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[quote=Anonymous]Just renovated; kitchens are very personal. For our family, the work triangle doesn’t work. I designed the kitchen to have snack space/walk through zone for kids to get their snacks/drinks; clean up zone; and cooking zone. When I am cooking dinner, my husband is typically washing up, and it’s super annoying to have the sink/dishwasher in my way. I now have my own cooking zone with a prep sink, he has the main sink w/dishwasher to the side.

Think about what you will store and where; our dish cabinets are at the end of the kitchen so my kids can set the table without getting in our way.

Also +100 to drawers - my kids now empty the dishwasher daily bc everything is safely reachable for them.

We did stainless steel sinks for practicality. I did rounded corners - the zero radius (square) corners are hard to get food out of. Similarly, I skipped the sinks with cutting board/drainer ledge etc bc it requires cleaning daily to keep from getting funky.

I only did a single dishwasher, bc I don’t understand the draw of 2 - we just run twice a day if we have visitors. We have built in column fridge/freezers, only bc we have another fridge in the mudroom. Our last house had a counter depth fridge and I hated it - never had enough space. Ended up with microwave drawer bc it was the only space for it - don’t love it or hate it, but would have preferred wall mounted. I chose a gas range and powerful hood; looked at induction, but it seems like the electronics are the weakest link in appliances these days, and I wanted one as simple as possible. That said, my understanding is induction is pretty basic, so there’s no real difference between a Frigidaire or a Thermador induction - and virtually none havknobs, which I found annoying. Generally speaking, I think you are best off choosing individual appliances v buying a package deal from a brand.

Otherwise, I would say look at the forums on Houzz and follow some of their advice. I made a diagram of my kitchen and figured out where everything would be stored and it wasn’t perfect, but definitely helped.[/quote]

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