The latest trends in kitchen design include some pretty nifty elements; with our discount cabinets, you\u2019ll be surprised how easy it is to replicate them, or to come up with clever new kitchen designs on your own! Just remember not to stray too far from the beaten path if you have any intention of selling your home any time soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, we don\u2019t mean a kitchen built on a hill. Rather, this latest trend is in having work surfaces at various heights. For example, having the counters around the stove and sink be at the normal 36\u201d height for average-sized adults will keep your appliances standard and thus affordable. But when it comes to an island, why not change it up? A 42\u201d or even 48\u201d upper tier will make it a lot more comfortable for a taller person to work in the kitchen. A shorter surface, 30\u201d or even below, will allow kids, shorter adults, and disabled people who may have to sit to work, or who are wheelchair-bound, to use the kitchen as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sound tacky? It\u2019s not, and here\u2019s why. People are already used to taller counters as the back edge of an island, with bar seating for kitchen socializing. Instead, this just incorporates it as an entire surface. Even an area a few feet on a side will make taller people much more comfy in the kitchen, without sticking out too much. And the shorter areas? They can be incorporated as a built-in kitchen table!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another major trend is toward having a much cleaner, more streamlined look in the kitchen. The trouble is, we all love kitchen gadgets, don\u2019t we? How many different countertop gadgets do you have? We bet it\u2019s over a dozen, maybe close to two. While you can store some of the less-often-used ones in the pantry, for the ones you use at least a couple of times a week, it\u2019s too much hassle to haul it out, find a plug, use it, clean it, and put it back, so they often just wind up living on the counter in plain sight, adding to the sense of clutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n