Are you fed up with your old kitchen?
Or are you planning to build a new one?
Follow these golden tips for a kitchen you can show off...

Being savvy may mean knowing what to be aware of rather than knowing all the details. With that in mind, here are the 10 commandments to a wonderful kitchen.

Plan it right

A kitchen should meet the individual needs of the family. Do not let a designer thrust ideas with which you are not comfortable.

Remember to place the sink and cooking oven in line or at right angles linked by a spacious working surface.

The refrigerator and storage cabinets should be at easy reach and can be placed wherever they suit your need.

It is always a good idea to have the maximum storage space and minimum floor area. Otherwise you would be constantly walking from one end to another.

The utensils and containers should be at arm's length from the cooking range so also the masalas, oil and other edible stuff used in cooking.

A kitchen must have a window and also an exhaust fan. But you must not leave doors open because the exhaust will not be able to operate efficiently and effectively.

Good lighting, natural and artificial, is vital for the kitchen. Enlarge a window and replace small panes with a single sheet of glass and spotlight work areas. Remember, kitchen lighting is serious business as it can effect your cooking skills.

Easy access to the kitchen is vital. Perhaps a hatch to the dining room may be old fashioned but it is still a good idea.

Easily washable floor and walls, avoidance of nooks and corners where dust and grime can settle are priorities in kitchen planning.

Always remember to have a storage space for keeping dusters, brooms and mops.

Follow these tips and revel in your clean and swanky kitchen. Take it from us, you won't even feel like leaving it when you are done.

courtesy: Hindustantimes.com