kitchen

Love the color!

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narrow shelves and Sweet jars with wide, angled openings make smart containers for dry goods that need to be scooped or measured. Use the jars for grains, loose tea, flour, snack foods, and yes, sweets.

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drawers to keep things tidy?

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baskets, and drawers?

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Love the white cupboards, wooden benchtops and pale turquoise splashbacks!

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A quiet escape in a private corner. Great idea for old dining area.

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This one looks a little more like mine - but great storage too. Is that the baking powders etc in with the spice racks?

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And there's a shelf for the books!

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Love the pie dishes on the bottom shelves - better than drawers?

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There are many mechanisms on the market, such as ‘lazy Susans’ and ‘moving corners’ that make access easier. Most of these can also be adapted to suit tall cabinets if necessary.

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Vertical partitions and other joinery divisions are a great way to organise space. Large platters and baking trays that are not used often can be stored in a space-efficient way using vertical divisions.

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Pantry ideas

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Want a rubber floor with a less industrial vibe? Choose sheets or tiles of rubber with a flat surface, dyed to various hues that draw from the tones in stone tile. You wouldn’t guess this floor is rubber by looking at it, but your feet would be able to tell. COST: Rubber flooring can be extremely inexpensive but, in general, quality materials start at $30 per square metre. Anything below that would probably be of a quality that wouldn’t look appropriate inside a home.

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In a kitchen, a rubber floor is a chef’s dream, as it cushions the feet while the cook is standing to reduce fatigue. Plus, the textural surface reduces slipping hazards from spills.

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The waterproof, transportable Groundfridge was designed to be buried in the urban or suburban backyard, and can store the same amount of produce as 20 traditional fridges – with little to no use of electricity.

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In Arnhem in the Netherlands, an innovative designer created this polyester cellar, for urban permaculture enthusiasts who grow and harvest their own fruits and vegetables.

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A breakfast nook adds instant comfort to any kitchen, encouraging you and your cohorts to linger a little longer before getting on with the day. Plenty of padding and cushions, and perhaps even a sheepskin or two, will make it so delightful you’ll want to sit here for lunch and dinner too.

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Indoor and outdoor kitchen.....Rubber is incredibly tough, practical and waterproof and has a cool, utilitarian edge. It comes in sheets or tiles in a fab line-up of shades, from rose pink to anthracite grey, as well as terrazzo and marble designs.

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A stone-effect LVT lookalike is warm, simple to lay and incredibly easy to keep clean. The tiles even come with a slightly textured surface to give the appearance of a real stone finish. Don’t forget, laying large format floor tiles is a good trick to make a narrow space seem wider. For indoor and outdoor kitchen.

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love the shelf from the box around the flue....great use of overhead space.

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incorporate some lighting under your overhead shelving to illuminate the bench area. Use either downlights, as pictured here, or a row of LED ribbon lighting for a more consistent casting of light.

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Drawers can be used to store anything from pantry essentials, such as tinned and dried foods, to extra crockery pots and pans. Opt for open-fronted drawers, like the ones pictured here,

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Most sinks will require a benchtop depth of 600 millimetres, however, if your space is limited, there are some stainless steel laundry tubs suitable for use in only a 500-millimetre-deep benchtop.

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Small appliances, such as microwaves, rice cookers, slow cookers, juicers, and even coffee machines and toasters, are items you don’t want to have taking up valuable space on their kitchen bench

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If space is tight, you don’t need to make a benchtop the same depth as your kitchen benchtop (which is usually 600 or 700 millimetres deep). A depth of 400 to 500 millimetres will be sufficient for a butler’s pantry

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Try to incorporate as much bench space as you can into your butler’s pantry. You can use the space to put small appliances on, as a landing space for all your grocery shopping before you unpack everything, and even as a work bench when preparing meals when you don’t want to do it in the kitchen.

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See-through acrylic floating shelves like these can also be installed across a window if you’re in need of even more storage, as they won’t compromise your view or stop sunlight from flooding your space.

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i like the idea of drawers, and the shelf can hold this week's cookbooks/magazines etc.

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Many appliances and cookware dishes and pans are kept in the pantry instead of a kitchen drawer or cabinet, mostly because it’s easier to access them. To accommodate these bulky items, create some large but uniformed pigeonholes.

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include pull-out baskets for root vegetables, narrow pigeonholes for large platters and spice or wine racks.

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A small and wider shelf at bench-height will not only fit larger, taller items or appliances, such as mixers, blenders, toasters or even microwaves, but also act as an extra servery when preparing food.

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Make sure the shelves are not too deep, and that you can see everything at once by placing smaller items at the front and larger items at the back. Heavy crockery and tableware can be stored on shelves that are wider and lower down.

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Its lights also change colour depending on the temperature of the water (red means hot, while blue means cold), which means the high-tech tap can help prevent accidental burns caused by scalding water thanks to its colourful, unmissable visual cues.

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love the bench seat - great idea instead of the setting inside.

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A Shaker-style peg rail can work beautifully in a kitchen, you may even be able to suspend lightweight storage from it, as here. Or use it simply to hang aprons, tea towels and even your dustpan and brush.

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