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[quote=Anonymous]- do not assume the “designer” at the cabinet store is an actual designer, regardless of the number of kitchens they have done. Ours was focused on appearance and didn’t actually cook, so she made dumb decisions.

- recommend going in the kitchen forum on Houzz/gardenweb and looking at their advice, it’s very helpful for layout.

- think hard about how you use the kitchen, traffic patterns, how many ppl, etc. then figure out the most efficient layout of your appliances, then start figuring out cabinet configuration

- make a list of everything you have in the kitchen and as you get towards the end make sure there is adequate space. A lot of kitchen design is personal; I personally hate the pull out cabinets with cooking utensil storage, but have a friend who loves hers.

- measure the depth and height of things that matter. It is cheaper to install rev-a-shelf inserts with a handyman after the fact, but measures to make sure the cabinet fits and don’t upgrade the interior (many inserts only come in maple) - there are so many options I would look at them while designing (often they are the same as the cabinet company offers but cheaper to buy separately)

- think about your outlets, your lighting and your switches.

- the 3 things I love in our kitchen are the two-level silverware drawer; wooden dividers in a narrow cab for cutting boards/cookie sheets; and the hidden drawer in our garbage pullout for bags (but I had to adjust it bc our dumb designer didn’t make it deep enough for a roll of garbage bags). [/quote]

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