The Internet has made are full of articles and websites that make people who support the market for luxury kitchens. However, "luxury" is an overused word these days. Well, "Luxury for the masses" is a marketing concept common in all the tiles on the kitchen online, it became difficult to find the wealth of information about what consumers really looking for true luxury .... be set apart from the calf mass market. A kitchenDesigner for a high-end British company, I have rarely gone through various projects that are less than $ 100,000 (often the cabinets alone exceeds the amount of costs). Therefore, I consider myself first in line to face the real consumption of luxury. If you are building, remodeling or designing a luxury kitchen, (or maybe you just want to emulate it), so these proposals.
1 Understand the difference between a framed cabinet with inset doors and a closetoverlap with a door. A cabinet with a door framed insert option high-end furniture with doors during the overlay most common type on the market today. Many of my clients are not familiar with this difference, when you visit my studio, and if you are not familiar, I encourage you to see both types of furniture in person. It 'a little hard to visualize, but basically a closet with a rack insert framedcloset is a box mounted on a frame fixed to the front of this window. The closet door then sits inside (flush) the image. Traditional English Furniture Bank has been made in this way, and that still holds appeal. An overlay can be a frame or frameless cabinets, but no matter which door overlaps the frame or box. A frameless cabinets with doors overlay can be very desirable in a modern kitchen, where clean, smoothThe lines are desirable. But in terms of traditional joinery, this will cost as a way to produce lots of cabinets seen. A framed cabinet with inset door needs to be done a lot of work and requires much manual labor, all lined up in the mouth. If your home is worth more than $ 1.5 million, the acquisition should really be framed cabinets with flush doors. It 'simply a perceived quality in collaboration withit.
2 Spending money on high-end cooling. Most of my customers still opt for it to hide behind their mobile refrigerators custom panels. But even if you want the professional look of stainless steel, I encourage you not to save on your refrigerator. Some years ago, Sub Zero a solid angle on the market to cool completely integrated. With the "full integration", I mean that the refrigerator can be designed to be flush with the Furniture (deep 24 ")without the need for a stainless steel grill on it, and without a steel frame exposed. But there are now several manufacturers with this feature, including Miele and Thermador. Although not all of my projects to use a fully integrated refrigerator, the vast majority of them. Luxury kitchens often have a couple of refrigerators Research coated and finished like a fine piece of furniture or cabinet. In fact, this can beYour kitchen, the best focus, if done well.
3 Designing a place for all your appliances, counter, such as coffee makers, toaster, blender, etc. Most high-end kitchen, which are well designed, allowing the homeowner the luxury of being "right" to hide counters. After all, aesthetics are a big part of what you pay for. Sometimes this can be a large walk-in pantry with built in wardrobes. Alternatively, a method I often used to create alarge closet pantry near the kitchen sink and refrigerator. This cabinet pantry, complete with pocket doors can have a high internal counter has taken on the back of the housing for insertion into a small selection of devices ranging from microwave to the mixer stand. The idea is that everything is easily accessible and already inserted without luxury kitchen, if the request home from a heavy equipment from a baseCabinet.
4 Consider using a mix of higher bank materials. In the kitchens of large luxury today, a single granite or marble counter material on all surfaces look pretty cool. Perhaps because these kitchens are only so many square feet of counter top. However, this is a careful line to walk, because different materials too quickly the appearance of a trend. To make it easier on the eyes, you should make your choice of stone around thePerimeter counters and then decide on a wooden board on the island. This factor breaks cold stone, not in conflict with the model of your marble, limestone or granite.
5 Do not drive in stainless steel dishwasher. This is really just a pet peeve of mine. I personally do not think that the dishwasher is an attractive device. Therefore, there is no added value for the design of a stainless steel plate on it - even if all your otherThe appliances are stainless steel. Place a stainless steel door to the dishwasher only break the line of sight of beautiful cabinets, where you waste. I encourage you to consider a completely integrated dishwasher. Miele, Bosch, Asko and all are currently offering excellent fully integrated models. Even here, the term "integrated" means that the entire dish are still covered (including controls), behind a panel joinery. When this is donecorrectly, you will not be able to distinguish between the dishwasher and separate the adjacent woodwork.
