kitchen sinks 19 by Editorial Zone
Published Date: 07/06/08
There are so many things to consider when remodeling a kitchen or designing a kitchen in a new home. The homes that seem to have the most efficient kitchens in them are those that are designed by people that do a great deal of cooking. Recently several housing developments in the metropolitan area close to our home had open houses at several homes. This parade of homes features not only newly built homes but also remodeled and restored homes. Going on the tour is a great way to get ideas for remodeling.
We are going to remodel our kitchen and I am so glad that we went on the parade of homes tour prior to finalizing any of the plans. One of the features that I liked in one of the homes was the kitchen sinks. Instead of having the standard size sinks this kitchen featured a deeper sink, which is great for washing pots and pans. The deeper kitchen sinks offer the ability to do hand washing of clothing as well as hot water baths for canning. As soon as I saw them I knew that I wanted to incorporate the deeper kitchen sinks into our remodeling plans.
Another feature that I liked in one of the homes was the use of a narrow pull out pantry. This kitchen had a narrow space between the refrigerator and the wall. The space was used to build a cabinet front that matched the other cabinets in the kitchen. When you pulled on the handles a full shelf rolled out that had storage for canned goods and other food. The cabinet ran from the floor to the ceiling and had two separate roll out storage areas. This was a very efficient use for what ordinarily is dead space in a room.
I also liked the feature of having additional kitchen sinks by the cook top, but I knew that this feature would increase our plumbing budget too much. Having additional kitchen sinks for cooking when the others are full of dishes would make things so much easier, but the expense for this feature went over our budget.
I am a very visual person so it was very helpful for me to see the features in the actual rooms rather than seeing them on display or on drawings. We called our general contractor and let him know the features we wanted added to the remodeling job. He was one of the featured contractors in the show, so he was glad that we liked the ideas he had used in other homes.
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