Functional Kitchen Design Elements | Practical Top Tips

I find your kitchen ideas very helpful. It's difficult to know what's available so choosing is based on what you have seen in showrooms. Not all have your practical mind. Thank you

Ah I'm so glad I have seen this video just as I'm in the thick of designing my kitchen. Some fantastic tips, thanks again

Please help , how far does a integrated fridge freezer need to be away from a wall for the door to open enough to remove the draws .😁

kitchinsider? i hardly know her!

I keep running into plan sets that have a refrigerator in a corner or next to a wall. LOL. Seems like customers want a French door frig with a drawer in the bottom, but they need to have room on both sides! I like 15 inches minimum. Then toss in a countertop depth that's getting taller every year. Hahaha. I'm in SW Washington State.

I Wish a kidney shaped corner unit would fit in my Granny flat kitchen!
That cupboard has a narrow opening, so it's bend and reach back (several Waste bins fit with two angled to the side, I currently have the recycling in there, and a few other things)

I've just moved in (daughter and son in law built out for me!) - the stove is coming out, as it interferes with that door and drawer above opening - and I'm campaigning for an induction cooktop (Rather than radiant electric cooktop!)

I think the cabinet on order for under the cooktop will have shelves, so I'll get bins or a system I can pull out!

My daughter's kitchen has lots of drawers, including a tall pantry with individual pull out drawers - love it!

Michael, what would be an appropriate use of a large cabinet with doors versus a pull out drawer.

I have my washer and dryer on 'pedestals' with large drawers in them. I want my dishwasher on a 'pedestal' too.

you can just make a draw in the corner

I still cant believe your laundry is in the kitchen thats so weird mixing food and laundry

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I wish there was an Arabic translation

* Muriple shallow individual drawers are ideal for cutlery , cooking implements and plates stacked flat located close to your dishwasher, cooking hob and small appliance locations which in most kitchens are not obviously seen from other living areas associated with the kitchen.
So the function takes priority over the more aesthetic design element of the drawer in drawer concept which can be used in the outer or more visually obvious areas such as the other side of an island bench.

* Blank walls (or tall cupboard sides) alongside access ways and at the blank ends of tall cupboards or other suitable wall spaces can have narrow adjustable shelved cupboards fitted with matching tall doors to provide very accessible storage for a plethora of grocery items and essential kitchen cooking supplies etc.
The general ideal width of the shelves is only 110 mm giving an overall depth of cupboard with doors of 130 mm if built without a back utilising the wall or existing cupboard or 146 mm if installed with 16 mm thick melamine surfaced board comm9nly used for kitchen cupboard frame construction.
Providing consideration is given to minimum width access and door widths and handing there is almost always a blank wall space in every design to use this concept. The economical narrow shelving gives easy visual and physical access and provide an amazing amount of very handy storage whilst giving the impression of increasing the size of the kitchen.
We find it our go to place for condiments when cooking near the working areas and dry foods near casual meals areas.

* When buying a fridge it is important to consider the side clearance requirements for tbe doors to cupboards, other appliances (wall ovens) or walls. We have found that Mitsubishi fridges require only a 10mm side gap to the doors and have n range of narrow width mulri draw models that although slightly taller provide plenty of storage space and being narrower than usual are a very helpful solution when faced with limited wall length at the design stage. The advantage can be 180 mm or more compared to other brands.
100 mm off the average width of a family sized fridge and 40 mm plus on each side clearance. And ours (made in Jqpan) has proven to be very functional and reliable.

I personally love the 2 drawer dishwashers, you can use just half a dishwasher and the pull out function is excellent.

Great video. you are amazing. Your tips are very useful and thank you for sharing your knowledge. ❤ lots of succes.

An 10 cm internal draw under the oven is perfect for baking trays (you can fit about 4 in). Thanks for making another consise, solid video.

You are brilliant! Thank you for all these tips 💐

Thank you for this great video! There aren’t much functional kitchen designs at where I’m living. Do you think ikea kitchen is good quality enough for 10+ years of use? Any series you recommend? Thank you 🙏

why stop with the height of the oven? You can put the dishwasher higher also. very handy!

Thanks!