One trepidation some people have about moving into a tiny house is being stuck with a cramped, tiny kitchen. But actually, most tiny house floor plans dedicate a fairly large percentage of the floor space to the kitchen. You will be surprised by how spacious a tiny home kitchen can feel.
What’s more, there are many ways you can customize your tiny house kitchen to ensure it is meeting your needs. Let’s take a look.
- Pick the right layout for your needs
It all starts with choosing your tiny house floor plan. This will determine the layout of the kitchen. Some tiny houses have the kitchen located at one end of the home. Others put it in the middle. The kitchen might all be along one wall, or it could be a galley kitchen with counters on either side.
Other tiny house kitchens have a more open kitchen layout. Pictured above is the airy kitchen in the Carlsbad park model home. Even with its small square footage, this kitchen feels luxuriously large with room for a bar with seating and everything.
- Choose your type of sink
A simple way to customize the appearance and functionality of your tiny house kitchen is to choose the type of sink you want. You can pick a sink with a single basin or two basins.
The farmhouse sink design you see pictured above is a popular one right now. The deep basin makes it easy to wash even larger dishes and cookware. The appearance of the sink is broadly appealing, fitting equally well with classic or modern décor.
- Customize your cabinets
Another feature of your park model home kitchen that is easy to customize is your cabinets. The layout of your kitchen will determine the sizes and number of cabinets. But you then can choose options for the cabinet materials, paint colors, and finishes, as well as the handles.
While you are picking customization options for your cabinets, do not forget to also check what materials and colors are available for your countertops. You should have the opportunity to customize the backsplash as well.
Try to choose options for all three that integrate cohesively with one another to achieve a harmonious, well-coordinated look and feel.
- Customize your appliances
After you decide what type of sink, counter, cabinets an backsplash you want, you can decide what types of appliances you want in your park model home kitchen.
You may have multiple options in terms of the brands of appliances, as well as their materials and appearances.
Some appliances that you can choose custom options for include your refrigerator and freezer, your oven and stovetop, and your microwave.
You also may have options available for your washing machine and dryer, as well as your toilet and shower.
Consider the practical benefits and drawbacks of various materials for your appliances, as well as how they will impact the look and feel of your home.
- Include elegant storage solutions
One of the challenges of tiny house design is looking for ways that storage space can be maximized within a small square footage.
You want plenty of storage space in the kitchen. But at the same time, you do not want it to cut in on the space you need to work on preparing your meals. The solution is to look for ways to incorporate custom storage solutions into your kitchen that maximize your use of your space in a balanced way.
Pictured above is the Woodland Park Timber Ridge Woodlands Vault model. You can see that there is a raised floor in the living room.
While this makes the living room less airy and open, it has a pleasantly cozy feel, and still enough room to sit comfortably in front of the TV.
If you go outside of this park model home, you’ll discover that there are deep storage compartments underneath the floor where you can store large items, even things like kayaks.
But you can see from the photo of the kitchen and living room that you can also access some of the under-the-floor storage from the kitchen itself. There are cabinet doors built in.
This gives you more room for cookware, dishware or appliances in your kitchen, but in no way obstructs the space in the kitchen, helping to maintain an open environment where it is easy to work.
Customize Your Park Model Tiny House
Now you know some ways you can customize your tiny house kitchen to make it perfect for you. To learn more about any of the models featured in this post, or for help finding the ideal tiny house model for your needs, please contact us.
