Maximize kitchen space

Interior Fittings, Storage Aids & Accessories Maximize Kitchen Space

With more and more consumers looking to beautify their kitchens without expanding the square footage, space saving accessories and luxury amenities become more important than ever. Whether it's interior fittings that maximize every last corner of the cabinetry, custom drawer inserts that better organize dishes, pots and pans or built-in cutting boards, knife blocks and spice trays that retract out of sight when not in use, clean, simple and organized are the watchwords of the day.

Quiet-close features and touch controls continue to be hot technology, while customizable interiors continue to appeal to today's consumers.

Below are some of the hottest trends in kitchen accessories and interior fittings and storage aids:

• With so many homeowners deciding to maintain their kitchen's footprint rather than expand the space in order to limit expenditures, space-saving storage accessories and luxury amenities become more important than ever.
• Aging Baby Boomers are driving the trend toward more accessible storage, including top opening cabinets, shelves that come to the user with the push of a button, one-touch open and close features and the ever-popular pull-outs and roll-outs.
• Creating a clean, uncluttered look is more important than ever in smaller spaces, and as such, demand is growing for products that conceal small appliances, outlets and any kind of visual clutter.
• Products with dual benefits are hot right now, such as touch-free technology that not only makes opening a cabinet or drawer quiet and easy and facilitates use by aging Baby Boomers, but also helps avoid contamination throughout the home.
• Drawers continue to be a hot trend, with drawer organizers, custom inserts, cutlery trays, dividers and peg boards good choices for personalizing drawer space to maximize efficiency. In cabinetry, pull-outs and roll-outs continue to be hot, while soft-close features remain in high demand.
• While consumers may be cutting back on space, there continues to be high demand for luxury amenities that help to personalize the kitchen, including floor warming systems, built-in cutting boards and knife blocks, spice bottle trays, pull-out recycling stations, hanging pot racks to maximize space over an island and more. www.hicksdistriutors.com

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