Staying safe in the kitchen is easy with a beautiful kitchen design.
More and more, the kitchen is becoming another major living room of the house, a place to live, socialize, work, and relax. Yet the kitchen’s main function remains: to prepare food, store food, and clean up after meals. Since the beginning of time, the kitchen has posed the risk of fire, and unfortunately, this remains the same today. How can you stay safe in the kitchen? Below are several safety features for kitchens that make cooking, eating, etc., smooth sailing.
Proper Lighting
Proper lighting is an essential piece of the kitchen design puzzle. Designing your kitchen’s lighting can be more complex than one might expect, as there are different types of lighting for different purposes. Some lights are meant for illuminating an entire part of the room, while others, task lights, zone in on a specific workspace.
Smooth Traffic Flow
Designing a kitchen to have smooth traffic flow is a must for any kitchen. You don’t want to risk bumping into family members all the time when you move in and out of the space, least of all when you are carrying hot pots, pans, or plates of food fresh from the stove or oven. Proper traffic flow makes navigating the kitchen far safer.
Slip-Resistant Flooring
Fire isn’t the only hazard in a kitchen. Wet floors can also cause slips and falls. To minimize the risk of water causing a problem, one should install slip-resistant flooring and clean up spills as soon as they happen. Many appealing kitchen flooring types exist, such as natural stone, sealed concrete, ceramic, porcelain, engineered hardwood, and more. If slip resistance is an essential element for you to have in your kitchen flooring, be sure to get a flooring type with excellent friction.
Convenient Storage Access
Kitchen storage design also has a part in kitchen safety. Custom cabinetry meant to use up space to the max is one important aspect of kitchen storage, but so is accessibility. Standard kitchen cabinetry designs today make it easier than ever to reach the items you need, whether high or low.
Cooking Habits & Precautions
Design can make all the difference in your kitchen safety. Aside from kitchen safety features, safe kitchen habits will ultimately keep cooking under control at all times. With good habits, you can enjoy your kitchen even better!
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