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- Planning your kitchen
- Buying your kitchen
- Appliances and furniture
- Kitchen care
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- Accessible kitchens
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Fitted kitchens
At one time having a fitted kitchen meant a standard kitchen that
looked the same as everyone else’s, furniture consisted of
‘boxes’ which all had exactly the same front. Even appliances were
integrated into the design by being concealed behind matching doors.
The choice and quality of fitted kitchens has changed considerably and fitted kitchens are now much more flexible and interesting, allowing designers to be more adventurous, mixing and contrasting for a truly exciting look.
Kitchen manufacturers now encourage the use of different effects by offering a choice of styles and colours that can be mixed and matched to provide an individual style to your kitchen. Different heights are also becoming more popular, with high breakfast bars and lower storage units being incorporated into a design to add yet another element of interest and contrast.
This allows the option of taking one common design and mixing the colours, which is very popular at the moment. For example, you can have contrasting wall and floor units or even mix a number of different colours randomly to create a bold, vivid look. The options are now much more diverse – you can literally choose from hundreds of standard patterns.
Appliances are not necessarily hidden away anymore in the kitchen and you will find that microwaves, ovens, steam ovens, coffee-makers, washing machines and fridge freezers are not only designed to be on show, but to stand out and make a statement!
Ovens and microwaves are ultra contemporary and stylish, with simple designs in stainless steel and black. Freestanding range cookers, washing machines and dishwashers are available in a large variety of colours or even patterned, and the fridge freezer has almost become a measure of wealth – the bigger, broader and bolder, the better!
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