Everyone knows that no matter the size of the family, the kitchen is the most visited place in the home by everyone. This fact is amplified when talking about families. They work, play, and do everything in between in the kitchen. When designing a family-friendly kitchen, there are a few key points to keep in mind. Check out our tips for professional design idea’s for your family kitchen.
Ample Seating: An open floor plan is key in most kitchens, especially a family-friendly kitchen. It allows you to create the kitchen that is ideal for your family’s needs. Man families opt for multiple seating areas that take form in an island plus table, table plus a living area, and even a homework corner.
Bring on the Color: It’s important to brighten up spaces in your home, particularly those you spend the most time in like the kitchen. Make it a place you kids will want to spend time in by making it colorful. Colors like yellow and red are known to spark creativity and energy, while hues like green and blue are meant to bring calming effect.
Safety & Durability: Two of the most important factors in designing a family-friendly kitchen are safety and durability. Instead of highly polished stone slabs for countertops, choose something with a little texture—such as leathered granite, honed quartz surfacing, or concrete. Prefer solid surfacing? Order your countertops with a satin finish. Stainless steel is also a great go-to, and adding a brushed finish will camouflage fingerprints and scratches. For anti-slip flooring, cork, linoleum, certified slip-resistant tile, textured vinyl or laminate, or stone tile with a honed, tumbled, hammered, or flamed finish will do the trick.
Double the Fun: With so much going on in your kitchen, there’s no doubt that extended family and friends will be over a lot. That’s more cooking, more dishes, and more activities. Make things easier by opting for more work/clean up zones with double ovens, double sinks, and even double dishwashers. Oversized fridges and freezers are also great ideas.
Shelves for Days: Because a family kitchen quickly evolves into more than just a kitchen, keeping shelving and storage available to different purposes is key. Trust us, you’ll be wanting to store more than just pots and cookbooks in your cabinets and shelves. They’ll undoubtedly be home to toys, textbooks, and other things that are important to your family.
