5 Tips for Upgrading Your Homestead’s Kitchen

Reader Contribution by Kacey Bradley
Published on May 17, 2019
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As a homesteader, you already know how important your kitchen is to you and your lifestyle. It’s not only the heart of the home, but where you preserve foods for seasons ahead and prepare meals with the literal fruits of your labor.

With so much time and energy spent in your kitchen, you want to make it better and more functional than it is now. But upgrading a homestead kitchen isn’t quite the same as sprucing up the same room in a more traditional abode. So, to make the process simpler, here are five tips for renovating your space.

1. Think About Flow

A major kitchen upgrade will probably have you changing the layout of the room. In general, most designers stick to the triangle rule — the sink, refrigerator and stove should be placed so that they create a triangle. This allows you to easily access your chilled storage, clean and peel at the sink, and cook on or in the stove. To make it work, you can’t have any obstructions between the appliances. For example, your refrigerator shouldn’t be on the other side of a kitchen island, or else grabbing ingredients for cooking or preserving will take that much longer.

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