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how do people plan kitchens?
I started with a printout of the house floor plan blown up so that the kitchen was a side of A4... printed multiple copies, and then drew on it.
Smarter maybe would've been to cut out bits of card for different things and move them around.
Anyhow... I spent all the time trying to think about what annoys me about the current kitchen, how I'd prefer it. How it would work with 1 person cooking, and with 2 people cooking, etc.
Does the cooking area (near hob) block access to dishwasher?
Is there space to chop things and also space to place pots?
Is the space around the sink cramped or good enough for 2 people chopping veg?
Can I quickly access the fridge from the chopping area?
Can I with minimum effort get things from the chopping area to the cooking area?
Can I easily get from the cooking area to the sink?To wax lyrical, I considered the kitchen a stage for a dance, and the act of cooking/baking to be a single person dance or a complex two person choreography... and I tried to think of how the stage would work to allow different dances to be performed. The output of this is the general layout.
Afterwards, for materials and colours, I came up with a theme... this was of a British old forest, and this is the stage... earthy, volcanic stone, dark woods, lush mossy green.
I mean... you could just visit Ikea and use their service to say "sink should go there".
Velocio-
Most of this.
Also - can you have one person prepping and one person tidying at the same time.
Add making a cup of tea / drinks into the mix as well.
Where is your toddler going to sit while you / they are making them food making.
At it's most basic, you need to look at the path between prep area, sink, hob & fridge. Is it unimpeded, and can more than one person be there at the same time.
NotThamesWater
We get our keys next Wednesday and there is a fuck ton of stuff to do. The current kitchen is usable, but looks a bit shit. We will likely replace it, or maybe even extend (the kitchen is currently in the existing extension which only covers half the width of the house, we may "complete" the extension in future).
Either way, how to people plan kitchens? I know there are all sorts of online tools from the different suppliers, but I have zero creativity and imagination when it comes to this sort of thing. I have no patience for mood boards and the like. Is there a way to just get someone else to do it without the interior designer/architect tax?