If you’re seeking ideas for a kitchen in your new house, or want to remodel your old kitchen, “Congrats! You came to the right place!” This new and modern kitchen will best serve our cool lifestyle in this tropical climate.
Living in the tropical climate, of course, it’s inevitable for us to bear with the boiling hot season while be visited by all-year-long wet season. When indoor and outdoor temperature is on a high heat as well as airflow is low, yes, here it comes – a damp problem. Any big or small buildings – offices, houses, or condominiums – face the same problem.
I bet the phrase that popped into your head when you decided to consult Mr. Know-All Google about the right ideas for your new kitchen is ‘tropical kitchen’, isn’t it? Yes, because we’re not the only one living in the tropical climate. There are many examples of tropical kitchens out there.
After looking through beautiful kitchens in other people’s houses for a while, a light bulb went off in your head, and you knew it. ‘This is the Asian kitchen, not the Western one’ Is it possible to mix and match these two contemporary styles, and create a new cool term for it, called “Asian Tropical Kitchen”? This new interesting kitchen design will surely be the answer for your modern lifestyle.
It’s right to say that space planning is important for designing a functional kitchen that needs to suit the wet and dry climate, to utilize the space, and to give the room bright and fresh atmosphere. However, furniture selection also plays a big role in this game. Because kitchen is the heart of the home.
- Asian kitchens and western-style kitchens are different -
Due to the differences in cooking cultures, we sometimes apply some ideas from different cultures to our traditional style. Style combination. For example, Thais prefer an outdoor kitchen because Thai traditional kitchens are filled with smoke from stoves and strong smell from spices. An outdoor kitchen is a must for every house. Years later, western cultures are introduced, and there are two kitchens in a house – indoor and outdoor. A shelter is usaully given to protect the outside kitchen from sun and storms. So, when we want to make a spicy dish, we can cook outside without worrying if its smell will linger in our indoor kitchen.
Either your kitchen is located indoor or outdoor, its fixtures and fittings should be made of high-quality and functional materials such as weather-resistant teak wood, strong stainless steel and aluminum as well as an impact-resistant material like stone which is good for making cooktops. Besides, cleaning and care difficulty should be considered because kitchen fixtures and fittings are required to resist stains, dirtiness, and highly-frequent wash. To carefully choose well-design – endurable and functional – outdoor furniture will erase your concerns whether its physical damages or cleaning difficulty.
What will our Asian tropical kitchen look like? How to make it look attractive and well-decorated, but functional? Of course, a kitchen needs to be as good-looking as its owner. Kitchen with minimalist design in a modern house or a contemporary Thai style house. Sound like a perfect couple? In this relationship, renowned teak wood plays a leading role. Using natural materials in tropical design gives us a friendly, warm, and local atmosphere as if we go on a summer holiday every day. Elegant yet simple.
The other very important factor is budget. Does the kitchen renovation worth your money? Hold on and think twice since a kitchen isn’t easily changed like a t-shirt. All investments involve some degree of risk. But don’t worry, we found a way out. You don’t need to risk it all though. Well, let’s think about possible problems after the big renovation. Yes, it is the large-scale immovable extension on your house that may swell, crack, or brittle later. Finally, renovation is calling, again. Sound boring, doesn’t it? It never happens to you. We already prepared you a solution but we’ll talk about it in our next article. Stay tuned! Then you will leave those trivial troubles behind.
Now, we hope that you would get inspired how to remodel your kitchen, or at lest freshen your ideas for it. It’s said, however, “Build a house to please its dwellers.” Do the same to the kitchen. Let’s take a moment in a Sunday afternoon sharing ideas with your loving family about the kitchen they dream for. Sharing is caring. Who knows? You might be surprised with an unbelievable idea! Kitchen isn’t just a room where food is served, but warm and sweet moments are served here too. Because kitchen is the heart of the home.
