Bar, Peninsula or Island

It is THE gathering hub! Close seating at a bar is part of this kitchen design, especially at a larger countertop. The Entertaining kitchen is designed to be much more than a place to prepare, cook or store food, but is multi purpose and trending to become the most popular new future kitchen design around with serving locations, orderve presentations, buffet counter, snack bar, business work place, and conversation station. All should feel welcome to a soiree, and not crowd the cooks. This unique meeting place is designed to make you want to stay and join others and be comfortable with friends and family, even after bellies are full. The entertaining kitchen should be designed to feel like a multi purpose room, that can be many things, and has ample room for staying longer. This room will become the preferred “go-to-spot” to meet again and enjoy more parties and holidays, so everyone wants to come back for fun, laughter and more entertaining times.

Open-Wall

Removing a wall is a game changer to keep the Entertaining kitchen at next level performance, with an open floor plan. Having a larger open space to make others feel included with additional seating may be a large kitchen design element. Gathering your family and friends may be what your new Entertaining kitchen can do better than others. If your goal is to see each other and interact more easily, and help everyone feel closer while enjoying your party or holiday festivities, then certainly consider this major design “wall-move” in your future Entertaining Kitchen plan. After all, celebrating when all are together, is better! Please note, this is much easier to design in a new construction build, rather than an existing home remodel. If you are considering removing an existing wall, it can be a sizable, expensive, and complicated task. Sometimes the wall is holding another floor above, or a portion of the above roof frame? This wall absence may need a beam-header to support what is above when the old wall is gone. Many walls have important hidden parts of your home that would need to be possibly re-routed or removed, for example: electrical wires, light switches, electrical plugs, HVAC ducts, plumbing pipes, gas pipes, and more. Consider a professional inspection for consultation advice to proceed with removing a wall for your kitchen.

Raised kitchen Countertops:

Two countertop hights can create a clean separation of surface levels, and differentiate their purpose of eating and preparing. The change in heights can also give a different style to your kitchen and allow for taller stools or standing height countertop. this change adds to the flexibility of entertaining. A raised countertop can also help to hide some of the developing mess in the sink and not hinder appearances, if you decide to wait until after entertaining for clean up.

TV on a swivel

A flat screen TV mounted on a wall or with a special swival wall bracket is easily turned for viewing cooking shows, arts & crafts or cheering your favorite team.

Questions to help your design?

1- How many people do you want to entertain in your kitchen?

2- Where do the guests plate their food and sit for efficient traffic flow?

3- Will cooking be a some of the entertainment for or with your guests?

4- Is there comfortable Traffic Flow?

5- Are there any tight or congested paths or cornors?

6- Top 5 future events for your Entertaining Kitchen? examples:

Holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years day, Easter, Independance day, 4th of July)

Parties (Birthdays, retirement, business networking)

Special TV viewing, (Superbowl, Worl Series, Olympics, cooking show,

Kids Events (cookie baking or arts & crafts with kids)