If home is where heart resides, then kitchen is the exact place in home where it takes its residence! Modular kitchens have slowly but surely become a necessity to a good life and great lifestyle. The most lived portion of any home, kitchen sees all the action – from preparing food, to entertaining guests, to having children complete their school work, to endless small but important tasks.

So, what are the things that a modular kitchen absolutely needs in order to make it a more comfy, and an overall better place?

Let’s look at the top 5 things that your kitchen would thank you for getting:

• Modular kitchens definitely need durable work surfaces. Laminates are a really good option – both cost-wise, as well as in terms of quality. That is what makes them one of the more popular choices as well. Other options could be solid wood, granite, and such, which would offer the perfect minimalistic look to your kitchen.
• Walls are the first casualty in the regular cases of food splatters in the modular kitchens. To clean them afterward is a huge task. So, go for a paint that offers much needed resistance to stains and grease. This will make your cleaning task really easy.
• The traditional dining space that used be completely kept separate from the kitchen are really a thing of the past now. Open kitchen is what’s trending now! Not just stylish to look at, but it also makes cooking and eating together really convenient. A dining table in the kitchen in addition makes it a perfectly sociable space in the house for guests too. If yours is a smaller kitchen and can’t take in a dining table, you could think about giving up some of the countertop space and use it as breakfast bar.
• Your kitchen like everything else in your life, should be technologically efficient, and more importantly, very updated. Whether it’s replacing your appliances after they’ve spent a long time with you with newer gadgets, or getting a wireless sound system to help you work – don’t hesitate to get it!
• And finally, your kitchen shouldn’t just be the place where you go cook, but where you relax as well. Kitchen, after all, is the heart of a home. So, if yours is a large kitchen, get a comfortable couch, where you can have your friends over, talk to them, and just have fun. Leather would be a good choice of material for the couch, as it would be easy to clean, and would absorb the cooking smells too.