Small is Beautiful.

But only if it’s efficient first.  That is the Law in kitchen design.

Generally, downsizing is a good thing – it drives less consumption in many ways:

• cleaning
• furnishing
• heating/cooling
• impulse buying without thinking about storage (we don’t need more STUFF)

Kitchen gets smarter

Unfortunately, a smaller kitchen means rethinking a few things.  Like, how many duplicate cookie sheets, pots, & utensils are actually necessary?  If you’re an avid cook – understandable (also unlikely that you’d have a small kitchen).

Less storage means getting smarter about cooking tools you actually use often.  There are some great options for multiple tools combined into a single tool to save storage space.  And water when it comes time to clean.

1 adjustable teaspoon = 5-spoons-on-a-ring

1 measuring cup = 7 conventional measuring cups

Collapsible measuring cups from Progressive

Collapsible salad spinner from Progressive. Want!

AHAM report: Consumers are choosing efficient appliances.

Pretty self explanatory redesign of an existing kitchen that was extremely cramped, inefficient, and isolated from the living area. This project is in a single story condo, and is currently entering the construction phase.