The right position for sink and worktop

Your kitchen planning is now becoming more and more concrete. Have you found your favourite spot? This will be your main workstation later on.

When planning your working area, make sure that the sink, hob and work tops are arranged to keep distances as short as possible.

Optimise main working areas

Start with the sink, as it is the most frequently used element in the kitchen. The arrangement of hob and worktops should follow your normal cooking workflow: prepare food - cook and bake - rinse. So how do you arrange these 3 elements correctly?

Correct arrangement of sink, hob and worktop

Arrange sink, hob and worktop.

The sketch shows an exemplary placement.

The main work surface is always positioned between the hob and the kitchen sink. The worktop should be at least 80cm wide, 120 to 140cm is even better.

Next to the hob, it's good to plan a (slightly smaller) work surface, e.g. to take a hot saucepan off the hob. This should be at least 30cm wide.

This arrangement will give you a lot of joy, because you will have a full overview and the shortest possible distances.

Your total space requirements depend on your wishes and the scope of your new kitchen: for your new main workstation, you will need a total width of approx. 270cm; while 300 to 320cm would be ideal. For the depth, it's best to choose approx. 100cm.

Waste drawer under the worktop

Tip - a clean sweep

With a waste drawer directly under the worktop, leftovers from peeling and chopping are quickly and easily removed. Simply genius!

Structure the work area according to space requirements and kitchen layout

Don't have a lot of space?

The arrangement described above is of course best implemented in a new build with the appropriate planning freedom, but the same principles also apply to existing kitchen layouts. Read the following chapter where the most common kitchen layouts are presented, and discover how to implement these principles.

Checklist

Checklist

Sketch your main work area in the checklist.

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Next step

L-shape, U-shape or kitchen island? Choosing the best possible kitchen layout is the basis of any kitchen planning. Due to structural conditions, however, there are often limits to your creative possibilities.

Continue to kitchen layout planning

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