The Kitchen

Kitchen design
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Designing the kitchen was hard work. We now know that the next house we build will have a galley style kitchen! Getting to the the actual design was not too hard as we had a wish list:

• Pantry and fridge located so that people would not have to enter the work area to access
• Our wide oven had to be mounted under the bench top
• We wanted a larger fridge so went for a twin door with ice/water dispenser. This means specifying a tap now
  
• Dishwasher was preselected so we could provide exact dimensions. The dishwasher is extra tall so the benches are all higher (940mm) than standard
• No raised breakfast bar but a bench that can double as a breakfast bar. Fits our morning habits

Biggest wish for me was a red splashback. We ended up getting Zenolite. This can not be used behind stovetops but we had glass bricks behind our stove so this was not a problem. We ended up going all white with silver kickers. Handles are rounded to match the oven and fridge and overhead handles small to give a clean look. So I got my red kitchen!

Lucky for us the display house had a similar kitchen so we could try it for size.