Nautical Cooking

 A galley kitchen usually consists of two rows of units divided by an essential corridor.  These can be difficult to work with but there are a few tricks you can use. So how do you design a galley kitchen?

The first essential feature is a corridor that's wide enough!  The minimum is considered to be 1.4m. You may believe that you could cope with less but remember you need space to open unit and appliance doors, and you may well need to have two people squeezing passed each other. So 1.4m minimum it is.

Plan in that magic kitchen triangle, an imaginary triangle formed between the sink, cooker and fridge.  You need to check that all three are easy to reach while also allowing room between them to work. Remember you'll need food preparation space next to the hob and never place the cooker, hob or sink within 40cm of a corner or behind a doorway.

As galley kitchens tend to be smallish, plan in plenty of kitchen storage. It's a good idea to speak to your local kitchen designers at Kitchen Solutions Kent  as there are many clever ideas to increase storage space. Innovations include skinny larder units which pull out and then rotate 90 degrees on their axis to make it easy to pick the can or bottle you want. Other helpers are extendable baskets within units, corner units with carousels or pull-out shelves so you can easily reach items at the back, and drawers fitted into the plinth below the units.

If space is really tight bear in mind that small is both beautiful and practical.  Many manufacturers now provide multi-function or half size appliances.  Go for sleek hobs and narrow fridges and freezers. A cooker hood is all the more important in a limited space so get your designer to work out the power you need from it, based on the volume of the room.

A touch of class is always welcome.  Add some luxury with finishes in stone, glass, steel or sleek Corian.  Using the same material for the worktop and splashback is a match made in heaven but coloured glass can have a spectacular effect.   If you do introduce colour limit your choice to one vibrant hue, adding multiple coulours in a small space can easily be an overkill.

And finally maximise daylight!  This is vital in a small room and will help it feel larger, however small the initial space..

Nobilia Kitchens Plinth Drawers

Here is a great idea for kitchens of any size, but especially small kitchens where storage space is at a premium. In most kitchens all the space behind the plinth is wasted, and even in a small kitchen this can add up to a lot of space.



With a Nobilia kitchen this does not have to be the case. The kitchen plinth drawer shown above makes all of that space available for storage. Imagine the difference this would make in small kitchens. Even in large kitchens this would be an ideal place to store passports and documents, I mean who would think of looking down there..........

For this and other kitchen storage ideas visit Kitchen Solutions Kent, an authorised Nobilia kitchen dealer.

German Kitchens Storage Solutions

German kitchens from Nobilia have kitchen drawers and pull outs that are rated to take up to 55 kilos of weight throughout their lifetime. That means that you are able to store more than you might imagine in your kitchen drawers. Take a look at the following examples of how Kitchen Solutions Kent could help you re-organise your kitchen into a functional working and living space.

TANDEM QUADRO BALL BEARING KITCHEN DRAWER RUNNERS
Our German kitchen drawer runners have a long service life due to precision steel bearings. The quadro ball bearing runners require no further care. The ball bearing principle ensures that the runners are self-cleaning.





KITCHEN BINS WITH WASTE SEPERATION IN A CARGO PLINTH
These kitchen bins have an enormous waste capacity because the cargo plinth also makes use of the empty space in the plinth area for maximum storage. This leaves enough room for a “full scale” kitchen waste separation system in a minimum of space.



LARGE CAPACITY PULL-OUT KITCHEN DRAWERS
This large capacity pull-out with the 80 and 90 widths maximises storage space by making use of the otherwise empty space in the plinth area. This opens up enough space to store even beverage crates which may save many a trip to the cellar or supermarket.



KITCHEN WASTE SEPARATION SYSTEMS FOR SINK BASES
In our German kitchens you will also find a large selection of waste systems for sink units of all sizes.



FULL PULL-OUT 30 CM METAL BOTTLE RACK
A great invention: The bottle rack is directly accessible and even removable.



For kitchen storage ideas and German Kitchens contact Kitchen Solutions Kent.

Kitchen Storage - Uber Organisation.

So, is your kitchen disorganised, lacking space. Do you have to squat down to access those awkward kitchen corner cupboards? Nowdays we live in a world of ever increasing kitchen gadgets, must have pots and pans, toasters, breadmakers, waffle machines, juice extractors - the list is endless. We also have to act as part time dustmen, sperating our waste into different colour bags and bins. No wonder there seems to be a lack of storage space in all but the biggest of kitchens.

Well, at Kitchen Solutions Kent we have some kitchen storage ideas that make the most of the available space in your kitchen and help to organise all of those must have, must do things that go on in kitchens these days.

How about an under sink recycling unit that helps with that waste separation. This unit sits in a drawer that runs right down to floor level meaning the space behind the plinth is fully utalised.



These pull out shelves bring the contents of you corner cupboard right out into the kitchen for ease of access. This means you can store more than the old roasting trays and stuff that you probably have there now - and need to retrieve from the gap between the units that they continually fall into.




Or how about organising all of your crockery into one handy drawer unit with our variable organiser.



All of these storage units come completely factory assembled from our german kitchen supplier Nobilia. For more kitchen storage ideas visit our website.