Get 10 can’t-miss ideas for creating the ultimate kitchen

1. The ultimate kitchen area

Start with a professional-style kitchen or cook-top, add a warming drawer and deep drawer for pots and pans, flank the kitchen with pull-out spice storage, and install a wall-mounted hot or cold water pot-filler faucet to Eliminate carrying large pots of water to the kitchen for soup or pasta. Top it all off with a range hood behind a wood cooking mantle to match the cabinets.

2. Maximum comfort for dishes

Keep plates and mugs within easy reach with a wall-mounted plate rack that keeps breakfast or snack dishes close to the dishwasher, microwave, and refrigerator.

3. The ultimate breakfast station

An appliance garage with a door that lifts up as a roll-top desk can hide a toaster and coffee maker, a refrigerator drawer and/or freezer drawer below for frozen breakfast foods, fruit and juices, a drawer for microwave and a drawer for dishes that carry the dishes within easy access for the youngest members of the family.

4. The ultimate sink

Make a real statement with your kitchen sink. Farmhouse front sinks have so many possibilities—granite, soapstone, copper or bronze, carved or painted—take a look at Kohler’s line of Artist Edition sinks for inspiration. Farmhouse sinks are the best combination of fashion and functionality.

5. The ultimate finesse of the cabinet

Today’s cabinets can have all the style and beauty of fine furniture with turned feet and feet, carved molding, inlays, corbels, and finishes that rival expensive handcrafted sideboards or dressers. Mix painted cabinets with wood finishes to create interest and a nice informal feel in country designs or elegant contrast in Old World or Traditional styles.

6. Wood: the ultimate kitchen floor

Tile has long been the number one flooring material for kitchens, but tile has had to be pushed aside to make room for “the” new kitchen floor: wood. Whether it’s hardwood, engineered wood, or laminates that are a dead ringer for the real thing, wood is a warm, rich, and beautiful alternative to traditional tile. When planning a hardwood floor with wood-finish cabinets, mix rather than match, but do it with a qualified kitchen designer.

7. Use food as the ultimate accessory

Open shelves can hold jars of dried beans and peas, glass-fronted cabinets can hold groceries, or bins built into cabinets can display what’s inside, like sugar or flour, or something a little more interesting like pasta. colors. Clear glass jars can hold things like coffee beans on hand and look great too.

8. Create the Ultimate Beverage Center

Imagine a coffee bar with a two-pot coffeemaker, perhaps a built-in model with cabinet space for coffees, creamers, mugs, and mugs. A cold beverage center may include an undercounter refrigerator or refrigerator drawers, an icemaker, and a cabinet for glasses, cold drink mixes, and other supplies. Add an iced tea maker or frozen drink machine for entertaining or just relaxing on your own. Make it easy for guests to help themselves. If you love wine and entertaining, a wine center makes a great addition to a butler’s pantry or kitchen. Include a wine rack, under-counter wine cooler, glass storage, and opener drawers.

9. Create the ultimate cleaning zone

Cleaning stations can be traditional windowed wall cabinets, or on an island or even a butler’s pantry. Outfit your area with a sink/disposal, dishwasher, trash compactor, and pull-out recycling bins, all tucked away in the cabinets.

10. The best island cuisine

If one is good, two is better. If your kitchen is large enough, plan an island for preparing or cleaning food and another for cooking, an island of islands for a breakfast/snack counter.