It is important that you design your kitchen around your needs. Whilst you want your kitchen to look good with class and style, it must be practical and functional.

Within the Kitchen tips section there is advice on...

Potential high costs that need to be considered and possibly avoided when you design your kitchen.
Other general tips and considerations for your kitchen design.
A comprehensive list of areas you need to consider for the building, electrical, joinery and plumbing in planning and designing your new kitchen, so that you know all the decisions that you will need to make during the work. For example, make sure wall sockets are a large part of your planning. It is good policy to have fused spurs above the worktop to isolate the fridge and washer. If the sink top is to be metal it must be earthed and you should never have a wall socket within touching distance of the sink unit.