Kitchen Remodel Trends: The Live-In Kitchen

First, there were dine-in kitchens. Now, the latest trend in kitchen renovations is making a live-in kitchen that functions as the heart of a home. Instead of hoping your friends and family don’t congregate in your kitchen, this type of kitchen remodel welcomes your loved ones into the most popular room of your home.


What Exactly is a Live-In Kitchen?

A live-in kitchen is a space to prepare your meals and effortlessly entertain your family and friends at the same time. It combines your kitchen space with all the elements you love about your family room, like comfortable seating. We can work with you to make this area the ideal hub of your home by making the space functional, comfortable and ideal for socializing. Common items to add during a kitchen remodel include an island or tall table with stools, sofa, coffee table, writing desk, bookshelves, television, multiple sinks, task lighting, club chairs and even floor pillows.


Why Consumers Love Live-In Kitchens

Over the years, homeowners have been integrating living room furniture into the kitchen area. For example, several modern kitchens don’t have walls that separate them from living rooms, which may remind you of the old pioneer days of telling stories near the hearth as the family ate dinner. A live-in kitchen remodel will help corral most aspects of your life in one central location so you can surf the Internet, help your kids with homework, pay bills and make dinner at the same time.

A live-in kitchen can be the room of your dreams. We can help make your dream kitchen renovations into a reality.


Store More with a Kitchen Remodel

I find when it comes to a kitchen remodel, you can never have too much storage space. By incorporating hard-to-reach corners, vertical spaces and storage tricks in your home kitchen remodeling project, you can make the area more versatile and user-friendly.
Here are some home kitchen remodeling tips for creating extra storage:


Unused Space

Take advantage of the space between shelves and behind cabinet doors during your kitchen remodel. For example, install a spice rack on the back of a cabinet door to corral all those small bottles. Under-shelf baskets inside cabinetry can double the space for items like food container lids. Swing-down racks mounted under the cabinets above your kitchen counters make great cookbook stands or a place to hold knickknacks. Toe-lick cabinets in the space between the under-counter cabinets and the floor are great for storing baking pans, serving dishes and other supplies.


Blind Corners and Inaccessible Spaces

Glide-out and swing-out shelves make dead corners accessible. Kitchen contractors can build cabinets that offer such a solution. For deep cabinets, consider installing roll-out shelves that are on casters. This simple solution allows you effortless access to the very back of the cabinet, without having to empty a whole shelf.


Add a Pantry

If you have the space to spare, build a pantry with plenty of shelf space. This frees your cupboards so you can store your food and dishes separately.


Open Shelving

When there’s an unused wall along a kitchen counter, install a series of shelves without cabinet doors. Use the space on the bottom for heavy appliances (install outlets there, too) and use the upper shelves as you see fit.