Zone your Home!

Zoning in interior design is the process by which different areas of a space get its own function. This space could be a room, a part of room, a cabinet, or even a closet. I use this principle in my own house to simplify my life. Zoning and organization go hand in hand. In my previous page, I talked about Organization and Creativity. On the other hand, this page is about zoning what you have organized. In simple words, zoning is when you group things of the same functionality for a task together.

Last weekend, I worked on one of my clients kitchen – I organized and zoned it for her.  She loves tea, and she had around 20 varieties of tea tins/boxes/bags scattered all over her kitchen.  I pulled everything out, and created a breakfast nook – with her tea collection, sugar, cereal, and oatmeal. All her favorite teas were set at her eye level, rest below and above.  Similarly, collected all her spices into its own zone, and other lentils/rice etc., into another zone. She is a happy client now!

Here’s more on zoning done by functionality:
1. Kitchen – primary functions of a kitchen are organizing a pantry, preparing the ingredients for a meal, cooking the meal, storing/serving the food and finally cleaning the dishes. An ideal kitchen should allow you to create zones for each of these functions. A kitchen that is ergonomically designed which follows the Kitchen Triangle as shown below can be easily zoned.