d69 KITCHENS
A cantilever is created on one side of the island’s surface to accommodate seating beneath for dining in this kitchen by Vogue Kitchens
the United Nations: today, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Projections show that urbanisation – the gradual shift in residence of the human population from rural to urban areas – combined with the overall growth of the world’s population, could add another 2.5bn people to urban areas by 2050. This is bound to put substantial pressure onto house building and it seems inevitable that homes are going to get smaller, and the space given over to the kitchen area will reduce accordingly.
According to research by online estate agents Housesimple, a detached property in the UK will set you back, on average, £377,945. Of course, within this average sum there are wide
variations by region, but if detached property is at the top of the pile this looks almost certain to lead to smaller, more affordable homes – and we won’t have to wait until 2050 for this to kick in. “The new-build properties are indeed shrinking in overall footprint size,” says John McNeil of Haus12 Interiors, “but builders are now leaving out the wall between kitchen and dining room to give the appearance of more space. This means we can offer much better storage solutions than we could previously.
“Combined with clever design and maximising the height of the room I believe more and better storage is achieved. Properties from the 1970’s onwards are now having large rectangular rooms constructed to encapsulate not only the kitchen and
dining room, but also a family area. This means we can then show how flexible the German furniture ranges we work with are and create a fluid harmonious space that works for everyone from grandparents all the way to the young child or children who live there.”
It could be argued that when fittings experts Blum launched a drawer system for base units it helped to turn conventional kitchen planning on its head as it increased the storage capacity of the most diminutive of kitchen space. “We know that by using drawers and pull-outs, customers can achieve up to 55% more storage space than when using doors and fixed shelves,” says Lisa Robinson, Marketing Manager at Blum UK. “But that’s only half the story.
designer kitchen & bathroom
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JUN 2019
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