11th hour request for comments on my kitchen plan
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Comments (6)I'm zone 7 as well with a growing season for corn from late March thru October. My plan is one early maturing variety planted very early, late March. This variety must have tolerance to cold soil in early spring. Then starting in early April the soil is warm enough to plant the same full season variety every 2-3 weeks. Actual planting date is based on size of the prior planting. When a prior planting reaches about 6-8 inches tall, I plant another planting. This gave 7 plantings last year and 9 the year before that. I have corn to eat from mid June until early November. By planting the same variety every 2-3 weeks there are no pollination issues and a constant supply of corn. My last planting of a ~76 day corn is about August 1. So far no freeze injury on either end of the season. I'm changing varieties in 2011, all from Harris seed. Thinking Sweet Chorus, SB 67 day, as an early. It's supposed to be a very strong grower in cold soil and good quality. For all later plantings I may try 7002R, shA and 72 day, for it's quality and resistance to leaf rust. Leaf rust gets bad here on the last 3-4 plantings....See MoreInitial small kitchen layout - your comments requested.
Comments (31)I've given this a lot of thought and I just can't warm up to idea of the sink on the peninsula and losing space with a counter overhang in what's already a small dining room. I much prefer the sink on the outside wall. We need to keep the office closet and the shower because this is our "aging in place" house, and at some point we might need a downstairs bedroom. This morning our architect and his assistant crawled under the house to take the structural measurements and see what would be possible. There's a city requirement that the garage must be at least 9'x20' which has complicated things a bit because our original plan was eating into the 20' length. The stairs are a limiting factor as well. The new plan is this: steal up to 18 inches from the current furnace/water heater area to allow for cabinets to be recessed, and steal even more from the garage to have space for the fridge. With fridge/cabinets set into the back wall, that gives us 12 feet to work with for the rest of the room. The math so far is: 26" sink/window cabinets 36" aisle 36" island 46" aisle --- 12' The bad news is that there's no room for a double oven, so I've switched the cooktop to a range. The furnace gets moved to the spot just to the left of the door from the hall to the kitchen. We'll have a smaller furnace there because we're going to heat the upstairs from a 2nd furnace in the attic. The plans: The first tall cabinet unit will have to be shallower on top because it's limited by the stairs. The windows can't be centered on the back wall because the new office will come 3 feet into the end of the kitchen. I put in a few more uppers. The island will just be 2 cabinets with a 12" overhang, but I drew it as 4 to get the dimensions right. Maybe I can add another 12" set of drawers on the stove end. Comments welcome!...See MoreYep, another request for comments on a house plan.
Comments (8)I don't like much about it. First of all, a room should not be labeled "whatever you want". If this house if for your family, know what you want, and that will determine the size, shape, dimensions, and placement of each room. Do you think you want a playroom, gaming room, home office? Where will you keep your records, pay bills, etc? And, that porch isn't within that walls, it's just a slab, so if you don't need it, don't enclose it, just leave it off. The garage entry forces everyone right throught the kitchen, dropping papers, mail, drink cups, and water bottles as they go. The dining room is nowhere near the kitchen, or the living room for that matter, it's off the dark and narrow front hall. The master bedroom right off the LR. I see this a lot (or MBR right off the kitchen) and I don't understand that choice. It reminds me of my college apartments (in The Village, is that still there in Dallas?) The garage isn't that bad, it's tucked back a little bit and side-.loading. But is it big enough for your vehicles and bikes? In general, there is no circulation or flow going on. At the very least, open the wall between kitchen and dining room. I agree that, if you are on 5 flat acres, take advantage of it and build a house designed for your family and your site....See More11th Hour Kitchen Decisions - HELP!!
Comments (52)Just a couple of comments: the design is very thought out, I can see that 1. can you go lower on the window near the sink? You want to have a view, and the window is too high. 2. Can you possibly add symmetry to the kitchen? It looks very strange: - 2 windows of different size and height, cabinets on each side of the sink are of different height and different style, plus there is a shelf that would not 3. the place for a table is very cramped, any way you can change it? 4. think of incorporating drawers not doors ito bottom cabinets. please for ideas you can look at ikea kitchen idea pages, it will add more storage and be more usable, and less messy, it might also allow replacing some top cabinets with shelves or glass doors if desired only of course. 5. love benjesbride idea - airy and comfortable 6. does the budget allow for cabinets instead movable carts or...See Morerhome410
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