How to Renovate a Kitchen

Kitchen Design

Corridor Style Kitchen Design

Lee Wallender - Licensed to About.com

For ease of movement, plan your kitchen workflow around the classic kitchen triangle.

While you have an almost infinite range of possibilities, you may want to utilize one of the five basic kitchen design plans, such as:

• The One-Wall Design
• The Corridor Design
• The L-Shape Design
• The Double-L Design
• The U-Shape Design

How to Design Your Kitchen

• Kitchen Design Software
  Inexpensive computer design software helps you with the difficult task of space-planning.
• Book-Based Design Packages
  Available at bookstores, these kits have cardboard punch-outs representing cabinets and appliances. Placing punch-outs on a kitchen grid helps you realistically view your available space.
• Kitchen Designers
  Kitchen designers at home improvement companies or at kitchen design stores typically design your kitchen free of charge. However, they will steer you to their own vendors and to their own work crews. Independent designers will have the most freedom and may give you the best product because they have less restrictions. However, they will charge you either by the hour or on a percentage basis.

• Introduction
• Kitchen Design
• Hiring the Contractor or Doing It Yourself
• Demolish, Repair, and Build Structural Elements
• New Plumbing and Electrical Systems
• Closing Up the Walls
• Lay Kitchen Flooring
• Hang Cabinets and Install Countertops
• Install Sinks, Fixtures, and Final Items
• "Finalling" the Permits and Last Touches