The arrangement of furniture in the kitchen: video instruction

How to arrange furniture correctly in the kitchen? This question worries many housewives who want to equip their own kitchen as comfortably as possible and facilitate the cooking process. In this article, we will look at three main principles for the ergonomic arrangement of furniture and appliances.

You will learn how to arrange furniture in the kitchen and make it functional from our material.

The importance of the correct arrangement of furniture and appliances

With the correct arrangement of furniture, several tasks are solved at once:

• The time spent on walking and, accordingly, on cooking is reduced.
• The amount of unnecessary movements is reduced.
• Makes food preparation more comfortable.

Correct positioning of kitchen furniture will reduce the time spent on cooking

In this article, we intend to talk about the basic principles of furniture arrangement. Having familiarized yourself with them, you can create a kind of "ergonomic paradise" in your kitchen with your own hands.

Even a very small kitchen can be properly equipped, the main thing is to know how to do it

The main principles of arranging the kitchen

As you can see, the correct location of the headset and household appliances can significantly reduce kilometers, which the housewife overcomes for days during cooking and make the cooking process more comfortable. Read about how to achieve this in this section.

To comfortably equip a headset and household appliances, you must follow three principles

Principle 1. Triangle rule

The main thing in the arrangement of furniture in the kitchen is the observance of the so-called "working triangle". At the same time, at its tops there will be three active points most often used in the cooking process:

• sink for washing dishes;
• fridge;
• gas or electric stove.

Arrange all household appliances according to the "working triangle"

With the correct arrangement of elements, the distance between these objects is minimized, and in the zone triangle, there are no additional obstacles in the form of decorative elements, or free-standing pedestals, racks, etc.

An example of what a working triangle should look like

An ideally constructed triangle looks like this in terms of ergonomics:

• Sink. Located at the apex of the visual triangle. In this case, the distance from the sink to the stove and from the sink to the refrigerator should, on average, be about 1.5 meters each. The minimum limit is at a distance of 1.2 meters, and the maximum is up to 2 meters.

The distance from the sink to the stove and to the refrigerator should be about 1.5 m

• Plate. If with sink for kitcheneverything is clear, then the stove is considered a source of increased danger, it is here that the most injuries occur. Therefore, it is advisable not to carry out additional work surfaces for this object and not to carry out manipulations behind the stove that require passage to the sink.

It is best to equip a work area between the stove and the sink for cutting food.

• Fridge. What's wrong with him? - you ask. Yes, everything is so, just note that the refrigerator door should open so that the approach to the refrigerator is not blocked, and unnecessary time and unnecessary movements are not wasted on this.

Make sure that the open refrigerator door does not block access to it

Principle 2. Headset layout

The location of the headset in the kitchen can be carried out according to one of the types of layouts. You will learn more about them in this section. It:

• linear;
• U-shaped;
• two-row;
• L-shaped;
• island.

The location of household appliances directly depends on the type of layout

Illustration	Positioning instructions
	Linear. With her, everything is quite simple. Due to the lack of space, you have few options for the location of household appliances. With such an arrangement, the objects of interest to us will go in the following sequence: first the refrigerator, then the sink, the closing stove.
	U-shaped. The most successful option if you intend to use the kitchen only for cooking. The kitchen table, and even more so the corner, clearly will not enter here. The refrigerator, sink and stove are placed against different walls. Another positive quality of this layout is the ability to fit in all the necessary household appliances. It is advisable to use such an arrangement in design of the combined kitchen and living room.
	Double row. The most optimal option for arranging a rectangular elongated kitchen. In this case, the stove and sink are located along one wall, and the refrigerator is placed on the opposite.
	Ostrovnaya. involves the removal of the sink, stove and work surface to the center of the kitchen. With this arrangement, ergonomics means that the triangle should not be broken by the island.
	L-shaped. It is considered the most practical, it allows you to place all the necessary furniture, while the working triangle is divided into two walls. There is enough space even for household appliances (if of course the area allows).

Positioning your headset correctly is half the battle. It is equally important to correctly select the height of the upper cabinets, hoods, etc. Let's consider this moment in more detail.

In addition to the correct arrangement of furniture, it is necessary to carefully consider the distance from one device to another.

Principle 3. Distance selection

• Wall cabinets. They are best placed at a distance of 45-70 centimeters from the tabletop of the working area. This will prevent accidental collisions between your head and cabinet doors.

The optimal height for wall cabinets is 45-70 cm from the work surface

• Hood. The height at which the hood is located directly depends on the type of plate for which it is intended. For electric stoves it is 65 cm, for gas models 0 75 cm.

The height of the hood location directly depends on the type of plate

• Table. So that during the cooking process you can safely move around the room, the dining table should be located at least 90 centimeters from the headset.

90 centimeters is the minimum distance from the table to the headset

• Plate. Place it at least 45 centimeters from the window. Thus, you will negate the risk of blowing out the fire from a gust of wind.

Increased risk of a fire hazard - such is the price of placing the slab by the window

Finally

Thanks to our material, you learned how to properly arrange furniture in the kitchen thanks to the main principles of arranging a comfortable space. Applying them in practice, you will completely transform the room, make it more comfortable and practical. We also recommend that you familiarize yourself with the video and the proposed photo materials - we are sure that you will find a lot of useful information on them.