A lot of people walk into a kitchen showroom in Sheffield, with a similar frame of mind. They don't really know where to start with designing their dream bespoke kitchen. The obvious answer from the point of view of professional designers and manufacturers is that it is their job to create handmade kitchens to help you to achieve your dream kitchen design. But for this you need to be clear on what exactly is your requirement not just look wise but in terms of functionality of the space and the gadgets that would be used.

There are a lot of individual components which go into designing a bespoke kitchen. Type of doors? colours? worktops? handles? which appliances do you need? What do appliances do now that they didn't do the last time you bought a kitchen? And list of questions goes on. For a lot of people, it can be mind boggling. It has been seen that most people have a very good idea of what they want but don't necessarily know how to do it. In times gone by, kitchen designers were often given a blank canvas by their prospective customers to go and design something to satisfy their every wish. Whilst the same is still largely true, designers find that the Internet is giving people the chance to really research what they're looking for. Often now a days, customers walks in to any Sheffield showroom having already spent a few weeks researching on the Internet, looking at what is available to them.

Here, at a Sheffield Showroom, the design team like to ask questions about how the customer uses their kitchen. Do they enjoy cooking or are they ones for eating out? Is their handmade kitchen the centre of their home or is it just another room? How much time do they spend in their bespoke kitchen? This can help the designer really narrow down what the customer is looking for. If they know they want a particular look to their kitchen; ie plenty of curves, clean modern lines or something a bit more traditional, or perhaps certain appliances they've seen on the Internet.

A kitchen designer starts by looking at the space available and sets about putting their list of requirements together. After putting a plan together, customer is invited back to the Sheffield showroom to go through the designs and prospective costs. The 3D pictures and perspective CAD plans really help the customers visualise what it could look like and at this point they get an idea of the customer's budget. From this point the designs can tweaked to get exactly what they want.

Customers want to be involved in the design of their kitchen. The Internet is a great place to find information about what products are available but it is seen that people really prefer to sit down and discuss their dream handamde kitchen with someone who can give them feedback and expert one-to-one advice.