REDEVELOPMENT OF THE KITCHEN IN A STANDART FLAT

One of the redevelopment variants is to enlarge the space by wall dismantling,though this is a rather time- and money-consuming process, because all the necessary changes should be coordinated with the Construction Department. Another variant was also pondered on, this is so called “a classic standard”, namely by putting kitchen furniture along the wall of the existing kitchen zone and the refrigerator at the opposite wall. Interior designer Eriks decided to improve the functionality of his customer’s kitchen by creating an absolutely new image proposing L-shaped kitchen. The most difficult moment in this variant was the location of the window. In accordance with the Soviet standards window-sills were made at the lower level than modern standard height for the kitchen worktops. The option of partial or complete bricking of the window was not taken into consideration, thus we have chosen the window with separate configuration: the lower part is a stand sheet, and its higher part as a proper, opening, window.

The proposed redevelopment resulted in setting functionally therefrigerator with freezer, thedishwasher, themicrowave oven, theoven, the cook top and the hood, and also achieving the greatest dream of many housewives, namely setting the sink at the window. The whole space was also successfully separated as consistent with the concept of kitchen work triangle that ensures easy and efficient use. The kitchen work triangle creates imaginary lines between the three most important and frequently used elements –the sink, the cook top and the refrigerator. Not less essential factor is keeping these elements in close proximity giving though enough room for the worktop, too.

Material chosen for kitchen worktops is Technistone, Gobi Brown 20 mm width.

More about available materials for worktops find in the section MATERIALS.

If you would like to redevelop your kitchen, you are welcome to contact us, our cooperative partners and the author of the project:

Eriks Feldmanis