Creating The Perfect, Poolside Family Kitchen Outdoors4644686

An outdoor kitchen is the perfect way to entertain and have family pool maintenance days without leaving anyone unattended or having to stop the fun to prep some lunch. Designing your perfect kitchen in the yard is just as exciting as creating an indoor kitchen – and you need to consider many of the same things. Cooking appliances The kind of food you think you’ll cook most often determines what cooking appliances you need. Are you looking for a BBQ, a pizza oven, or a traditional range? Whatever you want, there’s a way to create an outdoor kitchen that incorporates your cooking equipment safely and stylishly. Surfaces aplenty As with a traditional kitchen one priority is surface space. You will need enough space to prep and serve your food and drinks. With an outdoor kitchen you also need to think not only about how you want it to look, but what is suited to being outdoors and exposed to the weather.

Lighting you’ll love The party doesn’t need to end when the sun goes down. There are many ways to light your outdoor kitchen – from spotlights through twinkling fairy lights or colored feature lighting, there’s something to suit every design and every taste, and whatever the occasion. Clean it up Cooking and eating outdoors is a blast – but the fun comes to an end if you have to carry the dishes back and forth to the kitchen indoors for the cleanup. Why complicate things? Instead, opt for an outdoor sink and faucet and a dishwasher in your poolside kitchen to keep clean up as simple as can be – and you never have to step away from the fun just to tidy up the mess. Storage space Indoors or out, storage space is vital in any kitchen. Don’t limit the storage in your outdoor kitchen, or you’ll spend your time dashing inside to grab ‘just one more thing’ when you could be having fun. Make life easier by installing adequate storage and outfitting it with everything you need to prep, cook and eat your meals poolside. Chill out In years gone by, a coolers full of ice is how we kept our drinks cool poolside – but this can only go so far. Compare that to grabbing your drinks right from a fridge beside the pool service and adding some ice from the ice maker alongside it… That’s an option in your outdoor kitchen that will add a stylish and very functional bonus to the space; perfect for food prep, storage and drinks for the whole family. Seating and serving The last major consideration is your seating space. Do you want a formal dining table that you can entertain friends and family around? Are you looking at something more like a bar where you can serve food and drinks and people can pull up a stool before dashing back to the pool? Or perhaps a bar IN the pool with seats in the water to enjoy your cocktails? Whatever seating style you want, there is a way to make it work outdoors and poolside.