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Article on Fitted Kitchens & Bedroom Units

Designing & Planning

The kitchen is the hub of the home, serving many functions. Food preparation may be the main activity, but it is not the only one. Today the kitchen accommodates a wide range of essential activities, serves as a family gathering spot, meal-planning, preparation and serving and cleaning of equipment. The kitchen is often limited in space and careful planning is needed to make sure the solution looks attractive and also provides a work area which makes the best use of a person’s time and energy.

Only when a brand new house is being designed can the shape, size and position of a kitchen be decided. At this stage the services should be planned and placed on external walls eg, drains, electrical sockets, vents re extractor hoods plumbing re American Fridges etc. If your require your cooker to be located in the corner with a corner canopy you must ensure the plans allow for this and that the window is located at least a meter from the corner.

Tips for designing your kitchen

Cost is the most important factor when planning your kitchen and should not be underestimated. Our designer at Rattigan Fitted Kitchens, Elphin is on hand to assist you in every step of designing and budgeting effectively for your kitchen, giving consideration regarding layout of your kitchen and the positioning of your kitchen appliances.

Storage Space

Storage space is often at a premium in a kitchen, and the kitchen plan should consider what will make the kitchen work well. Large deep drawers make it easy to find and grab pans. Pull-out shelves (pull out larder units) as a central storage place . An island in the centre of a large space provides added storage and workspace. Drawer dividers help to keep utensils in place. Magic corners and carousels assist in locating thinks in corner units which are otherwise difficult to access. central storage place for food. These elements should be part of the kitchen plan.


What kind of kitchen do I want?

First decide on your budget. What is the absolute maximum? This will determine the kind and size of your kitchen. If the room is large you could choose medium to dark woods. If the room is small light colours will open it up so look at natural or white coloured doors

Kitchens can be supplied with doors in following woods

Solid oak doors in light, medium and dark shades
Solid Chestnut doors in light, medium and dark shades
Solid Maple, Ash, Pine, Walnut and many more to choose from

There are also a vast range of colours and designs of PVC doors on the market to suit your budget.

If you wish you could choose a high-gloss or hand-painted door to suite your kitchen.

Kitchen Countertops

When choosing the type of surfaces you would like installed in your kitchen consider the amount of use or wear and tear that these counters or surfaces will endure.

Countertops have an enormous impact on the look and feel of your kitchen. Because they take up so much surface area, a countertop, besides a cabinet, is most of what you visually see when you’re in a kitchen. Deciding which one is best for you will take planning and effort.

Laminate Worktops
These have a built-in advantage over the other materials as it is inexpensive and easy to care for. For years kitchens were fitted with laminate which was selected almost as an afterthought. The tone would be selected to blend with the doors without causing too must of a stir Laminates can do things natural materials cannot do such as offer a wider range of colourways without knots or other imperfections and offer many design innovations. Laminates offer a smooth, easy cleaned surface instead of a textured one which can trap dirt. Laminate worktops now come in a gloss finish of various colours. These gloss finishes look and feel like granite worktops. However these gloss finished worktops may not suit every environment. T

Granite Worktops
These have seen an increase in popularity in kitchen design over the past few years. Granite is quite carefree, sealed at the point of processing a simple wipe down is all that is required for daily maintenance. It is a natural material that will give great character to your kitchen, however it does not come cheap

Don’t forget when reselling your home the kitchen is often the first think that a buyer looks at. It virtually sells the house.

Rattigan Fitted Kitchens Elphin supply 18mm carcase, 40mm worktops, blum hinges, and top of the range wireworks and softclose systems. This ensures you receive a top quality durable kitchen fitted to the highest standard.

Tips for designing you bedroom units

When designing your bedroom furniture ensure it will not take up too much room or interfere with existing furniture (too much cluster)

Choose a colour that will suit existing décor.

A wardrobe is more than just a place of storage. Like any piece of furniture it reflects a mood of its own. Our range allows for all sorts of expressions from harmonious tones to sophisticated styles to more bolder statements.

Ensure your choice suite the existing furniture i.e. same material, same design, same area, etc.

Ensure your choice of furniture is suitable for its intended purposes.

Sliderobes

Rattigan Kitchens Elphin currently supply Sliderobes. Sliderobes can be fitted in any bedroom however they are best suited in small rooms whereby you increase your storage space and maximise the use of the bedroom. Slide robes can make a room look much bigger especially if you use warm bright colours. Sliderobe doors come in many colours from wood veneer, laminate finish, frosted glass and mirrors and can blend in to suite the decor of your bedroom. Sliderobes are made to customer specification, shelving to hold jumpers etc, rails to hang coats jackets skirts etc, rails to hold ties, racks to hold shoes. Pull down hanging rails are ideal for tall robes as they allow easy access to cloths at high level.

Why not consider giving your room a new look



New showroom now open incorporating softclose mechanisms, carousals, magic corners and pull out larder. Sliderobes also available