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I spent an entire day with a kitchen consultant. Just to understand what his job exactly entails. At the end of the day I was wiser, enriched and already had a plan in mind for my own kitchen.
I walked in just as JSK (The kitchen consultant he does not want his name revealed!) was getting ready for his new assigment. He was visiting his client who wanted a designer kitchen. I joined him.
What followed was a complete run down of wants, needs, habits and lifetysles before a design could be conceived.
Here is the first part of the series
PLANNING
A good design of kitchen design must consider the familys lifestyle, their eating habits and entertainment patterns. JSK first asked his client these questions:
1. What is your budget?
You have to keep a budget in mind. Its important to then decide on the amount and kind of structural work, materials to be purchased, as also teh appliances that need to be installed.
According to JSK, the ideal budget while making your your kitchen should be anywhere between 5 to 7 per cent of the value of your property.
2. What is your family structure?
Type: Nuclear, single person, a couple, or a joint family. This determines the storage requirements.
Age: Requirement change according to the different ages.
3. What is your storage pattern?
Some people buy and store for a full year, while others do their monthly purchases. Depending on your style, the shelves, cupboards and storage units have to be designed.
4. How often do you have guests over?
Dont brush tis off as being a weird question. It has an important bearing on the design. This will determine the ind of appliances in your kitchen, the size of the referigerator, kind of storage, counter area, and so on.
Once these basic questions were answered JSK had a fairly clear idea of what his clients wanted. The next few important aspects of information concerned the sequence and flow of work and the layout.
Watch out for these two aspects, soon
(To be continued)
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