We recently spoke to House Beautiful’s Olivia Heath on what we think makes the perfect kitchen. It’s not easy to determine the key qualities that make a space special and of course everyone is a little different when it comes to choosing the ultimate elements they want to include.
As you will see from the article, the key qualities for us are as follows:
- Lighting
- Storage
- Layout
- Aesthetic
- Social Area
All of these aspects work together to create a functional working space that also serves as a place for dining and entertaining. Lighting sets the whole mood, storage options make the space work, the layout defines the functionality of the room and of course the aesthetic makes your room feel a little more ‘you’. Make sure you take a read of the full article to see our full comments on each point.
However, we wouldn’t be Papilio if we didn’t want to add more so we’ve also added a few more personal and technical tips below. Want more of a one to one? Don’t hesitate to get in touch for a free kitchen consultation so that we can transform your space into your perfect designer kitchen.
Gadgets for the Perfect Kitchen
Admittedly not every kitchen needs gadgets, but in our mind the ‘perfect’ kitchen would certainly need a few gadgets or luxury items. Our choice for the ultimate gadgets in the perfect kitchen would be Miele’s new vacuum drawer, which vacuum packs food for either storage or when combined with the Miele steam is the perfect sous vide. The word “sous vide” comes from the French and means cooking under vacuum, resulting in the ultimate succulent slow cooked food.
Our second choice would be Topbrewer by Scanomat without question the ultimate discrete drinks maker, controllable from your smart phone and serving up a massive array of drinks including carbonated water and hot chocolate, but in particular specialising in coffees from lattes to a macchiato to an espresso, you can even customise and store your personal coffee specification.
Our final choice would be the excellent and still unrivalled Zip HydroTap Celsius Arc tap which simply removes the need for a kettle.
Utensils for the Perfect Kitchen
Our final requirement for the perfect kitchen would be a set of good knives and a sharpening stone. There is nothing quite so satisfying as using a good set of sharp knives. This is so important to us that we have even developed a set of bespoke knives which will be available through the website soon.
