It’s great to possess an outdoor kitchen and living spaces, as it facilitates you to enjoy your alfresco areas in your home’s backyard in style. With friends or relatives, or just your family members can have a great time together on a weekend or holiday, relishing your food in nature’s lap. At Inspired Kitchen, we have designed many alfresco kitchens and outdoor living spaces, and our clients are delighted with our work. View our gallery for your Kitchen Renovations Sydney
We
are happy to reveal essential tips for designing a practical outdoor kitchen
and living spaces below:
How Much Space You Want to Allot for Building Your Outdoor
Kitchen
It’s
very important to identify what type of outdoor kitchen you want to build.
Whether you need a small grill area with comfy seating around along with a fire
pit for relaxing or you need a full-fledged outdoor kitchen design, where you
can prepare food, serve and eat. If you want the latter option, then you’ll
also need to think about purchasing kitchen appliances and creating sufficient
benchtop space for food preparation and cooking.
It means, that whatever you need in your outdoor kitchen, you need to
clearly explain it to your kitchen manufacturer. So, they can design
a kitchen accordingly, and have your outdoor kitchen build the way
you envisioned it.
Selection of Right Kitchen Design Company is Vital
It is vital to do your research and have a few consultations
before you can decide and choose a particular contractor or company to
undertake your project. A general contractor may kitchen quote you with a lower
price, but having a professional kitchen design company like Inspired Kitchen, we handle everything
on behalf of you from project commencement to completion. We can handle almost
all of the tasks on your behalf including the right material selection, manage
purchase orders and make sure everything is installed appropriately. It will
take off all of the hard work from you, so you can invest your time somewhere
else more productively.
Plumbing & Electrical Lines for Basic & Additional
Features
Depending
on the appliances and features you want to have electrical wires and plumbing
lines in your backyard outdoor kitchen accordingly:
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If you want a full-fledged food prep and cooking and serving outdoor
kitchen, then you’ll need to have the same features as an indoor kitchen.
Refrigerator, oven, cooktop, grill, and sink are the basics.
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Additional features you can decide whether to have or not
include entertainment centres and fireplaces, wine coolers, outdoor fans,
griddles, vent hoods, ice machines, space heaters, etc. It all comes down to
your priorities, space, and budget.
Fortunately,
We have good professional contacts with licensed and expert electricians and
plumbers, so we can make sure that everything is installed appropriately as per
the planned requirements.
Outdoor Kitchen Flooring
A
sturdy and lasting outdoor kitchen flooring such as poured concrete or sealed
stone is the perfect choice for this space. Besides, your contractor would be
aware of the significance of inclining the flooring towards a drain and away
from the structure of your home to avert pooling or water damage. Along with
the extreme elements, outdoor kitchens and living areas remain unprotected from
a lot of wear including extra moisture, oil or grease build-up, debris, and
foot traffic.
Integrating Outdoor Cabinetry
Inspired Kitchen can design and build custom
kitchen cabinets to fit the space and features of your
outdoor kitchen. Metal structures are robust and durable, so stainless steel
kitchen appliances are perfectly suited to your outdoor living spaces. We
recommend you choose stone veneers to harmonise the style of the space and
safeguard the kitchen appliances, cabinets, and drawers.
Storage Space
Right from wine racks
and utensil drawers to built-in trash cans, there are many storage options
available on the market for your outdoor kitchen and living spaces. You’ll want
to have sufficient storage space in your alfresco kitchen design so that you
can comfortably store all the required tools and accessories.
Vent Hood Over Cooking Stations
If your cooking station is positioned beneath another structure like a pavilion
or patio cover, then your local building codes will need a ventilation system
in your outdoor kitchen. A vent hood can avert staining and damage to the
surrounding walls due to moisture, grease, and smoke produced when grilling or
cooking.
Appropriate Lighting
The
right illumination is required for your outdoor kitchen especially, around your
food preparation and cooking stations and above the serving areas. Installing
strategically placed LED can light up the area in a safe manner and create a
shadow-less environment. If there are walkways and stairs, then it also should
have proper lighting to avert falls. It is always better to have more lights
than having bare minimum or inadequacy.
The Bottom Line
It is vital to create a comfortable ambience so that your
outdoor kitchens and living areas can be enjoyed throughout the year. Thus, it
is important to integrate the right features into your outdoor kitchen design.
Feel free to discuss with your outdoor kitchen designer concerning integrating
different features such as space heaters, outdoor fans, etc. Contact us or obtain a kitchen quote online for
getting a complete design solution for your alfresco kitchen as per your
requirements and budget.
You can also call us on +61 499 008 008 for further quick assistance!
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