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Modular Kitchen is a term used for the modern kitchen furniture layout consisting of modules (units) of cabinets made of diversified materials which hold accessories inside, which can facilitate the effective usage of the spaces in a kitchen. Normally the units which are kept on the floor are called "floor units" or "floor cabinets" on which a kitchen worktop made of granite, marble, tile or wood has been laid for creating spaces for varied activities in a kitchen.

The units which are held on the wall for storage purposes are termed as "wall units" or "wall cabinets" . In small areas of kitchen in an apartment, even a "tall storage unit" is available for effective storage.

Modular kitchen normally constitutes wooden cabinets, counter tops, internal accessories, electro domestic gadgets like chimney, hob, built-in-oven, sink with or without drain board and in some cases a refrigerator, dishwasher or other gadgets.

The designer normally designs the space using modules of standardized sizes to suit individual spaces. Most kitchen design software that the designer uses has an option where you can edit the catalogs to set the sizes of the kitchen units to the standard sizes you use.