No Need to Compromise Function for Form

A dream kitchen not only has to look fantastic, but it also has to function as well as it looks. Those two goals are not mutually exclusive. Homeowners increasingly realize the importance and benefit of storage and organizational solutions for their new kitchens and baths. Their preferences mirror a recent national survey of homeowners who recently renovated their kitchens and baths conducted by Kitchen and Bath Business (KBB) magazine.

Homeowners understand that a well-designed kitchen is an organized kitchen. The KBB survey found that 60% of homeowners request more storage and organizational options for their new kitchens and baths. The most frequently requested kitchen storage and organizing tool is a built-in trash recycling option, which 99% of homeowners requested. The other most popular kitchen storage and organizational features include:

  • Under cabinet/in-cabinet lighting

  • Pullouts/blind corners/lifts

  • Stand-alone pantry

  • Drawer inserts/dividers

  • Wine/beverage storage

  • In-cabinet outlets and USB ports

  • Appliance garage

Other popular storage solutions favored by homeowners include knife block drawers, drawer peg systems, cleaning product and paper towel storage, composting stations, spice racks, double islands, hidden pantry drawers, pet-feeding stations, blind-corner pull-outs, and toe-kick drawers.  

Homeowners' demand for organizational tools, solutions, and systems has dramatically increased in response to the changing multifunctional role. Kitchens are now called upon to perform as offices, zoom backgrounds, classrooms, libraries, cafés, and dining rooms. In addition, homeowners are cooking more, highlighting the need and desire for a clean, well-organized space. Professional kitchen designers meet the new demands for more organization and storage solutions by maximizing cabinet storage, designing walk-in pantries, and recommending organizational dividers for kitchen drawers.  

Homeowners find that specifying organizational and storage solutions as part of the initial design helps to determine how to best use the budget to not only create a kitchen that is the envy of the neighborhood but also is easy to use, optimizes the available space, increases storage options, and easier to clean and maintain.

What storage and organizational solutions will make your new dream kitchen function and perform better than it looks? Give us a call at 440-543-8050, drop by, or make an appointment to visit our showroom at 8454 Washington Street in Chagrin Falls, and let us show you the organizational and storage options that will make your new kitchen a dream not only to look at but also to use.

Emeil Soryal