Zones and Kitchen Workflow
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When designing your kitchen, ideally, the zones should follow the normal/usual workflow in a kitchen:
Refrigerator => (Prep) Sink => Workspace => Cooktop/Range => Table OR (Cleanup) Sink => (Cleanup) Sink => Cabinets (dishes, pots/pans, etc.)
Which translates to:
Refrigerator => Prep Zone => Cooking Zone => Serving Zone => Cleanup Zone
You don't necessarily have to have this exact flow, but something very close.
For example, you might have the Cooking Zone located between the Refrigerator and Prep Zone. This isn't necessarily bad b/c these two zones are tied so closely together. On the other hand (OTOH), it's not a good idea to put the Cleanup Zone between the Refrigerator and Prep or Cooking Zones on the same run or on the same aisle if it's a narrow aisle. In this case, the DW and someone cleaning up and/or unloading the DW will be in the way of anyone prepping or cooking because the refrigerator is an integral part of both prepping and cooking. And, of course, the reverse is true....someone prepping and/or cooking will get in the way of someone cleaning up!
Kitchen Workflow
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The fridge wall
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