Thursday, August 23, 2012

5 Things Needing an Upgrade in Your Kitchen

Kitchens are said to be the part of the house where everything should be clean and organised since it is where meals are prepared. Keeping it clean and organised does not just mean that you wipe it every day or arrange some stuff. It periodically requires upgrading and you know it when you would see the need for new kitchen cupboard doors and the like.

kitchen cupboard doors

Here are some things that you have to keep in consideration when upgrading your kitchen:

1.      Flooring

Your floor gets all the burden of the whole kitchen. It is where sauces, oil, and other ingredients spill. If you are using laminated flooring it is not a guarantee that the stains and other spillage won’t harm its texture. You can also check if some of the laminates are already beginning to unstuck, this way you can glue them again.

If you want to have long-lasting kitchen flooring, you might be interested in replacing it with ceramic kitchen tiles which are stain-resistant and do not get easily unstuck.


2.      Lights

When visiting kitchen showrooms, you feel different. You feel that everything in the showroom is a “kitchen-must-have”. But in reality the ambiance is different because of the lights used and the manner they were positioned. When you upgrade your lights, use those which will make cooking more convenient.

You can have some lights placed near the sink and the preparation area so you easily spot foreign objects on the ingredients.


3.      Cupboard doors

Cupboards are really useful especially if you use them for storing food. Keeping them functional means repairing broken cupboard doors which is the main cause why mice could sneak into your food storage.

If the problem is just the hinges, you can just do it yourself. However due to changing seasons, the wood material of your cupboard door could swell and this time you need a carpenter to fix it for you.


4.      Sink

If you think your sink has become smaller than what you need it for, replace it. Sinks have to accommodate all the plates that you have to wash and the ingredients you need for cooking. Having a wider and deeper sink will give you ease in preparing cooking ingredients.


5.      Kitchen door

You might also want to get a new kitchen door especially if your kitchen upgrade does not go in harmony with it. The need of a new door is also realised especially if you see a lot of scribbles on it done by your children.

Replacementkitchen doors are readily available from stores. All you have to do is get the size of your original kitchen door. 

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