If you love cooking, then your kitchen is an essential part of your home. Plan a kitchen remodeling project to help you create the space of your dreams—and consider what a self-proclaimed cooking expert should have to make the most of it. These tips can help you create an ideal kitchen area like culinary professionals.

How Cooking Aficionados Plan for Kitchen Remodeling

1. Maximize Counterspace

Your kitchen counters provide the workspace you need to chop veggies, roll dough, and put together delicious meals. The last thing you want is to run out of space when you’re in the middle of food preparation. If your kitchen is small, which is usually 70 square feet or less, add an island. Or, try to maximize the space by including a peninsula if you have an L-shaped room. A peninsula adds room for stools, storage, and a few feet of counterspace as it wraps around farther.

2. Consider Open Shelving

You can get more done in the kitchen if you’re not continually opening cabinet doors and shifting items around. Keep everything easily accessible by utilizing open shelving.

It’s also ideal storage to showcase your expensive pan set and has limitless style options, like grid tiles behind the shelves. You can also opt to hang your polished pots and utensils on shelvings’ hooks.

3. Choose Durable Materials

If you use your kitchen daily, that means there’s probably also a ton of messes. The surfaces around your kitchen need to be easy to clean and able to handle frequent spills and splatters. Opt for stainless appliances and sealed granite countertops. If they’re easy to wipe, bacteria won’t linger while you’re cooking. Also, think about adding tile backsplashes which prevent stoves’ grease splatter from staining your walls.

If you’re planning a kitchen remodeling project, the professionals at Chandler Roofing & Construction in Red Wing, MN, can help. Serving homeowners throughout Goodhue County, the home improvement contractor provides services including kitchen and bathroom remodeling. With more than 50 years in business, these state-licensed professionals offer quality service at affordable prices. View a full list of remodeling services on the company’s website, or call (651) 388-9415 to request a quote.