What seems critical at the design stage of a kitchen set, in practice, often becomes not so significant. But "trifles", on the contrary, come to the fore. If your budget is limited, you need to clearly understand: what you can save, and for which it is better to pay.
1. Form headset
Do not want to overpay? Choose furniture for the kitchen of regular rectangular shapes. Radius elements, no doubt, look beautiful, but they increase the cost of the kitchen by 15-20%. Rounded facades are more difficult to manufacture and require the use of special equipment.
Direct forms look no worse: modern and elegant. And they are much more functional: the useful area inside the rectangular locker is larger. To effectively finish the end of the kitchen unit, provide a module with a beveled corner, a row of open shelves or a bar counter.
2. Dimensions of modules
The height, width and depth of kitchen cabinets, as a rule, is standardized. Any specialization: fitting to the desired opening, cutting or vice versa, "building up" individual elements, leads to a rise in price of the headset. If possible, compose standard lockers with each other and minimize the number of modules by individual dimensions.
It should also be taken into account that one large cabinet will cost less than two small ones occupying the same number of seats in the aggregate. If possible, combine the neighboring modules into one system and save on the total cost. Modern kitchen designers to order can create any configuration for a specific taste and budget.
3. Material of facades
You can save a lot by stopping the choice on budget facades. Discard the wood, glass, metal and replace them with modern analogs: chipboard or MDF. The widespread myth about the toxicity of particle boards has long been dispelled. If you have the appropriate certificates (confirming the emission class is not lower than E1), you can safely use them as a basis for the kitchen set.
The most affordable option for the manufacture of housing and facades - chipboard. Covered with high-quality lamination, it has a service life of up to 10 years. The price for facades from MDF is an order of magnitude higher, but they can be milled, creating beautiful geometric shapes. And this material serves 10-15 years. Facing MDF plates can be completely different: film, plastic, paint, veneer. But even a wood plate with a coating of veneer of valuable species will be cheaper than a facade made of solid wood.
4. Facade design
Save a substantial amount of help cancellation of glass inserts and stained-glass windows, aluminum frames on the doors, photo printing and other decorative techniques. Deaf facades will not look dull if you complement them with beautiful fittings and countertops. Often in their projects designers combine blind facades of different colors and textures. You can add a set of open shelves to the design. By the way, the use of open modules also reduces the cost of construction.
5. Material countertops
Depending on the material from which the working surface is made, the perception of the headset as a whole depends. At the same time, it significantly affects the cost of the kitchen. The most expensive is a table top made of stone, a set of wood, stainless steel. Budgetary and affordable for all option - all the same chipboard, only larger thickness, coated with laminated plastic. It has excellent performance characteristics: it is not afraid of water, high temperatures, alkalis and acids, slight scratches. And the design can be found either.
What should not be saved?
On the drawers. The compartments on the roller guides are two to three times more expensive than the traditional shelves. But in this case there is a reason to overpay. Especially when it comes to the lower tier of the kitchen set. Pulling the box on you, you get access to all of its contents at the same time. And this is much more convenient than digging in the bowels of the shelves, trying to find the right one.
On the backlight. A pledge of comfortable pastime and, importantly, safety in the kitchen - quality lighting. Particularly additional sources are needed in corner sets, where the overhanging L-shaped structure casts a shadow on the work surface. In advance, provide electrical points and output the required number of outlets, it will be very problematic to do this after installing the kitchen.
On the accessories. The kitchen set is not limited to facades and hull. An important role is played by accessories: door closers, shock absorbers, hinges and even handles - all this does not seem so significant when choosing a design headset. However, daily operation proves that you have overpaid for good reason. Softly closed facades, smoothly walking along the guide boxes, the absence of claps and shocks - to equip the cabinets with good fittings is definitely worth it.
On the built-in technology. Built-in household appliances are more expensive than detached, but often its use is justified. For example, it is very convenient to place the oven in a furniture column at the height of the raised hand. Check the readiness of the dish or get a heavy baking tray you can without bending over, and the children just will not get to the hot oven. Built-in dishwasher or refrigerator will take up less space if they are hidden by kitchen facades. In addition, you can focus not on technology, but on really beautiful decorative things.