Too much TV-- NOF Kitchen! and sexy bikers...
Did any of you see No Ordinary Family (ABC)? I swear I've seen that kitchen before. It's huge, a little strange, and has aisles wide enough to drive a camera dolly throug...oh, yeah. Troy Patterson at The Slate says Meet the Powells, a family of four living handsomely in southern California. Their kitchen is vast even by the standard of network television, where the center island in the average home is large enough to rate, geographically, as a cay. Like most every set here, it is drenched in a white-gold light glow so intense as to wash out the dramatic tone and so constant that I briefly thought mom and dad were pouring red wine for breakfast.
Considering the discussions about kitchen for the house dollar, I think this is really funny! Even the mid-seven to low eight figures houses in the area have pretty small kitchens unless they've knocked rooms together.
On a totally different note, about another fictional California TV family, I'm wondering if the writers have a feminine idea of what makes a man manly, or if it's a fantasy sequence, or if outlaw bikers (unlike many a blander man I know, with other redeeming qualities but not this) really do see a woman doing a task, anticipate what they can do to help, and ask her if they should. The gang's enforcer sees the young woman packing boxes and asks if they're going downstairs. Given the affirmative he and the young man start carrying them.
Only on TV? Or do your guys do that? I'm used to the ones who will do as they're asked but would never notice the task waiting and figure out that they're supposed to do it. Most women I know wouldn't either unless they started by thinking they should help and thought far enough to figure out what needs doing before they asked, "What should I do?" But man, oh man, these guys on SOA have swagger and machismo enough to float a boat, but the sexiest thing I've seen yet on that show was that guy asking if he should carry down the boxes!
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Comments (13)It's not bad the way you've set it up - just a couple leetle monkeys I would move the prep sink one way or the other to consolidate the counter space on that side of the range. If it moves towards the double doors, the work area between the sink and range is expanded - but you lose a "sit down" space for stuff while opening the door. The sit down area might be too small to be useful. If it moves towards the range - its amazingly convenient to be able to fill and dump pots and the work space consolidates with "sit down space" and also things going to/from the ref. Since you batch cook, having a place where you can sit down a lot of things at once might be important. Bummer is that chopped stuff has to be lifted over the sink. All of that said, you know if that's the direction you actually want to face while cooking. This is just a reminder that you'll be completely facing away from everyone and everything while prepping and cooking. I think I would shorten the peninsula. It would irritate me to have to walk around it and it looks like it has a clearance issue (aging in place). BTW - the elevator exit towards the dining room might also. I'm guessing you're adding on the pantry there, but between that space, the closet and the fireplace side, it looks kinda narrow. It might be partly the overdrawn lines. As someone else found out - its a good idea to have at least one 42" entrance way because that's what a person needs when carrying grocery bags. Also reminding you that the dishwasher placements mean that you won't be able to reach the wall cabinets or get into the side base cabinets when the dishwasher(s) are open. If you haven't already, you might explore a variation of cutting the peninsula entirely to improve cabinet access and add either workspace under the micro with a small single person seating area on one side or the other. Or maybe think about what I call a micro-island - something around 18-24" x 36-48" that lets you stackup the ingredients after pulling them all from the pantry. If you choose to think about expanding the depth of the mw wall, you could then do a wall oven and shrink the range down if you wanted. Full disclosure - not in your price range, but if I was - well, the sexy feelings involved the 48"'ers might carry the day. HTH....See MoreRequesting Kitchen Layout advice
Comments (43)Since you mentioned this is your forever home, it's really worth taking the time to think this through and come up with the best possible plan. There are some real shortcomings right now. On that note - I think if you're going to have the current dining room become the everyday eating area, a doorway from the kitchen isn't enough. I think you need to open that space up so that it's all one room. That way, you are still getting an eat-in kitchen, but it will be an L shape, larger space. Kids can be doing homework at the table and still be in the same space. I am really having a hard time imagining any scenario where it would be okay to have the step down to the family room totally open without a railing. It certainly doesn't work with a table anywhere near by. I think you could instead use this space for a kitchen island/peninsula which would straddle the drop down. Picture having maybe a sink or cooktop on this space - it would be facing into the open family room. There could be stools on the family room side facing into the kitchen. This would leave a much shorter step down area, basically like what you have now. Which looks natural and not weird....See Moreplllog
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