Integration is where you attach a panel to the front of your appliance so that it matches in with the rest of your kitchen cupboards.  You are able to integrate dishwashers and refrigerators.  Some appliances can be fully integrated where no portion of the appliance is showing and others may expose a control panel or a kick panel.  Most integrated appliances will come with the front face panel missing so that you can attach your own panel using the kitchen cupboard materials you have selected.  Let's take a look at some of the pros and cons surrounding appliance integration.

You may be asking why you even need a splashback in your kitchen.  Well the purpose of a splashback is to protect your kitchen walls from steam, grease, oil, water and other cooking liquids and food that often 'splash' up onto the kitchen wall directly behind your cook top.  If you didn't include a splashback in your kitchen design you would risk damage to your wall.

If you are designing a new kitchen you will want to maximise your pantry space.  Before you can design your pantry you need to decide:

• What you want to keep in your pantry (e.g. food, toaster, microwave, dinner set).
• Where your pantry should be located (e.g. near the oven or refrigerator).
• How much available space you have for your pantry (e.g. small amount, an old laundry room etc.)

Once you have determined these factors you can go ahead and choose the style of pantry that fits within these confines.  There are three main pantry solutions you can choose from, traditional, slide or pull out and walk in.

If you are looking to upgrade, renovate, build new or replace your existing kitchen you have no doubt been browsing luxury kitchen pictures on line and in home improvement magazines.  What you may have noticed and fallen in love with is all the open display shelving being incorporated into the latest kitchen designs.  Now you are left with the question - open or closed?