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If you’re the head chef of your home, then your kitchen needs to be designed with your cooking needs in mind. While modern designers are focusing on color, cabinetry, and what kind of backsplash is in style, you’re unlikely to care about any of that stuff. You want a sensible, practical kitchen in which to prepare your culinary masterpieces, and entertain your guests.

Contemporary Kitchen Design

Contemporary kitchen design focuses on the notion that more and more people are cooking with their guests nowadays than ever before. Open kitchens are perfect for the chef that both wants their own space in which to create, but doesn’t want to be cut off from the rest of the house either. This includes dining areas that are separated only by countertops that have handy stools for people to sit at, check their phones, and converse, while you’re focusing on your food. You’re not completely cut off from the rest of the house, but you still have your own little area in which to work.

Installing an Island

The most important aspect of the culinary genius’ kitchen is the counter space. Having enough counter space is the key to reducing clutter. You also want to consider the ergonomics of the kitchen itself. You want to be able to organize your utensils, pots, and pans, and you want them all to be accessible from a centralized location. What’s the best choice for you? Installing an island. An island gives you easy access to the cabinets, the stove, and the pots and pans, all from a centralized location.On top of that, islands can double as areas around which folks congregate while you’re getting your hands dirty. Cooking is becoming more and more a social activity, and elements of this are now making their way into contemporary kitchen design.

Big Sinks and Plenty of Them

You’re going to want more than one sink. The first will be for storing dirty dishes, and the second will be for washing veggies and other chefly duties. You’ll also want big sinks with plenty of room in them. You’ll want to be able to fit entire pots. Most builder’s sinks aren’t nearly large enough to satisfy the needs of serious home chefs.Organization is probably going to be the most important part of designing the perfect kitchen for the home chef, but contemporary kitchens provide the perfect social atmosphere in which to do your work while your entertaining guests. After you’ve gotten everything just the way you like it, you can begin thinking of trivial things like colors, flooring, and backsplashes as well. The perfect kitchen for the home chef is more function over form, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a little bit of both.

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From start to finish Kurtis was a great company to work with. From the initial contact and design concept with Gregory Holster to the cabinet drop off team, the install team led by project manager Jeff Tuomi and the countertop company, the project was on time and all work was performed beyond expectations. This was greatly appreciated seeing as it was completed on December 23. All the people involved were professional and did an excellent job.

Ken M.

Shanna was our project consultant. Picking out cabinets along with counters can be somewhat overwhelming but her knowledge & experience helped us make the right decisions. Dylan & Juwan unloaded truck & Dylan check off ship ticket to make sure all boxes were accounted for. Courteous & pleasant to talk to…nice job of stacking everything neatly in our garage. We couldn't be more pleased with the service & so happy with our kitchen

Deborah D.

We recently worked with Lauren on cabinetry for a master bathroom renovation. She was great to work on the design and selections. Lauren was efficient and responsive from cabinet selection through ordering. Our overall installation was smooth. We had some unforeseen circumstances impacting our ability to accept delivery of our cabinets on the initial agreed upon date. Kurtis was very accommodating in rescheduling delivery given our project challenges. We couldn't be happier with our cabinets for this project.

Shannon O.

We had complete renovations to our kitchen and main bathroom. From start to finish, the design with Shanna was exactly what we asked for and Jeff stayed on top of the renovations, communicating each step of the way. Every worker was professional and the final product is elegant and functional. We were very happy with Kurtis and would choose Shanna and Jeff again.

Eileen M.

We love our new kitchen! Kurtis Kitchen & Bath did an outstanding job, and Adrian at the Clarkston location was exceptional to work with—creative, patient, and really listened to what we wanted. The project was well-organized, and we went from demo to a fully functioning kitchen in just 30 days. Highly recommend!

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