Help with corridor kitchen in old Sears kit house

13 years ago

Hello! I have racked my brain until it hurts! And I need help! I have a 1920 Sears Kit house (Ardara) which I love but the kitchen drives me crazy. It is a coridor kitchen with one doorway 32 inches and the other wide open to the family room. It is 10 inches wide only and 14" long from doorway to doorway. The two problems I am having is that if I design for counter/cabinet/storage, I have no seating left. And if I design for seating, I have little counter/storage. I'd like both. We are a family of 5 that I want to be able to sit and eat in there and not get in the cooks way or have to wait to walk by him (yes, dh, LOL). We currently have a honking big (for our kitchen) island in there which works for seating and storage, however, there is maybe 30" between it and the stove which is smack in the walkway! HELP!!!! Oh, and I can't see how to post a pic?

Thanks in advance!

Kristen

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honorbiltkit
13 years ago
Kmac -- You need to go to the Read If You're New to GW Kitchens entry (which is usually bumped to the first page), to see how to post photos and link to external images.

Meanwhile, I have posted the original Sears catalog page for your house so that the great planners on this forum can at least see what the original layout is. (Clicking on the houseplan image will make it large enough to read.) It sounds to me as though you have opened the kitchen to include the former pantry and mudroom area. Also, I think you meant 10 ft rather 10 inches?

In any case, I think you will get lots of excellent help if you can provide visual clarification.

Very cute house, BTW.

Here is a link that might be useful:
kmac1196
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you. I have read and re read and trying again to post pic...I uploaded 2 pictures to the home gallery and it shows under kmac1196 but when I try to copy the url it says it's not right.
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kmac1196
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http://photos.gardenweb.com/home/galleries/2010/11/sears_kit_kitchen_1.html

http://photos.gardenweb.com/home/galleries/2010/11/sears_kit_kitchen.html
honorbiltkit
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The photos show that you have glorious light in your current kitchen and modern amenities, but not much about your dilemma.

Can you post a scale diagram of how your kitchen is arranged now and explain what you are trying to accomplish? I swear that the thornier the space-allocation problems, the more avidly gifted people (one of whom I am not) on this forum will try to solve them, but they need something to work with.

You can use the "optional link URL" at bottom of the message form and give it a name to get people to wherever you post a diagram.
sabjimata
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Oh the cuteness! Oh the lightness!

Ok. This may be a dumb idea. Did not get a good sense of your current layout/space/size....but...is there anywhere you can do a fold up counter that can fit stools under but then be tucked away...kind of ship-cabin-like?

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