It’s great to possess an outdoor kitchen and living spaces, as it facilitates you to enjoy your alfresco areas in your home’s backyard in style. With friends or relatives, or just your family members can have a great time together on a weekend or holiday, relishing your food in nature’s lap. At Sydney Wide Kitchens, we have designed many alfresco kitchens and outdoor living spaces, and our clients are delighted with our work. View our gallery for your kitchen design ispiration.
We are happy to reveal essential tips for designing a practical outdoor kitchen and living spaces below:
How Much Space You Want to Allot for Building Your Outdoor Kitchen
It’s very important to identify what type of outdoor kitchen you want to build. Whether you need a small grill area with comfy seating around along with a fire pit for relaxing or you need a full-fledged outdoor kitchen design, where you can prepare food, serve and eat. If you want the latter option, then you’ll also need to think about purchasing kitchen appliances and creating sufficient benchtop space for food preparation and cooking.
It means, whatever you need in your outdoor kitchen, you need to clearly explain it to your kitchen manufacturer. So, they can design a kitchen accordingly, and have your outdoor kitchen build the way you envisioned it.
Selection of Right Kitchen Design Company is Vital
It is vital to do your research and have a few consultations before you can decide and choose a particular contractor or company to undertake your project. A general contractor may kitchen quote you with a lower price, but having a professional kitchen design company like Sydney Wide Kitchens, we handle everything on behalf of you from project commencement to completion. We can handle almost all of the tasks on your behalf including the right material selection, manage purchase orders and make sure everything is installed appropriately. It will take off all of the hard work from you, so you can invest your time somewhere else more productively.
Plumbing & Electrical Lines for Basic & Additional Features
Depending on the appliances and features you want to have electrical wires and plumbing lines in your backyard outdoor kitchen accordingly:
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If you want a full-fledged food prep and cooking and serving outdoor kitchen, then you’ll need to have the same features as an indoor kitchen. Refrigerator, oven, cooktop, grill, and sink are the basics.
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Additional features you can decide whether to have or not include entertainment centres and fireplaces, wine coolers, outdoor fans, griddles, vent hoods, ice machines, space heaters, etc. It all comes down to your priorities, space, and budget.
Fortunately, We have good professional contacts with licensed and expert electricians and plumbers, so we can make sure that everything is installed appropriately as per the planned requirements.
Outdoor Kitchen Flooring
A sturdy and lasting outdoor kitchen flooring such as poured concrete or sealed stone is the perfect choice for this space. Besides, your contractor would be aware of the significance of inclining the flooring towards a drain and away from the structure of your home to avert pooling or water damage. Along with the extreme elements, outdoor kitchens and living areas remain unprotected from a lot of wear including extra moisture, oil or grease build-up, debris, and foot traffic.
Integrating Outdoor Cabinetry
Sydney Wide Kitchens can design and build custom kitchen cabinets to fit the space and features of your outdoor kitchen. Metal structures are robust and durable, so stainless steel kitchen appliances are perfectly suited to your outdoor living spaces. We recommend you choose stone veneers to harmonise the style of the space and safeguard the kitchen appliances, cabinets, and drawers.
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Storage Space
Right from wine racks and utensil drawers to built-in trash cans, there are many storage options available on the market for your outdoor kitchen and living spaces. You’ll want to have sufficient storage space in your alfresco kitchen design so that you can comfortably store all the required tools and accessories.
Vent Hood Over Cooking Stations
If your cooking station is positioned beneath another structure like a pavilion or patio cover, then your local building codes will need a ventilation system in your outdoor kitchen. A vent hood can avert staining and damage to the surrounding walls due to moisture, grease, and smoke produced when grilling or cooking.
Appropriate Lighting
The right illumination is required for your outdoor kitchen especially, around your food preparation and cooking stations and above the serving areas. Installing strategically placed LED can light up the area in a safe manner and create a shadow-less environment. If there are walkways and stairs, then it also should have proper lighting to avert falls. It is always better to have more lights than having bare minimum or inadequately.
The Bottom Line
It is vital to create a comfortable ambience so that your outdoor kitchens and living areas can be enjoyed throughout the year. Thus, it is important to integrate the right features into your outdoor kitchen design. Feel free to discuss with your outdoor kitchen designer concerning integrating different features such as space heaters, outdoor fans, etc. Contact us or obtain a kitchen quote online for getting a complete design solution for your alfresco kitchen as per your requirements and budget.
You can also call us on 02 9792 4824 for further quick assistance!
