But the reality is that many people put most of their minds on the living room when decorating, and kitchen renovation is not given as much attention. This is a misunderstanding, kitchen decoration is the most easy to make mistakes, a mistake .....
We'll take a long look at the big picture today, taking stock of the materials that are suitable for modern kitchen renovation, Appliance Guide!
What tiles to use for kitchen renovation?
What does a 'husband praises you for being a homeowner, mother-in-law praises you for being virtuous' kitchen have to look like?
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Kitchen value is high or not, depending on the kitchen tiles to choose a good. Kitchen and bathroom are different, water is not much oil is not less, so non-slip is not important, easy to clean is important. So is the tile is more appropriate, the best is polished tile, cost-effective.
Focus on antique tiles, there is no need to use, first of all, it is a compromise product, in the middle of the easy to clean and non-slip to find a balance, but the style is generally more outdated, coupled with the price is not cheap, so it is not recommended to choose.
If you're really light dining, there is no such thing as a stir-fry dish, and then tell you a particularly stylish way to direct the floor with wood flooring, the wall with a special kitchen bathroom latex paint, your kitchen is absolutely very stylish, and soft and warm.
So you want to easy to clean with tiles, you want to be stylish, beautiful and comfortable, why not just use the floor + latex paint.
In addition, the kitchen tile can be examined from these aspects:
1, material: preferred smooth or matte glazed tiles
Many people feel that matte tiles are not good for cleaning, this is a misunderstanding, in fact, good quality matte tiles are very easy to clean, and matte tiles are subtle, rustic gloss can also be manufactured "! Fashion" effect.
In addition, the kitchen wall is often subjected to the intrusion of fumes, wall tiles must be resistant to grease, scrubbing characteristics, so you should consider the selection of low water absorption rate of the tiles.
2, size: choose 300 * 300 mm better
Kitchen space is relatively small, cabinets account for a large area, the net area is in fact relatively small, in order to avoid waste and maintain the coordination of space, should choose the specifications of the small tiles so that paving will not be wasted, looks very compact, but also to avoid the large-size tiles to cut the construction of a number of inconveniences.
3, color: cold tiles more comfortable
Kitchen operating environment is a high-temperature environment, so the choice of tile color should be light or cold tones. Light colors can make people feel the space in the expansion of the extension, to avoid the darker tones in the small space to make people feel dull and depressing.
And cool colors will make people feel the breath of spring and coolness in high temperature conditions. Such as white, light green, light gray and other such shades. Of course, this is just a general feeling, the color can also be based on their own personal preferences to choose.
What ceiling for kitchen decoration?
The first choice of aluminum button board integrated ceiling, traditional gypsum ceiling can also be used.
Now the kitchen fumes have been much lighter, and most of the fumes are deposited on the upward face, do not believe you touch the top of your cabinets, must be sticky. Instead, there is very little dirt on the ceiling, plus there is very little water, and mold is becoming less and less common.
So waterproof gypsum ceiling is no problem, the advantage is that there is no seam, very beautiful, the disadvantage is that the quality is not stable enough, depending on the master site to do a good job.
The advantage of integrated ceiling is easy to overhaul, while the quality is stable and reliable, the disadvantage is that there are seams. So don't get entangled, can accept the industrialized aesthetics of the selection of integrated ceiling, can't accept, just keep an eye on the workers, do gypsum board ceiling.
What is the difference between the integrated stove and the traditional stripped stove?
In fact, the kitchen stove, do not have to think to know is two problems
1, suction fumes
2, do not touch the head
At first glance it sounds very suitable for the integrated stove
It is just the solution to these two points, but why did I black a year ago integrated stove?
Because at that time the technology was really immature, not only to change the flue, taking up a very valuable under the cabinet, and the effect of suction fumes is not good, and the problem of fume deposition, but this year, the technology has progressed very quickly, at least two aspects of the improvement.
The most obvious is that the effect of suction smoke is obviously much better, the core principle is to reduce the position of the suction nozzle, so that the smoke in the most centralized place sucked away. Even a lot of experiments claim that the best equipment for absorbing grease and smoke.
The other is the multifunctional design, commonly integrated sterilizer or electric steamer. There are even some manufacturers that add the function of hot dishes above the range hood.
These are indeed very useful designs, but the integrated stove is still very much a problem.
First of all, smoke absorption is not so good, all the integrated stove promotion trial, there is a small trap, that is, you can not pick up the pot, once picked up even 10cm, the height of the pot more than the negative pressure area, the same will run out of fumes, so the real use of it, not so magical.
The second is ugly. Until now there is no good-looking, do not look at the business effect, to see the effect of the physical with the cabinet, most of them are still very uncoordinated.
Third, the loss of operating space. Integrated cooker can burn rice in the area of only 45cm, while the traditional stove has 55-60cm, so a little cramped.
Fourth, it must be next to the flue. Otherwise the pipe to wear cabinets, and the traditional hood is to go to the ceiling, not only the loss of storage area also need to customize the cabinets, but also make the cabinet countertops are not continuous. In addition to the original those to change the flue smoke deposition problems, still all in, can not be solved.
So, we recognize the progress of the integrated stove, but still advise people not to use.
Or go back to the needs, such as light catering family, grease and smoke is not a problem for you, so you can choose to open the kitchen. Then your needs are to look good, be quiet and at the same time easy to operate, don't touch your head. So the answer comes out, you pick a quiet side vent hood, add a traditional cooktop, and also don't bump your head. Easy to install, reliable quality, and the key is that the big manufacturers do it all beautifully.
And the traditional catering family must be closed kitchen, the needs are slightly different, in addition to not touching the head is to be less fumes, aesthetics on the contrary, is not so important, the noise is more not a big problem.
So you have two choices, large suction side exhaust hood, with a traditional cooker, or choose the integrated cooker, both due to the principle of convergence of the smoke absorption, so the real effect is almost the same, and are not touching the head. But because of the reliable quality, do not change the flue, comfortable operation, or should be preferred, side exhaust + traditional cooker.
But if your kitchen is particularly small, the stove can only stick to the flue to put, but you can try the integrated stove, objectively can be more than a row of upper cabinets, but also some multi-functional. Another word, the traditional horizontal hood, if you buy a large suction version, suction smoke is not a problem, but it will be touching the head, so tall people, or use the side suction it.
By the way, the hood suction, more than 15 cubic meters / second can be used, large suction generally do 17 ~ 18 cubic meters / second. Pay attention to a small trap a lot of labeled super suction 20 cubic meters / second of the product, in fact, is instantaneous suction, that can only be used for a while, and is not stable. So do not pursue instantaneous suction, or to see the rated suction general product description will have.
What the hell is a cooler?
The cooler is an electric fan mounted on the top of the kitchen, which hopefully cools you down a bit when you're cooking. It sounds like a godsend that would make me happy to be in the kitchen in the summer. But in fact, the cool bar does not have a cooling function. And when cooking, it will cause air turbulence, so that the effect of the smoker is greatly reduced, and even more so that the stove flame fluttering, can not be used properly. So basically nothing useful, don't spend money.
It seems that the summer into the kitchen heat has been a lot of people's heart pain, so this aspect of the product is also endless, in addition to the cooler there is a kitchen air conditioning, in fact, is a small mobile air conditioning. (I say this will not be hit ......)
In fact, it is not a new technology, it is the previous window unit, only from the window to move down to install a wheel, the advantage is that it is cheap and movable.
But there are many problems, the noise is strange, basically equivalent to a hood, then the volume is huge, but also ugly to death, there must be a hose, from the window out of the normal family can not be accepted at all, the use of the most is to rent a house, so do not consider it.
What about a hot kitchen in the summer?
The answer is simple
Don't fix it!
Because it's supposed to be hot in the summer, and you should eat lighter, it's just fine to forgo heavy catering, and even if you have a closed kitchen, you can cook with the door open and it's perfectly acceptable. Once in a while, you can do heavy dining, but also in the preparation stage, open the kitchen door, frying is only 10 minutes, with a large suction hood, absolutely acceptable. Don't choose a complicated solution for a very small problem, it's not worth it!
Is a dishwasher necessary?
It's necessary, but you have to understand two things
1, the kitchen has to have a place to put it
2, you have to change your dishwashing habits
I'm not going to say too much about it, because those who haven't used a dishwasher must understand a few of its features before making a decision. Summarized the characteristics of the dishwasher: commonly used 6 sets, 9 sets, 13 sets of capacity, exactly how much, to 9 sets, for example, is probably so many bowls.
All dishwashers will wash all the bowls in them as soon as they are washed, so if a meal doesn't finish the bowls, you have to take the clean bowls out of the dishwasher before you can wash the rest.
Emphasize a misunderstanding, some dishwashers have a half-load wash function, in order to save water, and not can be dirty bowls on the lower level, clean bowls on the upper level, and then only wash the lower level, because the dishwasher high-pressure water spray, will certainly be the upper level of the same time contaminated. Dishwashers are divided into freestanding and embedded two kinds, freestanding is can be placed on the countertop, or on the floor.
That said, but after installing a dishwasher regret ah! Regret how you didn't install one earlier ....
The dishwasher can be called "the solution to family conflicts, so that your husband spoiled your mother-in-law love you" magic weapon. It doesn't cost water or electricity, and it even washes the hoods and roof boxes twice as well.
The point is, since the installation of the dishwasher, there is no longer because of the husband to wash the dishes wash not clean and quarrel ......
The choice of materials for kitchen decoration, electrical appliances are very personalized issues, can not blindly follow the trend, and can not let the inherent thinking break the understanding of new things, materials.