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5 Kitchen Don'ts

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5 Kitchen Remodel Don'tsKitchens have become the focus of many homes on the market today.  Because of this, many homeowners have decided to put money into updating their kitchen.  While this is a smart choice in a remodeling budget, you need to make sure to spend your money wisely.  Keep these "don'ts" in mind when looking at creating your dream kitchen:

1. Don't limit yourself to the kitchen triangle.  The working triangle (sink/stove/refrigerator) was a 1950's notion invented to sell cabinets.  A wiser design is to think of your kitchen in "stations": cleanup, storage, cooking, etc.

2. Don't design with only one person in mind.  This simply means to think about how everyone in the household uses the space.  Focusing only on the chef's needs, for example, leaves out the opportunity to incorporate the needs of other members of the household.

3. Don't forget about the storage.  Baking in a double oven is great, but you need enough space to store all the appliances, food and utensils necessary for cooking.  While glass front cabinets are beautiful to look at, do you really want to have your opened cereal boxes, bags of beans, mixers and other small appliances on public display?  Remember to add covered storage into your overall kitchen cabinet design.

4. Don't hold on to your old things in your new space.  So, you've upgraded to a new range with a built-in grill.  Is that George Foreman grill really necessary anymore?  Go through your old pots and pans to see what should be kept and what should go.  Cluttering up a new space with unnecessary things can ruin a good design.

5. Don't use tunnel vision.  When designing your new kitchen, keep the whole house in mind instead of just the kitchen.  How will the new kitchen function with the rest of the house?  Just because something may not work in the kitchen right now, it doesn't mean that it won't work in the new space you will be creating.  Do you want to have lots of people in the kitchen when you're cooking turkey dinner for Thanksgiving?  Then you'll need to remember that you have to have room to sit those people down to eat in the dining room or visit in the living room as well.

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