Each and every year I am amazed by the people that call the studio in the middle of November or beginning of December in hopes that we will be able to plan and execute a kitchen renovation before their guests arrive from overseas for the Christmas holidays. Not that the time frame is the same but it’s a little like starting to plan for a baby in October and hoping to give birth before the New Year. While I’m always a bit shocked, it has occurred to me I never understand why it takes so long to do car repairs mainly because I don’t really understand the mechanics of a working car. Perhaps the same is true when it come to kitchen design.
Step Two
Appliances are the real heart and soul of the kitchen because without them we would really just have a pantry as opposed to a kitchen. They have a variety of price ranges and an equally varied selection of features. Most appliances will do what you want them to do in terms of cooking and cooling food in your home but if you are more of a chef that loves to cook and experiment, or cooking is your hobby, then you may want to have some of those features. There are electric ovens, gas ovens, convection ovens, microwave ovens, warming ovens and each will do a different thing with a different power. You really have to determine what is right for you. They can affect the overall cost of the kitchen dramatically as a stove/oven combination can range from several hundred dollars to twenty thousand dollars. Remember that the rest of the kitchen is really just storage for all of the things that you will need to interact with the appliances so they most certainly have to be thought of first.
Time frame – approx 1 week to research and place orders
Source: Glen Peloso's Step-by-Step Guide to the Perfect Kitchen, Fall 2011 issue of Canadian Home Trends Magazine
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