When told I was going to be designing a kitchen, I was completely lost. When picturing my future career in interior design, I somehow glossed over the fact that I would be designing kitchens. This was probably the most challenging project I ever had to do. My own kitchen, back home, is small and compact and sort of crammed with many cookbooks, random stuff, and there's dirt in cracks and mouse traps by the fridge. It is nothing at all glamorous but because it is my home, I love it so much. But thinking about a new kitchen with materials of my choice, I got excited. I immediately chose an apple green quartz counter top and ordered the sample online. I fell in love with the warm fresh green and went on to the rest of the design. At first I focused on functionality and accessibility within the 18x16 foot kitchen. I was designing for a woman in a wheelchair and I had to make sure she would not have trouble moving around; thus the majority of my project was dedicated to figuring out how the kitchen would be laid out. This caused me to forget my concept and only bring it in later on when I would come to the project's close. The most difficult part of this project was figuring out how the kitchen would work together. I had picked the green countertops, a beautiful material, but there was also a big brick wall that would dominate the room. Red and green made no sense to me and seemed almost impossible to put together. I added a yellow to the countertops as bamboo but again it was just so difficult. As you can see from the thumbnails above, I tried to experiment with color to try to figure out a solution to my problem. I ended up with something remotely decent but I still feel dissatisfied with the project's outcome. The one thing I do like though is the layout I had created. But I still feel like I need a lot of practice when it comes to kitchens; they are so difficult to lay out. Overall I like the shapes and layout of the furniture but I am still troubled by color. These sketches were supposed to be rendered but I simply could not bring myself to do it. I feel like I should have been given more time for this project, being so new to kitchen design, I had never even thought about it. I have issues thinking "outside the box" creatively and it is a struggle I fight to overcome. I see magnificent kitchens and spaces by other interior designers and my classmates and I admire their imagination and ability to create something I would have never even thought possible. I want to be that good, I want to be able to catch someone's breath as they look at their new home and savor the moment knowing that I created it. I know it will take time but I am ready to take on the challenge.
When told I was going to be designing a kitchen, I was completely lost. When picturing my future career in interior design, I somehow glossed over the fact that I would be designing kitchens. This was probably the most challenging project I ever had to do. My own kitchen, back home, is small and compact and sort of crammed with many cookbooks, random stuff, and there's dirt in cracks and mouse traps by the fridge. It is nothing at all glamorous but because it is my home, I love it so much. But thinking about a new kitchen with materials of my choice, I got excited. I immediately chose an apple green quartz counter top and ordered the sample online. I fell in love with the warm fresh green and went on to the rest of the design. At first I focused on functionality and accessibility within the 18x16 foot kitchen. I was designing for a woman in a wheelchair and I had to make sure she would not have trouble moving around; thus the majority of my project was dedicated to figuring out how the kitchen would be laid out. This caused me to forget my concept and only bring it in later on when I would come to the project's close. The most difficult part of this project was figuring out how the kitchen would work together. I had picked the green countertops, a beautiful material, but there was also a big brick wall that would dominate the room. Red and green made no sense to me and seemed almost impossible to put together. I added a yellow to the countertops as bamboo but again it was just so difficult. As you can see from the thumbnails above, I tried to experiment with color to try to figure out a solution to my problem. I ended up with something remotely decent but I still feel dissatisfied with the project's outcome. The one thing I do like though is the layout I had created. But I still feel like I need a lot of practice when it comes to kitchens; they are so difficult to lay out.
Overall I like the shapes and layout of the furniture but I am still troubled by color. These sketches were supposed to be rendered but I simply could not bring myself to do it. I feel like I should have been given more time for this project, being so new to kitchen design, I had never even thought about it. I have issues thinking "outside the box" creatively and it is a struggle I fight to overcome. I see magnificent kitchens and spaces by other interior designers and my classmates and I admire their imagination and ability to create something I would have never even thought possible. I want to be that good, I want to be able to catch someone's breath as they look at their new home and savor the moment knowing that I created it. I know it will take time but I am ready to take on the challenge.
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