7 EASY STEPS TO START YOUR INTERIOR DESIGN KITCHEN DESIGN PROCESS
If you are ready to start a kitchen project but don’t know where to start you have come to the right place!
The kitchen is one of the main important rooms in your home, whether you love to cook or hate to cook, we use our kitchen to nourish ourselves, drink our morning coffee, or host for others. Sometimes kitchens can be difficult to design and can also be expensive to remodel. In this blog, I will show you some tips and fundamentals in all things interior design kitchen.
Things to ask yourself:
What does your routine look like in the kitchen?
Do you like to cook or like to watch someone cook?
Do you host or just have a one-on-one dinner?
What do you want your kitchen to look like?
Do you have kids?
Asking yourself these questions can help you first find your interior design style for your Kitchen and functionality. Here at Michelle Marrufo Studio I love interior design but also love functionality to fit our lifestyle.
I’ll use my parent’s house as an example their home is a 1910 California Bungalow/Craftsman home, their kitchen was remodeled around the early 2000s but there was some water damage and tear over time due to poor installations, which is in desperate need of a remodel. (Remodel coming soon)
In this household, my parents and brother live downstairs and my sister, her husband, and 2 kids live upstairs. So it’s a little jammed-packed in the house but this is very common in many households living in Los Angeles. What do you do when you have no pantry with very little storage. How do we maximize storage to make the kitchen less cluttered and more functional?
That is the question I ask myself to design the house not only to make it pretty but also functional. So be intentional in your needs and wants.
I plan to add pantry cabinetry, add upper cabinets on an empty wall, fix some damaged cabinets to use the cabinets, and add storage solutions for cabinets.
Let’s start this Interior Design Kitchen process:
1. Measure your existing kitchen (really important)
2. Draw a floor plan of the existing kitchen
3. Take some vellum or trace paper and trace over the existing kitchen and play with the layout. (keep original in case you mess up or change the layout)
4. Go on Pinterest or Google and find inspiration pictures or color schemes that best fit your style.
5. Get samples (seeing samples in-person look so different than online or in a catalog.)
6. Gather all your materials and create your mood board.
7. Just start whether is shopping for more storage, demoing the flooring and adding new flooring, painting walls or cabinetry, or even as simple as changing your lighting and hardware.
Just start your planning process and start doing. I know kitchens can be very intimidating but don’t be afraid to make your cabinets or even start a kitchen renovation savings so you can slowly start your interior design kitchen journey.
Interior design kitchens can be intimidating but start a plan, budget, and start building.
Links to materials to start planning your kitchen designs
Graph Paper 8 1/2″ x 11 3/4″
This is one of the essential items you need to design your kitchen or any room in your home. I use this one because I am always on the go and would like to carry this in my purse, padfolio, it is small enough to carry around and also big enough to design each room on your graph paper.
Graph Paper 11″ x 17″
Having this size graph is also great to have in your interior design collection as you start designing more and more you will need to be able to have enough space to fit in an entire home floor plan.
Measuring Tape
12″ Architectural Scale
6″ Architectural Scale
This post is all about interior design kitchen and design process to help you be able to bring your vision to life!
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