PROBLEM; “I want my oven at waist height and a fridge at least 1200mm tall. This means at least 2 tall housings in my kitchen. I think my kitchen is already small and these housings would make it look cramped. Is there a solution?”
A recently fitted kitchen showing a tall oven and fridge housing
Yes there is!
Firstly , consider using mid height housings. This will give you the appliances you require but leave room above to add a more decorative feature. We often position a TV. in this area. Introducing a lighting shelf above and cladding the back wall in a matching work top finish also helps. It’s also a good idea to clad the sides of the housings in a contrasting material ie. work top finish.
This is the same kitchen but with the mid height housings. This was the preferred layout for our client.
This depicts another kitchen we recently installed showing the same design concept
There is another design solution , using the same mid housing concept, that further promotes the impression of space.
Quite simply , by drawing forwards the base and wall units to one side of the housings creates the effect that the housings are only wall unit depth. It does entail studding out the wall and fixing a backboard between the wall units and base units but it is really effective.
This shows the plan view indicating how this design is acheived
As you can now see, not only are the housings shorter in height but appear only half depth.
The images above are produced on our design computer. All Queenline clients have the advantage of seeing not only the layouts but also their entire colour scheme, before they commit to a design.
Look out for our next blog entitled “Acheiving symmetry with appliance housings”
Robin.