Just like your wardrobe represents your personality, your home and especially your kitchen speaks a thousand words about the type of cook that you are. Whether you’re the next Jamie Oliver, or only enter your kitchen to heat up a ready meal, kitchen experts Harvey Jones has stacks of ideas to make your kitchen perfect for your demands and needs. Whatever your lifestyle, you deserve to have a beautiful, stylish kitchen.
The Master Chef
Do you love experimenting in the kitchen? Are the host of all hosts that enjoys spending hours in the kitchen knocking up three-course meals and unique culinary creations? Then you are most likely the Master Chef – and will most likely need the kitchen of all kitchens. Think a stylish kitchen with all of the top-of-the-range appliances and utensils so that you have the latest professional kit at hand. Want to add a touch of quirk to your kitchen? You could always opt for personalized plaques or a custom cutting board that could help you show who’s the real boss in the space!
In the early stages of kitchen design, the Master Chef might want to include pieces of equipment like a hi-spec, built-in oven, a hot water tap, an induction hob and a large fridge freezer – because, of course, you need somewhere to store all your fresh ingredients.
For the party host, you might also want to include a wine cabinet or cooler so that you have everyone’s favourite tipple at hand. The Linear range is a perfect choice for the Master Chef – stylish, gorgeously refined, flat-ironed and easy to clean.
The Family Baker
If your kitchen is the heart of your family home, then it might be exposed to a little battering from messy hands and the everyday stresses of family life. An area for family members and friends to gather must be central to the kitchen – whether it’s a table, an island or breakfast bar, it’s a place for everyone to join together whilst you cook the evening dinner.
A large fridge with water dispenser also means kids can help themselves during breakfast or tea so that they don’t get in the way of any cooking.
If you have little ones that just can’t resist running around, then soft close doors and curved cabinets and worktops should be considered to avoid accidents. You can also include interior solutions to make sure everything has its own place that is both out of sight and hands reach of your children.
A matt finish to your cupboards and flooring hides any fingerprints from little hands and feet too. And of course, easy to clean surfaces are a must.
Are you a dab hand at baking sweet treats and fresh bread? A larder, where baking goods can all be kept in one place, and plenty of internal plugs so you can leave your mixers and blenders ready to go but still out of sight are both great investments for a Family Baker. Additionally, rather than rearranging stuff in the kitchen, it could be better if you consider remodeling the kitchen according to your needs. You may just need to let the designers know about the kitchen renovation ideas you have, and they can take care of the rest.
The No-Fuss Cook
Just because you don’t have the time or interest to spend hours in the kitchen cooking meals and experimenting with new recipes, it doesn’t mean your kitchen needs to suffer – you deserve a beautiful kitchen just as much as the Master Chef.
A Shaker kitchen could be the ideal kitchen design for you – stacked with time-saving devices, this design is both stylish and handy for the No-Fuss Cook. Then finish off with cool white work surfaces and accessories, as well as lighting in sleek steel finishes. Great appliance choices for the reluctant cook include multi-functional combination ovens with pre-set recipes, or a modern range topped with five powerful gas burners that will make quick work of stir-fries. The latest American style coolers have deep shelves too, which are perfect for holding large pizzas and plenty of drawer space for as many bung-in-the-oven meals as you can grab from the supermarket in one go.
