The standard kitchen sizes I actually work from — bench height and depth, the gap above the bench, walkway and work-aisle widths, island clearances, knee space and landing zones — plus the ones I break on purpose and the two or three I will not move on.
Most kitchen islands are rectangles because nobody considered anything else. Here are the island shapes worth thinking about — what each one is good at, where each one fails, and how I actually choose.
Walk-in pantries look impressive, but they’re not always the faster choice. Here’s how to actually decide between a walk-in and a cabinet pantry.
See when an open plan kitchen is the wrong choice — and when an enclosed or semi-open kitchen actually works better instead.
A cramped, dark U-shaped kitchen with the fridge in the middle of the room, turned into the hub of the house. The before and after, the layout decisions behind it, and how to tell whether your own kitchen has a floor plan problem or just a decorating one.
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