off and you could vent it properly. Rroom for 2 to cook at the same time. Other ideas Cut a slot hole in the front floor of the panty and at the top back, so underhouse cool air flows through it. Tad difficult with slab I know Do the same for your fridge to enhance it's cooling capabilities for virtually no extra cost.. Lots of natural light, preferably morning sun for that wake me up sit in the sunshine start to the day. Cheers Steve Re: Whilst building your new home…… 16May 25, 2007 11:02 am Yak_Chat Other ideas Cut a slot hole in the front floor of the panty and at the top back, so underhouse cool air flows through it. Tad difficult with slab I know Do the same for your fridge to enhance it's cooling capabilities for virtually no extra cost.. The fridge ventilation intrigues me - how would you do this with a slab? Just a big vent on the floor connected to an earth-tube style device? Re: Whilst building your new home…… 17May 25, 2007 11:15 am Definitely good lighting. We installed downlights over the benchtop in our current kitchen and now cannot live without them. Nothing worse than working in shadow.
Enough bench space for two people to work at the same time. Good layout - all the usual crockery near the dishwasher, pots and pans near the oven etc. The kitchen to be a part of the living space, not tucked away so the cook/chef misses out on all of the fun when entertaining. Re: Whilst building your new home…… 18May 25, 2007 11:48 am stonecutter1309 The fridge ventilation intrigues me - how would you do this with a slab? Just a big vent on the floor connected to an earth-tube style device? To my mind creating a dedicated cooling duct in a slab is a big commitment regarding the permanancy of your kitchen layout; which is not to say it can't/ shouldn't be done. If you are looking at a need to vent the fridge cavity and there is adjacent cabinetry, you could consider running a duct through the kickspace of the the floor units and out the nearest external wall - from where you could then either go easily underground or just into the outside environment. There is normally at least 145mm underneath your floor cabinets which would allow a significant diameter of duct to be placed in. Just some thoughts... Cheers, Earl Re: Whilst building your new home…… 19May 25, 2007 12:04 pm Hmm,
I suppose you could use an earth tube style idea on a slab - Hence why I said not so easy with a slab but not impossible. Principle is to place a vent in the floor and walls with fine wire mesh to stop roaches etc, and this then allows fresh cooler air from under the house to rise up past the compressor and cooling tubes of the fridge and then vent this air out the back of the fridge cabinet out and up into the roof and out of the house. It's said to improve fridge efficiency by something in the order of 20% but this would depend on the temp o fthe air and the type of fridge. This is a big issue with boat fridges due to a closed environment (The tends to float better without holes in the bottom .) So it is common to draw air in from above and push it past the fridge and back out via a fan just to make it work on less power. See picky below of the hosue design. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Steve Re: Whilst building your new home…… 20May 25, 2007 4:12 pm ROOM ROOM AND MORE ROOM!
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