At Christmas, the new kitchen design

What do kitchens have to do with the arrival of Christmas? Apparently nothing. Consider, however, the holiday season as an opportunity to decide to take that challenging but equally necessary step, given the current condition of the furniture in the busiest and most used room of your house: buy a new kitchen.

In times of crisis it is obvious to well ponder the choices to make, but it is also true that when, eventually, some of these choices that cannot be postponed more, then you just go for it. Also because it is during the holiday season that staying at home is valued more, being with family or friends; the kitchen, already fulcrum of the entire house, is confirmed the undisputed star.

Kitchen with peninsula or island

If the kitchen is the fulcrum of every house, one that provides the workbench, in island or peninsula shape, is the compositive solution which emphasizes this aspect of space-prince of the house. Obviously, if the dimensions allow it.

This is, in fact, the most popular solution among those who every client would like to see installed at home, and also one of the most difficult solution to achieve. From personal experience, not always, in fact, there is enough space to build a plant of this kind, or there are structural problems in order to achieve the plumbing and gas at the center of the room, so you can safely connect it to the working area .

Sometimes, in fact, simply you can opt for a workbench with containing bases, perhaps taking advantage of the greater protrusion of the top to create a snack. In the most fortunate cases, however, there is the opportunity to install or only one of the two zones, cooking or washing, or both, or sink with dishwasher and hob with aspirator ( suspended or on plane ): in this case a real workspace.

For ergonomic reasons, the ideal would be to have both areas side by side or, at least, placed at an angle, so as to manage the normal actions smoothly, avoiding the risk of burns or accidental spillage of liquids: just think of the very common operation of draining pasta water in the sink, immediately after removing the pot from the stove.

Precisely in view of the Christmas time dinners, when it's more important to get together to share time and place to renew friendships and affections between an appetizer and a typical dish of the family, then it becomes important to get it all together: the image of the lady of the house, relegated to the kitchen while the others wait at the table is now somewhat obsolete.

For those of you who have enjoyed the French comedy Dinner with friends (Le Prénom): you surely remember the hustle and bustle of one of the protagonists, the lady of the house, between the kitchen and the living room where all the action takes place, and her irritation at not being able to hear first-hand the latest news and also the squabbles between the other players ....

Well, perhaps it would have been better for her to have a working island or an open air space, but we would not have had that great movie ...

Kitchen with a breakfast bar and snacks

Sophisticated finger food dinners is what brings to mind the view of the snacks work bar of the kitchen HD23 signed by Rossana presented in pure white finish and color in essence on the occasion of Christmas. This kitchen, designed by Massimo Castagna, was born with the intention of being able to accommodate in the composition single objects, a bit as how it happens with Legos.

With this basic concept HD23 is a kitchen that you can define taylor-made, that can be customized according to specific tastes and needs, perfect to host any type of event, from the exclusive party at the family gathering, from formal business dinners to those of the festive Christmas period.

The fulcrum of the composition of each version is, in fact, the snack counter, just to emphasize that the role of this environment is no longer considered merely creative laboratory, but also the perfect location for any type of gathering and sharing events, from the staid to the pure fun ones.

In the present white presentation, in particular, to contribute to this final effect is the hood in corian inspired in the shapes, by the famous Falkland lamp by Bruno Munari.

Kitchen island

Different concepts and different impact for the kitchen KU45 by KeyCucine . Here the aspect of the island as the fulcrum of the entire composition is emphasized by the chosen materials, even more than the shape and position of the island itself. The volumes are pure with textural features that characterize this cuisine with sculptural appearance.

The materials used are natural and very resistant, with strong aesthetic: Emperador marble in the typical brown color with golden and hazel highlights, to the sink and stove areas, in brushed smoked oak for the worktop and front of the bases.

To make the stretch of the design of this kitchen even more pure, is the 45° cut fronts, in addition to the absence of handles. The opening is push & pull. The rest of the composition consists of a large wall container with sliding doors made of MDF lacquered hazelnut, which is hidden in a work area that consists of drawers, removable shelves and glass shelves with LED lighting.