Remodelling or redesigning a smaller kitchen can be a bit of a design challenge but with the right tips and tricks you can turn your small kitchen into an efficient and stylish area meeting your budget and your needs. Even with limited budget options you can transform your small kitchen into a stylish yet practical area.

When thinking about the design of your kitchen and which areas to fill with counters, fridges and freezers, it’s often to use kitchen design software, which is a computer-aided software that will help you plan out your kitchen to the exact dimensions. The software allows you to see what pieces of furniture will go best where and enabling you to alter your furniture choices around, with a simple click of a mouse, until you work out how you can best maximise space in your kitchen.

The software allows you to rearrange furniture with the click of a mouse to discover the best ways to maximise space in your kitchen. If you aren’t happy with where a cabinet is placed, you can quickly and easily edit it until you think it’s in the right place. This allows the kitchen owner to feel confident knowing their kitchen is going to be built exactly how they planned it. The likelihood of having to rearrange furniture during the fitting is low because the software is so precise, this saves the customer and labourer time and money. The software will also help to maximise space in a small kitchen.

You will need to find space-saving furniture for your kitchen – there are clever pieces of kitchen furniture available for smaller kitchens, including pull-out cupboards and cabinets and deeper counters to store all of your appliances on.

As well as furniture choice, you’ll also need to consider the lighting in your room, lighting creates the illusion of more space so must be carefully considered within small kitchens. Make use of large windows or even consider having a larger window fitted just to make sure extra light reaches your kitchen to make it look larger. Under-cabinet lighting is always a good idea for smaller kitchens, which are probably lacking in natural light anyway. Adding small pedant lights under cabinets and in dark corner will brighten these areas up creating the illusion of more space. The same goes for in-cabinet lighting, it can make a kitchen look very stylish and will help the insides of your cabinet reflecting on the glassware.

Try to de-clutter and keep worktops clear, make sure everything has a storage space so the kitchen isn’t filled with appliances making it look cluttered and small.

Building ovens, sinks and stoves on top of or into counter tops and cabinets is a brilliant way of saving space and being practical.

The decor and colour schemes you choose for your kitchen can help brighten up the room and give the illusion it’s larger. Choose lighter colours to give the room a bigger feel – white does this brilliantly. You can liven up white with boldly-coloured accessories and loud prints.

Clair O\’Hara is writing on behalf of Nexus Design Software, specialists in interior design software including kitchen design software.

Clair O\’Hara is writing on behalf of Nexus Design Software (http://www.nexusdesignsoftware.com), specialists in interior design software including kitchen design software.

Author Bio: Clair O\’Hara is writing on behalf of Nexus Design Software, specialists in interior design software including kitchen design software.

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