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5 Easy Tricks To Increase Kitchen Space

A spacious kitchen is something that we all dream of but few of us manage to have. Kitchen is the most important part of your home because that is where you prepare your food. Your kitchen needs to be hygienic and it always helps to maintain your kitchen's cleanliness if it has lots of space. Most of the new age apartments have small kitchens. So what do you do to increase kitchen space?

You will be surprised to know that some very small re-arrangements can help you to increase the space in your kitchen. When you re-decorate your small kitchen with the right furnishings, you can usually find a lot of space in it. Most of us settle for small kitchens for a bigger living rooms or bedrooms. However, it is only after moving in that you realise you need a bigger kitchen space.

5 Easy Tricks To Increase Kitchen Space

Here are some tricks you can use to increase kitchen space without actually moving into a bigger house.

THE PROS N CONS OF AN OPEN KITCHEN

Throw Out The Junk
Just like every other part of your house, the kitchen often accumulates a lot of junk that eats up space. Empty cans, soda bottles and sometimes even expired stuff you will never use again. So throw out all this junk so that you have breathing space in your kitchen.

Store One Thing In One Container
Often you will see that people have 3 small jars for storing the same type of dal (pulses). Never waste space like this. Have one large container and store all the dal in it together. This saves a lot of space.

Get Move Shelves
You need bigger and deeper shelves to accommodate all the jars and bottles in your kitchen. Make sure you do not store anything on the kitchen counters. Kitchen counter space should only be used for cooking and serving cooked food.

Have Foldable Drawers
Smart furnishings in a small kitchen can make it look spacious. If your kitchen has the right size of drawers for storing pots, pans, you can easily increase kitchen space without too much elaboration.

Segregate
You need to store different kind of thing in different spaces. Store the spoons separately from the forks. Store the serving spoons and smaller spoons separately. In this way, you can find what you need at the right time and also conserve space in your kitchen.

Use these simple ways to increase kitchen space without elaborate re-decoration.

Story first published: Monday, May 5, 2014, 18:01 [IST]
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