http://www.floorplanskitchen.com How to design your own kitchen floor plans Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:18:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every fixed kitchen island is custom in the sense that it is unlike any other, and is made to fit your space and needs. Custom kitchen islands cover a range from the completely custom-made and custom-finished island to match your custom cabinets, to a much more economical island made out ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/kitchen-layouts/custom-kitchen-islands/ Islands have been so fashionable in the last few years that they have been squeezed into every possible - and not-quite-possible - kitchen. In the right situation, islands can really improve kitchen floor plans but they take more space than you might think. One of the best locations for an island ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/island-kitchen-layouts/ Peninsulas, after being a fashion no-no for years, are back in style again. Style aside, like an island, a peninsula can improve the functioning of kitchen floor plans or make them worse. They can be used to create a partial barrier between the kitchen area of a larger room and ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/kitchen-plans-with-peninsulas/ U shaped kitchen floor plans can be very efficient designs, with everything close to hand and no through traffic. The main downside is that you have two corners to deal with. Sometimes if the opposite working walls are fairly close together you can be better off using the space as a ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/u-shaped-kitchen-layouts/ The main advantages of L-shaped kitchen floor plans are that it's easy to keep traffic out of the work triangle, they can be compact, and the area opposite the corner of the L can be the perfect place for a table and chairs or an island. If the L gets too ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/l-shaped-kitchen-plans/ Galley or corridor kitchen floor plans (two walls opposite each other) are some of the most efficient you can get, especially for a single cook. With two points of the triangle on one wall and the other point on the opposite wall, your walking distance will be short, but there's ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/galley-kitchens/ One-wall kitchen floor plans can be very efficient, provided they are small enough. What's that you say? Isn't bigger better? Not when it involves walking back and forth along a long lineup of appliances and worktops! Keep your layout compact, or add an island across from your one wall if ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/single-wall-kitchen-layouts/ Today, the traditional work triangle is often not enough to describe how a kitchen will work. Kitchen floor plans involving more appliances (extra sink, dishwasher(s), separate cooktop and oven(s), microwave oven, etc.) have more potential work stations which the triangle can't account for. And if you add more cooks to ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/kitchen-work-centers-or-zones/ If imaginary kitchen floor plans are ever going to see the light of day, they have to get out of your head to where other people can see them - onto paper, usually. There are several tools to help you do that, from good old paper and pencil, through cardboard ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/kitchen-design-online/ Islands are very popular features in kitchen floor plans - but an island is not automatically a useful feature, or a good use of space, in every kitchen. There are several things to consider when you start working on a kitchen island design. Do you have the space? First, and most important, ... http://www.floorplanskitchen.com/floor-plans/kitchen-island-plans/