If you are going for kitchen renovations in Melbourne, make storage space your first priority. Create as many cabinets, cupboards and drawers as you can, because may be you need them as present they will reward you later. Even if you have a space in the middle of the kitchen, never use center counter. Often people prefer to have a center counter to use it for sink, cooking or just to make a place sit and cook. If the fact is that a center counter eats away most of the space. If your kitchen is small, avoid it and if it really needed, replace it with a round table which can be later removed.
Go for modular kitchen than a conventional one. They provide you smooth opening and closing cabinets and drawers with plenty of airy space as they integrate stainless steel wire baskets. They are designed in a way that you can utilize even the corner of your lower cabinets with easy accessibility of stored items. There are various ways to make your kitchen spacious; it is only that you need to have ideas and inspirations.