Is Kitchen A Social Area?

The kitchen is the place to cook, a part of life.

The social function of the kitchen allows us to enjoy socializing while satisfying our appetites and appreciating the cooking process. The kitchen with social function can not only receive friends here, interact with family members, even drink tea, read books...

Function of the Social Kitchen

1. Make the space look more transparent

To make the kitchen have a social function, it is necessary to "open the kitchen" and connect it with the dining room, living room and other areas, but it does not mean that the kitchen area has no boundaries with other areas. You can choose glass walls or shelves as partitions. 

2. Beautiful appearance

The unity of the overall style of the apartment is very important. The openness of the social kitchen requires it to be coordinated with the space style of the dining room and living room, and integrate into the overall atmosphere.

3. Conducive to communication

The kitchen is connected to the dining room, living room and other areas to facilitate communication with family members or friends and enhance affection and friendship.

So how do you create a social kitchen?

1. Open Design

Social kitchens are often open designs and you can incorporate a kitchen island. The kitchen island can not only add a meal preparation area to the kitchen, but also can be used as a dining table, bar, desk, work table, etc. 

2. Supporting Facilities

The social kitchen can be matched with supporting facilities according to your own needs.

If you most want to chat with family and friends while cooking, you can design a bar counter with high chairs to make people stay. If you want to take care of the children while cooking, you can design a small toy area, which is convenient for watching the children while cooking.

3. Hidden Storage

Storage is a constant need in the kitchen. As a social kitchen, it is important to keep the countertop clean and beautiful. According to the actual situation of the family, more base cabinets and wall cabinets can be made to store and organize things reasonably. A hidden handle can be used on the door panel, which is simple and elegant, and the kitchen appliance can be embedded into the cabinet.

4. Lighting

It is convenient to see the food when cooking, and makes the food look appetizing, and helps to set off the atmosphere.