Small Space Kitchen | | | | A small kitchen can be made spacious by arranging equipments in a proper way. It can give you the same pleasure of cooking as the large one do. When it comes to organize your kitchen you need to be innovative for best furniture arrangement, properly clean sinks and managed cabinets. You can apply following space saving ideas for putting the stuff in order and managing the kitchen appropriately also.
Keep Essential Items in Use
- Do not plan for a mass of appliances you will never use or occasionally use.
- Reduce your wish list to the minimum of essentials and then see how many extras you can fit on top.
Arrange Kitchen Furniture
- Arrange circular table which take up less space and can be used for cutting the vegetable etc.

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- Arrange folding chairs which will keep floor space free.
- Leave the upper walls clear for hanging utensils.

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Manage Kitchen Cabinets and Drawers
- Provide drawers and cabinets in kitchen to place different articles in proper way.

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- Fix high level cabinets to store kitchen articles which are occasionally used.

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- Fit door and drawers with hidden hand grips so that the sleek run of unit fronts is not interrupted by knobs and handles.
Use Appropriate Sinks
- Fix corner sinks to make the most of space usable that would otherwise go to waste for the Sink is the most basic and essential for kitchen.
- Fix steel grating on the sink with a gap of 2-3 feet used for wet utensils to save the space. Usually people have two sinks; one for washing utensils and the other for clean, wet utensils or they have the sink with drainage board which takes extra space.

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Basic Tips for Small Kitchen
- Provide acrylic sheet or marble stone corner under the open space available in the kitchen to store the detergents etc. used for cleaning utensils.
- Keep a ridge up on the top of your stove to put small items such as your spices and tiny objects that usually hang about on your counter.
- Place a pot shelf up to carry bigger items like cutting boards, pans, vessels, skillets, and other grave items to keep them away until you require to need them.
- Make sure that work top and sink levels are adjusted to suit your height; it will be comfortable.

- Keep the shelves clean and streamlined avoiding unnecessary decoration more often associated with old fashion and country style.
Kitchen Flooring
- Use ceramic tiles for walls and marble for floors so that the kitchen may be clean in a short time and is available for use as per requirements.
- Keep Electrical Appliance at Proper Level
- Keep refrigerator at a level which is comfortable for handling food stuff.

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Small Kitchen ideas
- Provide folding or sliding door for saving the space instead of hinged door which blocks the whole kitchen when opened.
- Use white or cool colors which provide a feeling of spacious kitchen.
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- Do not dispose of food waste in kitchen sink as it requires lots of water for disposal and also increases unnecessary load on septic tank.
- To clean stainless steel sink of kitchen, use white vinegar and club soda and wipe it with soft cloth.
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| | By Anonymous - On 1/25/2012 11:13:05 AM | | Please suggest an idea to place dining table in small kitchen.Regards, |
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| | By Anonymous - On 6/15/2011 10:18:15 AM | | i am going to purchase a new appartment which is under construction. The kitchen size is 7.5 * 7 squre feet.can any one give some ideas to arrange the kitchen.the kitchen having utility area on south side with a small door. kitchen enterence from dining area ( which is north). kindly help me to build a beautifull small kitchen.thank u |
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| | By Anonymous - On 6/8/2011 9:01:05 AM | | excellent pictures of small kitchen. |
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| | By Anonymous - On 6/2/2011 4:19:11 PM | | I am a Auto CAD Operator I need a job if any job in your eyes please tell me |
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| | By Anonymous - On 3/13/2011 6:56:33 PM | | really a good article i have 7.5'*15' plot at rajkot in gujarat i want to start construction but i don`t have a good plan so need help somebody advise me for my plan this artcle is really a good one thanks to ghar expert web site |
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| | By Anonymous - On 3/12/2011 6:30:17 PM | | It is helpful bt i need information abt various types of kitchen lyk L-shape,U-shape,Broken U etc. |
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| | By vijayalakshmi - On 2/2/2011 1:35:31 PM | | very useful tips, shall implement thanks a lot! |
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| | By Anonymous - On 2/2/2011 11:49:38 AM | | nice tips.....i have booked flat, and the size of kichen is 8.5x7.5.pls give me good tips to make full use of that space properly...L shaped |
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| | By KVSN RAJU - On 11/20/2010 12:26:41 PM | | hello everybodyi am going to purchase a new appartment which is under construction. The kitchen size is 7.5 * 7 squre feet.can any one give some ideas to arrange the kitchen.the kitchen having utility area on south side with a small door. kitchen enterence from dining area ( which is north). kindly help me to build a beautifull small kitchen.thank u |
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| | By KVSN RAJU - On 11/20/2010 12:21:25 PM | | very good artical , it helped me to get an idea on small space kitchens |
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