Houses and apartments In Italy are often small, so the golden rule for a kitchen is the ergonomics, a beautiful design which works efficiently. Having said that, each project we do is quite unique, for it is based on the specific space and on the client's peculiar requirements. Just as an example, please find attached a draft of a small kitchen (2,400 mm plus 600 mm fridge) which we actually have on display, with large soft closing drawers just under the cook top and a wall oven. It is just one of the possible options and maybe not the right one for you, but it shows a different way to equip a limited space with almost everything (sink + hob + integrated dishwasher & fridge + oven + designer range-hood + dish rack + over head and open shelves + 4 drawers + waste disposal system).

I hope so Mattie, we only finished it yesterday so hopefully we will get some feedback from the Agent as to how the open inspections go.

Very true! The five key points stated really can make the difference between going through hell or having an enjoyable experience, which should be had when renovating!

Hi Heather and Malcolm, thanks so much for your input! Good to know about the face panels, Malcolm, that would be way cheaper and easier than getting the window shortened, I’m guessing. The handle on the sliding opening window is movable so we can slide it higher and will still be easily accessible. I wonder if it would be hard to clean down in the sill space behind the face panels. Sorry, I should have said - yes we are intending to have an island of bench in the middle there, same spot as current bench left of current sink. The dishwasher is in it, actually, just left 90degrees of the current sink, so I’m a little worried that might be weird having it away from sink when sink has been moved. Maybe we should move both dishwasher and sink and put side by side in new kitchen? As for the fridge, it’s on the back wall (photo below) so we’ll just leave that in current position I think, probably.