Kitchen Advice
If you’re a coffee lover with a dream of creating a dedicated area to prepare and enjoy your favourite beverage, adding a coffee nook to your kitchen can be a great way to ensure that every morning is a great one.
A carefully considered coffee nook can comfortably house everything from your coffee machine to your favourite cups, coffee beans and syrups, allowing you to easily prepare even the most complex drinks. Here are some things to consider when designing your dream coffee nook.
Key Design Considerations for Your Coffee Nook
Choose kitchen cupboard doors that reflect your style
One of the benefits of a dedicated coffee nook is that you can tuck everything away behind kitchen cupboard doors to keep everything inside clean, tidy and organised. When choosing cabinetry, it’s really important to focus on selecting a style that will help you to create the right atmosphere in your space.
If you enjoy timeless design, Shaker style doors with their chic panelling and clean lines are a great option as they work beautifully in both traditional and more modern kitchens.
However, if you’re looking for something sleeker and more modern, slab style doors could be a better option. Something like the Zurfiz with colour matched edges would be ideal, particularly in a supergloss finish which is incredibly easy to keep clean.
Pro Tip: If you want your coffee nook to fit seamlessly in with the rest of your kitchen, choose matching cabinetry. Alternatively, select kitchen cupboard doors in a different style or colour to make this a real standout feature in your kitchen. Even something as simple as the handles you choose for your doors can subtly differentiate them from the rest of your kitchen, so you don't necessarily have to choose a bold colour to ensure the nook stands out.
Consider the location of your coffee nook
When deciding where in your kitchen your coffee nook will be located, it can be helpful to start by considering which ingredients and tools you want it to house. If you have a large machine and lots of accessories, a larger space will be required to ensure you don’t have to stack things awkwardly or tuck things away in difficult to reach spaces.
Pro Tip: The most functional and beautiful to look at coffee nooks feature a curated selection of items that can be neatly organised on shelves and in drawers, so don’t try to fit too much into the space.
Design the perfect interior
Once you’ve chosen the overall look you want your coffee nook to have, it’s time to move onto the interior layout. For optimal functionality, we recommend selecting a base unit for your coffee machine and other equipment to sit on, as this will provide a solid foundation.
From here, you can start working with the vertical space above by installing shelving to comfortably store everything from your go-to coffee beans to the variety of different cups and glassware you need on hand to prepare your favourite drinks.
Think about your lighting options
Lighting is an important aspect to consider, as it will make a huge difference to the overall functionality of your coffee nook. While you may have positioned your nook in a location that receives lots of natural light in the spring and summer months, you may need to install some LED strips beneath your shelves or position a stylish table lamp on the base unit to make preparing your morning coffee in the depths of winter easier and more enjoyable.
Don’t forget the smaller details
Installing skirting or a kickboard beneath the base unit and a cornice to top off your shelving will ensure that your coffee nook feels fully integrated into your kitchen by providing it with the professional finishing touch it deserves.
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With everything you need to design and finish your dream coffee nook, please get in touch with us here at Happy Doors with any questions about how to make your dream a reality. You can call us on 01256 845 816 8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday or email hello@happy-doors.co.uk anytime and we’ll get back to you ASAP!
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