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Kitchen layout is complete...I hope

15 years ago

Below is a perspective drawn by the local cabinet guy for my kitchen. The cabinets will be white and the countertops will (probably) be chocolate brown or black. I'm looking at a high end laminate that has mottled colors in it.

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Melissa Houser
Original Author
15 years ago
I should add a few details here. We just decided that we're going to move the whole house fan (NOISY) from the kitchen ceiling to our laundry room, which is beyond the door at the far end. The hole from the fan will be converted into a skylight since I have no windows in the kitchen.

The kitchen planner suggested doing a recessed cabinet above the sink and we're going to put shorter doors on that cabinet, probably in glass, so that I can use the bottom shelf as my produce storage with baskets.

Since my estimate came in so low (under 5k with my countertops), we may invest in a new fridge. My current fridge is dying a slow, agonizing death. The flooring is not accurate. I currently have a wood-look commercial laminate on the floor, which is one of the reasons I'm leaning towards a brown for the countertops.

Yes, the fridge area will be deeper than the other kitchen cabs, but I'm okay with that. I plan to use that cabinet for tray storage. My pantry is in the laundry room beyond the door, which is actually a normal door width. We'll probably add a louver type door in that space so that the whole house fan can still draw air. It's cheaper to run and as efficient as our a/c except for 2 months of the year.
laxsupermom
15 years ago
I love the efficiency of a galley layout, but it's hard to see what's going on in the pic. Do you have an overhead layout?
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back again w/layout, hope we're close
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Hi there, Thanks so much for the encouragement. I need it. :0) Addressing your points: Microwave: I made the cabinet 18" deep based on the measurements of a GE Advantium micro/convection but maybe the cabinet needs to be several inches deeper than the actual microwave. The KD allowed for 2 ft 3 inches width and 2 ft depth but my island had to take up more floor space, hence no 48 inch aisles or less leg room for diners. If I can get away with a shallower cabinet, I will. I'll make sure though. I struggled with where to put the micro/con; I'd like it to be part of a second work triangle. Moving it to the other side of the kitchen took it too far from the fridge. Pantry: The bane of this kitchen. grrrr. I can make it a smaller 18" full height pantry cabinet and store food in other places too. Space to the right of DW--hutchy thing: We're planning on putting dishes, tableware, placemats, linens and maybe some bigger pantry items there. It was originally meant to be a pantry, but it works so well as a place near the table for dishes and it allows us to put the dw on the right of the sink, outside the main work triangle. The itty bitty cabinet to the right of the sink is meant for mugs and the coffee pot will be on that counter. I agree that I don't necessarily need one place for food--it would be good to have space for everything where it is actually used--baking supplies in island, spices and garlic and onions near range, cereal near fridge/milk. Space around range: I really want more there as well. I like prepping right next to the cktop now but thought with the island I would prep there and could lose space near the cktop. If I adjust the plan to have a smaller range (wah) and then I can have more countertop. We probably don't need the bigger range/cktop anyway. I don't actually like tons of countertop in general because it ends up with stuff all over it . Prep sink: I want it to be part of the microwave/fridge second work triangle. I can't move it to the other end. With 48" aisle, I thought we both could work bottom to bottom. I could move the micro/con to next to the fridge in a full height cabinet and keep food above and below it and then move the prep sink to across from the fridge and change the shape of the 42" section of the island. I have a little bit of time before I meet with the KD this morning so I'll try to work on some new plans. Thanks for your help!
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Good discussion on the baking counters, and I'm sure you'll come up with something you love. I'll second RHome's suggestion though for a nice chunky chopping block to 'raise' lower counters for prep work. That's the setup I have, and it works great. Two other suggestions: - How do you envision using your warming drawer? I have one and LOVE it - but then mine is located right beside my cooktop, so right where I'd want it for warming plates, plating foods, holding hot items in preparation for plating. Yours is all the way across the kitchen in the oven stack. You'd have ovens there anyway for holding things (granted, not quite as perfectly crisp or moist). I'd carefully re-think that one and analyze your cooking patterns. There are some good threads discussing WDs that bear reading. - The cabinets on either side of your cooktop are very small -- too small to really be functional. I know it's unconventional, but what about putting in two large 3-drawer cabinets instead, and having them modified so that your cooktop straddles the two. It won't be an expensive modification, and would add some very functional storage space in a prime location.
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Final (I hope) kitchen layout. Thoughts, please?
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Seems a pretty decent use of the space, especially since you have a walk-in pantry...Because initially I missed that fact and was afraid you'd be short on storage. One thing...My island is oriented as your is, with the end toward the rangetop. I really wish I had the long side facing the cooktop, because that's how I would most use the wider work space. It really does nothing for me facing the sink...But I can't change that and I don't think it would make sense for you to either. So, I'm thinking that in your kitchen, I would do a lot of the prep for cooking (and maybe keep and use my mixer for baking projects) on the counter to the right of the stove, which is just fine and plenty big...But the dishwasher opens right there...So if anyone is loading/unloading the DW while you cook (or you want to load things as you go), you can't access any of that generous counter space from the sink to the stove. Because of that, I'd want to move the DW to the other side of the sink. Hope this makes sense. Best wishes with your project!
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Finalizing layout, hoping GWs approve?! Cooktop too squeezed?
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Thank you all so much for great ideas and comments. Herbflavor thanks, again...you've been so helpful every time I post! I will definitly think about widening the "u". Eliminating the 4th seat would be a big compromise bc I have 3 kids and my dh works late a lot so I picture us eating there together a lot. But I usually eat standing up anyway so...?! That half of the door is fixed anyway so I think I could maybe still keep a seat there. I was concerned about widening the U too much though because I want to keep a comfortable path to the sliders between seats at peninsula and seats at dining table. But you think I do have enough room to go close to end of sliders? Question...Do I really need the Ref panels? They add 3". I have a wall on one side and a full height turned cabinet on other side. Could I just have the cabinets above the Ref attached to the wall on one side and the pantry cabinet on other side? I'd gain 3" of clearance around the island pinchpoint, worth it? No one has mentioned my cooktop shouldn't be within 4.5" of corner, so I'm thinking it's ok? Sena thanks, I do think I'm going to need to put something in my island. Anyone think I could just have 1 row of deep drawers along bottom of island, then finished open shelf above them, so the island/work table is like half "open"?
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busybme
15 years ago
From what I can tell, it looks like you are going to really maximize the space. You have a good amount of drawers, too. Should be nice!
Buehl
15 years ago
Sorry, but the perspective is "off" and it's difficult to tell much w/o actually measurements and an overall layout...preferably w/the entire first floor so we can see how the kitchen "fits" with the rest of the house (traffic flow, family/guest entrances, etc.)

One suggestion that I do have is to build in the refrigerator by flanking it w/finished end panels and filling the gap b/w the upper cabinet and the top of the refrigerator w/matching filler.

Have you had a chance to read the "Read Me" thread yet? It lists some of the information that helps us help you on your layout.

Here is a link that might be useful: Read Me If You're New To GW Kitchens!
Melissa Houser
Original Author
15 years ago
I've read the New Kitchens thread, and done all of that work. :)

I'll include some very rough drawings of the kitchen as changed for you, and a couple of pics of what we currently have:

First picture is the sink side. My fridge is moving to the right hand end of this side.

This picture is the stove side, which will no longer have the fridge on it.

The next two pictures are my rough drawings of what the kitchen will look like, including where I plan to store things later.

As for how the kitchen fits in the house, it's dead center of almost everything. The one window that is in the kitchen leads to an enclosed back porch that has been converted to bedroom and office space. We are planning to remove the window.

None of my pictures show the whole house fan that is mounted in the ceiling in the kitchen, but we are planning to move that fan and convert the opening into a skylight.

I hope this helps... and I've included a link below to my House Renovation album on photobucket, just in case. :) Thanks for all of your help.

Here is a link that might be useful: My Kitchen Pictures

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