Why are the Summer holidays  the perfect time to plan and design your dream kitchen?

Most people shelve thinking about home improvement projects during the summer, too busy with keeping the family occupied, going on holidays and lazing around in the summer sun. Here at Absolute Kitchens in Stroud we believe that the Summer holidays are the perfect time to start designing and planning your new dream kitchen.

Here are our top 5 reasons why and tips – we are located at 29, Stroud High Street to help you through each and every step!

 

  1. With the family at home, the summer is the time when your kitchen will be working its hardest for a prolonged period – use this stress testing effect on your current kitchen as the perfect opportunity to see what works and what doesn’t and which of your current design features you have simply been putting up with all these years and which ones would like to change. LOOK OUT FOR OUR FOLLOW UP BLOG ON KITCHEN DESIGN BASICS

 

  1. You will inevitably be cooking and catering for more people during the summer and you won’t be the only one using your kitchen. Visitors and students (and their friends) home from college/university will all need feeding and/or the space to feed themselves, you will be storing more, cooking more and of course washing up more – when better to evaluate the capacity that your new kitchen will need and take feedback and challenge from your house guests. LOOK OUT FOR OUR FOLLOW ON BLOG ON CAPACITY PLANNING AND APPLIANCE SELECTION

 

 

  1. Summer holidays take us out of our usual environment, sometimes to exotic places and locations – why not use the opportunity to look at how others use their kitchens and how different design features from other countries could be incorporated into your new design, for example family and community lies at the heart of Italian living, so open-plan kitchen design is a must — adjoining living spaces are often connected to ensure the kitchen’s ‘heart of the house’ status is maintained. LOOK OUT FOR OUR FOLLOW ON BLOG ON KITCHEN DESIGN TRENDS AROUND THE WORLD

  1. Even in the UK the Summer can mean long lazy sunny days, your kitchen will need to deliver hot and cold food, BBQ preparations, ice cold drinks and chilled beers and wines – how easy is it for you with your current design and appliances – There are lots of innovations in appliance technology from hot and cold filtered water taps to wine coolers and stay fresh salad drawers that extend the useable life of chilled foods. LOOK OUT FOR OUR FOLLOW ON BLOG ON REFRIDGERATION AND CHILLING

 

 

  1. Summer often means busy days out and about enjoying family time The ability to turn on the oven on from your smart phone or even check on the contents of your fridge when you are out shopping or on the way home – check out the range of connected appliances and incorporate the 21st Century into your design. LOOK OUT FOR OUR FOLLOW ON BLOG ON CONNECTED KITCHEN APPLIANCES