One of the great joys of landscape design is truly bringing an indoor experience outside, to create a space that allows for entertaining and enjoying the company of family, friends, loved ones, and guests. If you want to take that entertaining experience to the next level, one of the best ways to do that is to explore outdoor kitchen design options offered by landscaping companies in the Newton, MA, and Bedford, NH areas. With the right outdoor kitchen design, you’ll spend less time going back and forth getting what you need for food prep and cooking. You’ll also have incredible opportunities to serve your guests, while also spending time with them.
In this post, we’ll explore three different outdoor kitchen designs to help you match your vision for entertaining with the optimal kitchen design layout to bring your vision to fruition.
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Linear, Stand-Alone Design
One of the tried-and-true layouts for outdoor kitchen design is the straight-run, stand-alone kitchen. You’re able to see all aspects of your kitchen at once. The design could follow a sequence that makes the most sense for you as host, food and drink preparer, and server. You’ll have your grill, counter space for prep, your refrigerator, and your sink exactly where you need them for when you need them. If you want a no-muss, no-fuss solution that allows ease of access to everything you need, the linear, stand-alone option is worth considering.
L-Shaped Design
The L-shape kitchen is one of the most popular, versatile designs. You’re able to configure your L layout, so you can easily maneuver between your prep area, your cooking area, your sink area, and your refrigerator area, while still engaging with your guests as they sit at the bar portion of your kitchen. The L-shape can work for small to medium-sized kitchens, creating a space conducive to conversation, entertainment, and eating. Be mindful that, like the straight-run option, you’ll likely have room for at most two people prepping, cooking, and serving. If you envision larger gatherings with even greater entertainment possibilities, you may want to consider a U-shaped layout.
U-Shaped Design
The U-shaped layout provides a lot in the way of prep and workspace along with counters for serving and eating, not to mention ample room for storage. You’re able to easily accommodate a second person to help, whether it’s prep, cooking, serving, or clearing and cleaning up. Additional amenities that might prove challenging in smaller layouts are a real possibility with the U-shaped configuration. Along with the standard composition of an outdoor kitchen, you might be able to add a wood-burning pizza oven, which gives you even greater options for food offerings.
There is a full-service component to this layout that is difficult for other designs to meet. But you have to have both room in your backyard to accommodate this design as well as room in your budget. If you’re able to manage both, however, the benefits can be amazing when it comes to outdoor entertainment and enhancing enjoyable time together with family and friends.
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