What is the most important part of your house? Is it the living room or the kitchen or the drawing room? Or is it the toilet? They are all important. Yes, they are! We all know it. But from the perspective of life perhaps the kitchen and the bathroom is the most important as they relate to the survival needs of people. Kitchen is a place where the lady of the house spends most of her time or if not as due to the busy schedule of today she has to spend quality time in the kitchen. This entails that the kitchen is good, well decorated and is easy and comfortable to use. Well, modular kitchens are the way of the day. Modular kitchens come `in the contemporary styles and shapes too with sleek designs and features which are so unique that it suits one’s tastes and preferences. Below we give you few of the tips that you may consider before you start thinking about converting your kitchen in to a modular one.
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The various types of modular kitchens available are Box type, U-Shaped, L and C shaped kitchens. Apart from these you also have Time style and Crystal style kitchen too. But out of all of these the box type kitchen is the most commonly adopted one with different types of counters, pullouts, shutters and cabinets.
The contours are an important part of the kitchen after the selection of the style of the kitchen is complete. Granite is the standard choice for many of the Indian kitchens as the kitchen is a place where you have coloring of food items and emanating of steam and gas from various processes of cooking. The kitchen material dealers of course can get you a ready made modular one with a kitchen contour too.
You can also design your modular kitchen and your interior designer can also design it for you. The materials that are used for the making of kitchen cabinets can of course vary but the material has to be water resistant and termite resistant. The materials can vary from natural wood, granite, lacquered wood, marble or laminate or a combination of either wood, laminate or even aluminum. The ply woods like the marine ply are highly water resistant and perhaps the best suited material for this purpose. Steel is often used for this purpose as well. The professionals suggest that wooden cabinets require thorough maintenance and care from harming agents like water and termites. Steel also has its disadvantages like rusting.
The Drawers
Drawers can separately be purchased or can also be designed with good quality wood and hydraulic hinges which should be used for ease of usage and easy maneuvering. One should handle the drawers properly for longer life.
Modular chimneys for kitchen
One has the choice of improvising the traditional chimneys which are of course an available option but modern ones provides you the choice of suction of the grease from the equipment which essentially saves the house or the apartment from being tarnished. There are ones with elegant looks which the designer chimneys offer you but the expert argues that the traditional ones are better in suction. Chimneys are advisable in the modular kitchens as it keeps the kitchen clean and free from dust, oil, grease, smoke and vapors. There can be automatic cleanliness compared to manual cleanliness.
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Extra gadgets can also be fitted and brought like dish washers,microwave oven and others. Microwave oven can also be substituted by specialized kitchen appliances like cookers, dinner ware and toasters and can be used for every kind of heating. One always has the choice of opting for a micro wave oven as well.
The cost of constructing a modular kitchen is dependent on the materials being used, the size of it and the style you choose. The accessories of the kitchen, appliances and the burners used also determine the cost of it. In general terms the cost of it can go up to Rs.5 lakhs.
As a concluding note it is better to add that if one plans for modernizing the kitchen with all amenities then a modular kitchen is something that will raise the quality of your life and add value to your property.
