Does My Kitchen Need Remodeling?

You should focus on identifying the problems with your kitchen’s everyday use. 

While building a house is best referred to as a science, constructing your dream kitchen is a work of art. It is by no means a shame if the design you carefully outlined on paper would not work out flawlessly later on when it comes to everyday use. A kitchen has many practical functions and beside them, it also serves as a social sphere both for family and guests – in case the first clouds of doubt start to harbor the horizon in regard to whether your design matches your needs and desires best or not, you should not be afraid of considering a kitchen remodel.

Before starting the creative process itself though, you should focus on identifying the problems with your kitchen’s everyday use. Do you often find yourself consuming your dinner over the sink instead of taking a seat with the others at the table? In case your answer is yes, do not shrug your shoulder, saying “the reason is simply that my kitchen is small.” There are many solutions for expanding the dining area of the kitchen without sacrificing any of your favorite cupboards.

Storage place is another crucial point: do you have to go as far as the garage to get dry goods when cooking? Additional shelves or other possible storing spaces can be creatively installed in order to heighten your comfort and effectiveness while spending time in your kitchen. Has a meaningful and traditional family dinner, which you have been prepared for all day long, just ended up being eaten on the couch in front of the TV? You can not force your family to spend more time there if they do not want to. What you can do is to transform it into the most inspiring and comfortable spot of the house and soon you will find yourself, while cooking and dining or just having a tea, surrounded by a small crowd.

To effectively identify the crucial flaws of your current design, all you have to do is to open up a notebook and start writing the problems down when they occur. If your life-cycle is organized around a weekly routine, running your temporary diary for a week should be sufficient. If your household is more spontaneous, you better keep that notebook around for a month or so. As soon as the notes become repetitive, you can close the first phase down and approach to the creative process.