50 Kitchen Design Tips in 23 Minutes 

Another great list of things to consider - thanks, Mark! You've sent me back to the drawing board yet again. 🙂

Can bring two peoples attention, the depth of cabinets and how the dishes have gotten bigger over time from our grandma’s plates to now

How about having generative AI actually render functional kitchen layout with standard kitchen room sizes? I liked the AI demo where it just gave advice

NO SIR. I don't care if it's an everyday use item, I am putting it away in the cabinets. My toaster, my blender, my coffee maker all go away when not in use for the sake of clean countertops. I hate visual clutter of stuff.

Great only thing missing is if you could give pictures with the points that will be easy to understand what some of the things are

Have outlets. Something that is lacking in most kitchens. Between apartments and now our third home, a lack of outlets is a major issue. On the one wall of our present kitchen, you have the outlet behind the fridge and the big stove outlet. Nothing else. We had to replace the stove. Unfortunately, I never even dreamed that a stove would come without an outlet. I never thought to look. It also only came with two racks. It was not a cheap stove. The last stove we had bought came with one on each side. It was great because I was able to set up a recycling and coffee center I made with an old microwave cart and some doors bought at the re store. The other wall does have 2 outlets. Both had to be replaced with ones with breakers as they are on each side of the sink. No dishwasher, so the dish rack is in front of the one. I do use it for the light I installed over the sink. On the other side you need to be careful the cord does not go into the sink when using it. On the last bit of counter, with the area built in for the microwave, the only outlet is behind the microwave. My last kitchen had two outlets you could use, other than the stove. The one in our first home, one. And the stove was on a wall without counter on either side. I lived in 4 different rented places. Non were any better for outlets.

I like the look of side panels on the firdge, but how do you pull the fridge out to clean behind it?

I made what I consider to be a relatively big mistake in my kitchen. I have a nice little pantry. It's on the smaller side and it's next to the fridge. It has 4 pull outs in the bottom. What I did not take into account was the bowed door handles on the freezer. There isn't enough clearance there to open the pantry doors fully so I only have about half the full depth of the pull-outs. I was looking at it today and I'm going to call the place that sold me the cabinets and see what it would cost to buy two new matching doors for the pantry. I think the easiest and cheapest solution would be to hang two new doors and just hinge them to open the other way. That's probably not the "best" solution but anything else really isn't going to be quick, easy, or affordable for the scope of the problem. All in all I still love the kitchen but it annoys me that I made this mistake.

Great tips. Only gripe would've been to have a few examples for us to see as reference for some of what you're referring to

Yes, yes, and yes please…as always reliable, realistic, and relatable…. Can’t believe how long I have watched your channel and still learning new things. Thanks for all you put into your videos and live streams…be so 😇 blessed.Thumbs up all day everyday 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I'm 5'3" and it's nerve wracking when I have to remove something boiling hot out of the over-the-range microwave because I'm afraid I'll get badly burned if liquid sloshes out onto me. I've had microwaves on the counter in two different homes I've owned and they're so much safer and easier to use. If you like to home can, a full-sized pressure canner barely fits between the top of the range and the bottom of the built-in microwave oven.

I literally just hit the Pause button and had to go search Toe Kick Step Stool. Had never heard of or seen one of these before. Genius!

Mark, I LOVED this video. Great advice and shot in multiple locations… is that an MTKD first? You touched on this in a number of ways, but I also think people feel pressured to have “standard” appliances like a dishwasher or a microwave for example, even though they never use them. I’ve been in homes like that where the appliance just occupies space. I think people should be free and design the kitchen how they want regardless of what’s popular or trendy.

I like the look of a range, but don't want to clean under it. Think I'll go with a range top and wall oven. At only 5 feet tall, the toekick stepstool is on my wish list!

We only kept 2 things from our old kitchen - window placement and ceiling. We had to keep the ceiling because our attic was recently insulated with spray foam.

I don't have a triangle. I have work zones: prep, cook, clean, store. They work for me 😊

My brother's brand new very expensive house has a kitchen that doesn't have soft close drawers and cabinets. What a shame.

Recommendations for hinge systems?

Just an FYI, Quartz is now banned in some countries due to the dust it creates during production. This dust is deadly and destroys the lungs of the stoneworkers. Same way asbestos does. So make sure stone is even legal in your area now. If it is, consider the health costs to the people cutting those quartz counters. If quartz or other stone is the type of counter top you desire, go for it, just keep the wider cost in mind.

pictures as examples would have made this video

We’re in the process of remodeling our kitchen and strongly considering placing a simple countertop microwave in a 24” pantry cabinet. This is our favorite choice but we’re concerned it may turn people off when we sell down the road. Is this a valid concern?

I've found it helpful to use a wall oven under counter and a cooktop elsewhere in the room. Has several advantages over a range, although cost is more. Didn't have a place to mount the oven higher.

Soo much to think about! Thanks Mark!

What relevant tips ! Thank you so much, Mark. Regarding Ikea kitchens, would you recommend also hiring professionals for installation?

Why is porcelain not good for a clanger and a banger? What are the negatives of porcelain? What are the negatives quartzite? Thanks!😊

Excellent.

Wow, so many good tips. Thanks for being the ultimate professional and adding 10 tips from your hotel room, but please take your time off to rejuvenate. We don't want you to burn out. Anyway, I had to go into a rabbit hole about corner pantries. Trying to figure out how to have a built in corner pantry. Might be able to do it. Thanks for always having us thinking. Appreciate you!

Thanks Mark! Great vid (again!). Going to save this to watch a few times to make sure I’ve got most of the tips covered. I have a few sketches - but want to get a few more. Then I’ll reach out for your time!

Your first video I stumbled upon was Ikea planner for lower kitchen cabinets.... I subscribed and love all your videos ever since ❤

Hey Mark! Please help! We just purchased our first condo (in development) and I have 1 month to give the developers our final kitchen plans. Please help us with our final decision for our kitchen theme! Floors are grey marble and we’ll have gold accents (faucet, pendant lights, etc). And our top cabinets will be white (small kitchen, will help feel airy). Question is about the bottom cabinets under the countertop, should they be: - (a) bluish grey - for modern feel + match with gold, or - (b) oak wood color to make kitchen feel warm, homie feeling. Also fits with gold accents. Floors are grey marble ;) please help :)

An excellent synopsis of how to design a kitchen. Bravo!

Thank you!!! Excellent video!!!

Thank God I already know these tips before building my own kitchen. We have a walk in pantry too! Thanks to RU-vidrs like you. We now feel powerful! 😆

As a repeat renter now shopping/planning for my forever home in retirement, your best point was defining your ideal kitchen and dream about the house that surrounds that. My greatest frustrations as a renter were struggling with space/function in the kitchen (bath layout was a close second). The kitchen is the workhorse of the house, even if you don't cook.

i have everything figured out, storage-wise, in our next kitchen, but the one thing that held me up the most was where do i put the fire extinguisher. They say to not put it near the stove and to have it out where it's visible, so i finally decided that it will go in a small canister of sorts on the floor next to the trash can. Those things are so ugly, but necessary. Anyone have any other ideas?

Cooktops & sinks require a certain mimimum width of cabinet to be installed below them to accomodate them & to support them (a large sink full of water is very heavy). This needs to be taken into account when doing layout of lower cabinets.

I want counter tops for tall people!

Very good tips but what's the point in watching a video that displays the narrator instead the object he's talking about?

is there a bullet point list so I don't have watch the whole thing