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Kitchen Design Basics

With so many choices in materials, appliances and accessories, sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start when choosing the components that make up your new kitchen.

A good designer should be able to point you in the right direction and sites such as this can give you some good hints, tips and ideas, but ultimately the choice of kitchen style is entirely up to you.

If you have any questions about kitchen design that are not covered in these pages then visit our Kitchen Design Guide site here.

Planning

Obviously, planning is the first and most important part of buying a new kitchen.

The main steps involved are usually the following:

List the reasons you want to remodel, or the problems with your current kitchen. These can be such things as:

old cabinets
limited storage
old style
too cramped

Measure it fully and accurately. Remember to include the following:

the width of all windows and doors
the position of the window or door from the corners of the room
the height of the bottom of the windows above the floor
the height of the ceiling
the height, width and depth of the appliances you want to keep
the height, width and depth of the appliances you intend to buy
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