A kitchen isn’t just for cooking, it’s a place to socialise, eat, and gather with friends and family. If you, like many others, find that your kitchen has multiple uses, you’ll want to make it as functional as possible. When it comes to cooking, the mere thought of it can seem like a boring and laborious task. It’s even worse if space is limited. If you hold negative associations with your kitchen you’ll find yourself staying away from it as much as possible. A simple revamp could help your kitchen become far more appealing and encourage you to spend more time in there. Here’s how to Upgrade Your Kitchen to Make it More Functional!
How to Upgrade Your Kitchen to Make it More Functional
Organisation
Having an organised kitchen is the key to feeling relaxed in it. It may be tempting to throw down your letters, keys, and general clutter on the work surface, but when it comes to cooking, you’ll have no space and are then more likely to put off the idea. Ensure your kitchen surfaces are always clear and invest in some organisers where you can store your paperwork. To avoid clutter of miscellaneous items, try to allocate a place for all of your belongings and categorise them so you can easily group items together.
Storage
First of all, you will soon discover, you NEVER have enough storage space!!! Once you have set out your storage space organisation of items is much easier. Optimising space is key here, so you may look at using dead wall space to install shelves. If you prefer a tidier look the put up cabinets with shelves inside to hide away cups, plates and other kitchen essentials. If you have a kitchen island, or are considering one, installing drawers into the sides is an excellent way to maximise space. It adds in extra storage space to tidy away utensils and large pots and pans. You could even create a feature and have items having overhead.
Equipment
Investing in high-quality kitchenware is more likely to encourage you to make your own food. You will be able to cook with more ease, efficiency, and enjoy the results. Upgrade your old pots and pans with a set of hard ionised cookware that will last longer than your run of the mill pans. Good quality pans will have a non-stick layer and are often more aesthetically pleasing. This means they will be easier to cook with and nicer to look out encouraging you to get your dusty recipe book out more often!
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The Kitchen Triangle
A good kitchen will often feature what is known as the “kitchen triangle” which consists of having a decent amount of clear space between your fridge, hob, and sink. If your surfaces have clutter on or are too far apart, cooking will become much more of a strenuous task.
Smart Speakers
Having a smart speaker such as an “Alexa” is an ideal way to increase your productivity in the kitchen. Forget stopping what you’re doing to google questions or set timers, a smart speaker can do all this for you. You can also listen to your favourite tunes whilst you chop, boil, fry etc. Cooking should be an enjoyable experience and anything that helps you make it one is a good thing.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my post How to Upgrade Your Kitchen to Make it More Functional. What have you done to your kitchen to make it work better for you? Alternatively, what improvements would you love to make to your kitchen?
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I need to do this. Our kitchen is rather blah at the moment. I’d love to have better cabinets and flooring. One day!
I have a small kitchen so these are good tips. I need more storage in my kitchen
What a great article. I am always trying to go through my kitchen to make it more efficient, and by that I mean, not have too many expired items in the cabinets!
That is amazing!!! We’re planning on changing our backsplash, we can’t be more excited about it.
I’ll admit my kitchen is my least favorite room in the house. It’s tight, always cluttered and messy, and we need new appliances.
We recently updated our kitchen, and I’m so glad we did! Our appliances and stuff were so outdated that I think they were actually costing us more.
We are in the process of remodeling our kitchen so I can use all the tips I can get.
Oh wow, I hope it goes well Heather x
Yes! I love your tips and I believe that a functional kitchen is a happy kitchen. (ha!)
We had no idea what to do with our kitchen when we were designing it because we’d never done anything like that before. But storage and organisation were the two biggest things for us x
This is such a really great and very informative post! This will help me a lot on upgrading my Kitchen!
That’s great to hear Richelle. Have fun upgrading your picture.
Wow! This is so perfect I was just planning to upgrade my kitchen then i see this post! This is so helpful!
That’s great Rose. Always helps to get a few tips before doing work on your home x
I don’t own my house so I don’t make much of an effort with decorating, but I long for the day when I own my own home and I can have my dream kitchen.
Thank you for this. Our 2022 project is to update our kitchen.
This is very timely. I need to upgrade my kitchen and make it more organized. Thank you for the tips
We renovated our ktichen when we moved in but it has been several years. I’d love to make some more changes.
Thank you so much for sharing these very helpful tips! I am planning to upgrade my kitchen soon, so these will help me a lot. I will be looking forward to more of your future tips.
Nice tips to make the kitchen functional.
Thanks, glad you liked them.
I am looking into revamping my kitchen to make it more functional and all your tips are so helpful especially about organising space and fully utilising it
It’s so important to have a functional kitchen. It’s the most important place in the house!
These are great tips for making the kitchen space more functional. I need to upgrade my kitchen too..thanks for sharing!
some great tips indeed and Alexa in the kitchen is definitely the biggest tip I would say. Lovely articulated article
My son and his wife just bought a new house. They hope to remodel the kitchen in a few months, so I’ll share this with them.
Very informative with helpful tips. I was thinking of redoing my Kitchen, very timely post for me.
I hope it all goes well. I’m sure it will look amazing once done x
I think adding storage to your kitchen and giving some order to it with organization is a must. It definitely makes it easier to navigate when cooking.
It really does make a big difference.
These are really helpful tips to redo my kitchen again
We’re moving into a new house next year so these are all really great advice. Now, our kitchen is really unsightly, but hopefully we’ll make the new place look real good!
These are great tips! Storage space and having plenty of it makes a big difference to our kitchen.
Wonderful tips and practical guides for making your kitchen and much more functional one! Would love to apply some of your ideas to mine~ 🙂
Remodeling our kitchen is our big plan for 2022. Thanks for sharing this informative post.
These are some great tips. When we had our kitchen done a couple of years ago storage made all the difference to us.
Great tips. I want to upgrade our kitchen but not break the bank. I just want function!
We have been looking at getting a new kitchen but it’s been delayed due to covid however I love your ideas. I think I will start investing in some new pans and maybe move my google home speaker into the kitchen.
Yes, sensible and helpful advice. I am in the market for an upgrade or completely new kitchen this year so soaking up information before making a decision. Thank you.
Good luck. I bet it will look amazing when completed.
Thankyou so much for these tips, we are looking to revamp our kitchen space this year so will be taking these ideas and points on board