Getting Started: Kitchen Design Questionnaire
These questions are designed to help you start thinking creatively about how you use your kitchen now and how you’d like your new kitchen to work. As a creative tool it will help you set some guidelines for many of the decisions you’ll be making as you go through the design process. While answering the questions be realistic and be sure to get input from everyone in your household who uses the kitchen.
- What do you feel is the single worst thing about your present kitchen?
- What is the primary use of your kitchen?
- What major change would you make to the space in your kitchen (larger, smaller, shape, traffic flow, etc.)?
- What percentage of each day do you and/or your family spend in the kitchen?
- How often do you cook?
- How many people will be cooking and/or working in the kitchen at the same time?
- How often do you entertain?
- How many people do you have over when you entertain?
- What is the most elaborate meal that you’ve ever cooked?
- What is the most elaborate meal you can imagine yourself cooking?
- What would you change about each of the following:
- Floor:
- Lighting:
- Appliances:
- Counter/Workspace:
- Storage:
- Traffic Flow:
- How hard are you and your family on your kitchen (wear and tear)?
- What would you like to show off in the new kitchen?
- What would you like to hide?
- What would you spend on this project if you had an unlimited budget?
- What would you realistically like to spend?
- What single luxury item do feel you must have in the kitchen?
