Designing an Efficient Designing an Efficient Layout Layout

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Work Centers • What is an work center?

– An area of a kitchen especially equipped for a particular chore.

A well-planned work center includes three basic centers: food storage, cooking, and cleanup.

Food Storage Center• Refrigerator is the focus of the

food storage center.• Cabinets for food that does not

need to be kept cool. • Canned food can be stored in the

cabinet.

Cooking Center• The range is the focus of the

cooking center.• Microwave oven is also used for

meal preparation. • Other cooking appliances are:

toaster oven, electric skillet, etc• Pots, pans and utensils used for

cooking.

Cleanup Center• Includes the sink and the

dishwasher.• Also garbage disposal, recycling

bin, and trash compactor.• Dual Cleanup centers.• Dish Storage after cleanup.

Mixing Center• Food preparation happens here.• Best placed would be between the

refrigerator and the sink.• Mixing bowl, knives, cutting

boards and utensils. Mixer and blender nearby.

Planning Center• Place to plan meals and store

cookbooks.• Small table and chair or office area

with computer and Internet.• Why would you need the Internet?

Other Centers• Serving and eating center.• Serving center can store dishes,

linens and stemware.• Baking center- marble surface for

kneading dough and pastry.• Socializing or casual eating center

more popular.

Working Triangle• - Formed by drawing imaginary

lines to connect the sink, range or cook top, and refrigerator.

• Triangle should not be so small that the kitchen is cramped and not too large that the work centers are too far apart.

• Ideal length of a working triangle should be between 12ft and 22ft.

• For a wheelchair= 14ft to 24ft.

• Works best when all sides are equal.

• Traffic should not pass through the working triangle.

Island• Freestanding storage and

countertop unit.• Look at page 531.

Peninsula • A countertop that extends out into

the room, with one end attached to the wall.

• Look at page 533.

Page 532-533• READ• Be able to identify this layout

options.

• All of them!!!!!

Storage Needs• Step one- Identify what needs to

be stored.– What items do you have – Make a list of all items to be stored!!

• Step two-Examine your list• Step three- Reduce your list to

only needed items

• Step four- Group items that seem to go together. – Put like thing, things that would go in

the same room, together.

• Step five Decide where to place items– Where in the home are you going to

store these items.

• Step six- Pack your possessions and number them correlating with storage area.

• Step seven- Select a storage system and install.

• Step Eight- Arrange stored items in a systematic way.