Equipping a kitchen is a complex assignment, both in functional and esthetic sense. Good understanding of working processes, their mutual coordination, ergonomics and fulfillment of esthetic requirements for the period of about next 15 years will be found difficult to accomplish by many people.
The newest trends in kitchen design show that simplicity and purity of form are the winning combination. They represent an excellent basis for every upgrade or change during the time.
Grouping kitchen appliances in a harmonic complex will certainly contribute to the creation of clean, simple lines. Setting place for refrigerator, oven and microwave will largely affect the look of the kitchen. Those are the elements which, during their building in, require a different dimension from the other kitchen elements, so it is necessary to set their place carefully. Besides, these appliances are also visible after their installation and therefore it is very important to predict from which spots they will be visible. So far, that kind of elements were positioned at the beginning or end of a kitchen, i.e. they were compositional connected with other elements.
By connecting the kitchen, dining room and living room, the kitchen itself becomes much more exposed to the looks of beholders, so it is very important to take care of the view from the living room. View at the oven from the sitting position in living room is highly unrecommended.
New trends seem to suggest absolute purification of kitchen lines in a way that tall elements should be connected into a complex unit, that will be spatially separated from the other elements, but also very elegant.
In that way, mixing of materials and shapes at key visible spots is being avoided, and the voluminous element is being set to a more discreet position. During the creation of this kind of elements, it is very important to accomplish symmetry, because every disharmony will attract attention in unpleasant way. It is necessary to set the oven and the microwave either next to each other, or one under another, while the refrigerator door should be symmetrically balanced with other doors. Play with colors and materials is allowed, but in a way that it follows the style of the kitchen. It is advisable to perform this element in the minimal necessary height (height of the refrigerator), because it will look better. You can try to decorate the background of the wall or play with the kitchen fronts – and this element becomes additional kitchen decoration.
This ‘element’ can also be combined with other elements, but only when the kitchen space is big enough. In this case it is necessary to introduce visually light elements, so that the whole composition wouldn’t become too visually heavy.
You should definitely bring in decorative lighting and ornamental items and this vista will become attractive, even from the position of sitting furniture.
