* Showing the floor beneath units makes the area look bigger so choose units on legs without a plinth.
* Get into the habit of clearing the worktop completely. Even the kettle can go if you install a boiling water tap such as Franke’s Little Butler, or the Quooker from Taps Amazing.
* Use the same colours and materials in the hall or adjacent room so the design flows. A good example is to extend the flooring into the next room.
* No room to eat? Try the pullout table and seats slotted into units on offer from Alno, or put up a Statlig solid oak shelf with strong Stilig brackets from Ikea to create a mini breakfast bar.
* If you can put crockery and glass in a sideboard in the living room, or a freezer in the garage, then do it.
* Lighting is your best friend in a limited space. Halogen or strip fittings under worktops, ceiling mounted spots and cornice-mounted lights are marvels for enhancing the design. Look out for LED lights, from Sensio Lighting, fitted within wall units or along a plinth to add that extra sparkle.
Look For Good Interior Fittings
Bend and stretch no more, as interior fittings for cabinets are designed to pull-out, extend, and swivel for you. Look out for base cabinets with three separate slide-out drawers, or a narrow unit filled with wire baskets that glide out as you pull on the door, like these from B&Q. Corner units now have pull-out fittings to bring the stuff at the back forward. You’ll find these in every showroom, from top-end companies to the DIY stores.
Designers at Blum excel at corner ideas (right) – they make the fittings not the cabinets, but you can find kitchen companies that use them via their website. Plinth drawers are a handy use of space that would otherwise be wasted. For food storage, a tall, narrow larder unit that pulls out then swivels 90 degrees is invaluable in a limited space. Try Moben or Second Nature for these.
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