Not only for cooking and eating, kitchens are often also a social center. If you have an attractive and comfortable kitchen, especially in the heart of an open concept layout, it is a natural meeting point. But activities such as cooking can be messy, loud and stinking. Here 'dirty kitchens' come into play – and in this case the sentence may not mean what you think.
“A” dirty kitchen “is a secondary, often hidden kitchen room that looks clean and organized,” says Brad Ramsey, director and founder of Brad Ramsey Interiors. “The idea is to use the dirty kitchen for preparation, cleaning or other tasks that would be too chaotic for the main kitchen and help to maintain a neat and aesthetically appealing main cooking area. ”
Imagine a dirty kitchen as a work area that enables the main kitchen to be part of the entertaining space, says Crystal Hackl, owner and main designer of Eagle & Vine Interiors. Therefore, the dirty kitchen usually contains additional devices such as an oven and hob as well as a sink, a dishwasher and maybe a refrigerator. You can find worktop devices that would overload a main kitchen here.
Advantages of a dirty kitchen
“A dirty kitchen is a useful feature for people who are entertaining because they enable great meals and cleanup work without disturbing the main kitchen,” says Ramsey. “It helps to get a new environment,” says Ramsey, finding that smells and disorder are kept out of the entertaining space. “It is particularly useful in houses with open floor plans in which the kitchen is the central meeting point,” adds Hackl.
Dirty kitchens are useful for homeowners who like to be hosts, but both Ramsey and Hackl also emphasize the advantages of the dirty kitchen for those who set catering services – the second kitchen room is ideal for professionals to do their work.
Families can also appeal to dirty kitchens. “A family with younger children can find a back kitchen that is a great place to prepare and clean up with their children in a better environment and at the same time maintain clean kitchen that works as part of the living space,” says Hackl.
Finally, a kitchen that was developed for entertainment can have different layout and style priorities than a dirty cuisine that is intended for efficient cooking and tidying up. Even if it is not entertaining, dirty cuisine can be a preferred place to prepare meals. In addition, Hackl points out that the devices, surfaces and surfaces in a main kitchen can remain in a better condition if dirty kitchen takes the wear of use (which could be particularly appealing for primary kitchens, which contain luxury materials and harder details).
How does a dirty kitchen differ from the pantry of a butler?
According to Hackl, a dirty kitchen can also be called back kitchen, secondary kitchen, working kitchen or scullery. However, a dirty kitchen differs from the pantry of a butler. While both dirty kitchens and Butler's storage chambers have auxiliary devices and storage, they operate different purposes and even different locations in the house.
According to Ramsey, the butler's pantry focuses on organization and convenience. “The pantry of a butler focuses more on storage and serving, in which fine china, glassware and a staging area are often offered for meals before serving,” says Ramsey. “It can also act as a bar for the dining room that offers a place for drinks and entertainment.”
Alternatively, dirty cuisine is the stronger hosting of meals prepared and cleaned. According to Hackl, there is a dirty kitchen next to or behind the primary kitchen and is hidden from the field of vision so that it can be messy.
To consider things before a dirty kitchen is included in your home
A dirty kitchen is a big investment. “The biggest considerations are space and household restrictions,” says Hackl.
“Before adding a dirty kitchen, homeowners should consider the available space to ensure that it fits the house's layout and exercises proper ventilation and plumber,” advises Ramsey. “In an existing house, adding a back kitchen means carving a room that is currently not available,” says Hackl.
In other words, you have to find out where you can steal space in your home to create a dirty kitchen – and you have to consider that you are usually on the kitchen next to the kitchen. “It can mean limiting the size of the primary kitchen to absorb the secondary space,” warns Hackl.
Financially, they incur costs for a second kitchen, including double devices and devices, lots of cupboards as well as expansion of installations and possibly gas on the new room. The electricity invoices in your house are also affected.
Ultimately, a dirty kitchen is not for everyone. “You should assess how often you cook, entertain or use catering services to determine whether it is really necessary,” says Ramsey. “In some cases, we would simply not recommend a full secondary kitchen,” says Hackl. Sometimes “is a more robust pantry that can absorb a breakfast and a coffee station where small devices can stay on the worktop without overfilling the primary kitchen,” recommends Hackl.