Always in the Kitchen at Parties

Published November 9th, 2008 in Renovation Rescue

There is no doubt that the kitchen is normally the hub of the house. For this reason we spent a lot of time (and money) on ensuring that the kitchens of Bimbadeen were workable by able bodied people and people with disabilities. The general principal that we adopted was that “stuff should come to us, not us go to the stuff”. This meant that the kitchen design incorporated:

Lots of drawers.
Pull out wire baskets.
Pull out or wheel in pantries.
Pull out towel rails.
Pull out garbage bins.
Even fold out ironing boards.

There was one company that stood out from the rest in providing all of these types of kitchen fittings. The company is Hafele . The origin of the company is Germany and they have a division here in Australia. I must say that I have never seen such a comprehensive range of cabinet making fittings and accessories. The catalogue of fittings available here in Australia is over 1,400 pages thick. They seem to fabricate almost anything that you could think of for making life easier in the kitchen.

We have included in the design fold out ironing boards in both kitchens.

All the drawers are steel construction which means that they can survive pretty tough use and also have super smooth runners and gentle close functions.

We have installed carousel units in the corners so that stuff at the back can come to the front easily.Even the towel racks and garbage bins will come to you rather than you going to them.