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In laying out your kitchen, the fundamental design criteria is called the "working triangle". The working triangle is a general rule used in kitchen design for the placement of the 3 key working areas: the cooktop, the refrigerator, and the sink.
Floor Plan Examples of Kitchen Design
The perfect kitchen design would
allow the cook to take the least amount of steps while preparing
a meal, while still allowing enough working room. Sometimes you
may be 
preparing
a meal for a long time. Those steps can add up quickly. Wouldn't
you rather go to the gym or play tennis for exercise than taking
extra time to cook in your kitchen? Note that if the distances
are too short, the working space will be cramped, especially if
have others helping. Try to keep the main traffic flow, through
the kitchen to other parts of the house, away from the 3 main
working areas as much as possible.
The minimum distance should be 4
feet to any point. The maximum is 9 feet to any point. The total
perimeter of the triangle for optimal kitchen design is between
12 and 26 feet. The configuration of your space and other considerations
may force you to break this rule to an extent, but this is a good
starting point and a good target to have. When you look through
kitchen design pictures, pay close attention to how each kitchen
adheres to this rule.
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Kitchen floor plans
Noll Remodeling would be glad to bring our kitchen designer to
your home and evaluate kitchen designs with you. But, if you would
like to sketch some ideas yourself first, the following links
may be useful:
You may want to buy some ¼ inch grid paper from any office supply store, and start drawing. To make sure it is ¼ inch to 1 foot scale, 4 blocks will measure 1 inch.
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The Home Quick Planner Kit contains hundreds of clear, precut, ¼ inch scale, reusable peel and stick symbols: furniture, kitchen cabinet, appliance, bathroom fixtures, windows, doors, walls, outlets and floor plan grid. You can knock down walls and move cabinets, windows, doors, and furniture. The kit comes with a ¼ inch grid 8 ½ x 11 inches, expandable to about 22 x 17 inches. The walls can be cut, placed, and moved several times.
SmartDraw is an easy-to-use software for drawing with thousands of ready-made graphics to help you create perfect floor plan layouts. Try their free download. To see examples of a kitchen layout or floorplan with perspective views, click here: kitchen design pictures. Our kitchen designer will be able to provide these types of sketches for your kitchen.