Please help with Kitchen floorplan
mary8153
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Help with my kitchen floor plan please
Comments (10)Your suggestions are all so appreciated. Most of your ideas have been thought about, but I can't seem to make decisions. I think I like my washer dryer where they are now. They work there fine, and making them stacked will give me more space for a back door area. I have seriously thought of taking out that north wall altogether and opening it all up. The refrigerator would then be placed to the left of the sink. However, I wonder about the back door area then. Where will all that "stuff" go that comes in the back door - backpacks, diaper bags, boots, etc. Lavender - I also like the idea of a counter along the east wall down to the powder room area. Putting the advantium along that wall on the other side of the window would work. herbflavor -We have considered a banquette as well, but I think we are ruling it out because of the price. Sjerin - At the moment we have the table and chairs outside the work area, but with an open kitchen with an L shaped counter, the chairs might be in our way. Something to think about. I don't plan on having an island, though, for sitting necessarily - more for a handy work space. One or two stools would be nice though for visiting purposes. rosie - Sounds lovely. Yes our house is mostly traditional, but not country. I like the idea of a hutch on the south wall covering up the heating ductwork. I also like the idea of having a wall free of cupboards for painting/artwork etc. Again, thank you all for taking time to give me some suggestions. Hopefully I can get these ideas consolidated before too long....See MoreKitchen Floor Plan -- Please HELP! :-)
Comments (9)Here's my idea for you. Blue lines = prep/cooking paths and red lines = clean-up paths; you'll notice that there isn't much overlap in the paths. That's a good thing, IMO. My plan echoes tracie.erin's idea of removing the peninsula and elongating the island to incorporate the posts. I envision it as something like this: [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/hwc-folly-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-san-francisco-phvw-vp~5155586) [Traditional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Charleston Photographers Matthew Bolt Graphic Design I swapped out cook top and DOs for a range and moved the fridge to the same wall as the range with a prep sink and MW drawer in the island. Your current kitchen provides a fairly tight work zone between fridge, sink and cook top; since you are the primary cook, I thought it best to keep that efficient configuration. That said, this lay-out would also work for multiple cooks. I moved the clean-up sink to the window with a glass fronted hutch to its right (looking at it from above), something like this: [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/fairfield-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-new-york-phvw-vp~1588798) [Traditional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Fairfield Architects & Building Designers Tara Veith Design, LLC Or this: [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/shannon-cabinetry-traditional-kitchen-toronto-phvw-vp~71925) [Traditional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Youngstown General Contractors Shannon Cabinetry I changed the desk and double oven area to a beverage center. That will be very handy when you entertain, plus it makes it easier for your kitchen to accommodate groups of 20-40 people. You can use this area for buffet service, too. The bar sink is optional. The one downside of this plan is that the pantry goods are outside the primary prep area and the island is a barrier between the pantry goods and the range. But considering how much circling around the island your current kitchen requires to go between pantry, fridge, sink, cook top and ovens, it might be tolerable and if you're a Mise en Place cook, it won't be a big deal at all. You don't give us the width of this area so I opted for counter-height, wide pull-out cabs to house pantry goods instead of a tall pull-out pantry cab but you could also do a tall pull-out if this area is wide enough to accommodate that plus at least a 36" wide counter for the beverage center. Or you could opt to ditch the beverage center completely in favor of pantry storage. Oops, I forgot to include the island's width. It's 43.5 (25.5" cabs with 1.5" counter overhang & 18" seating overhang). Your plan doesn't include where the two doorways - upper left - go. If one of those goes out to a patio, having a way to go from kitchen to the patio without going all the way around would be a plus, especially if you grill a lot. Additionally, since you haven't included all dimensions, you'll need to double-check that my plan is feasible. Specifically, if there will be at least a 42" aisle between fridge corner and post and how much counter you'll have between fridge and 48" range and 48" range and lower corner....See MoreRenovate my Floor-plan. I have too many kids...!
Comments (32)While your children are small, girls sharing one room and boys sharing the other isn't that much of a problem. As your children reach their teens, there can be more conflict over "privacy" issues. You might consider discussing a design for your "forever home" with an architect and begin looking for a place to construct your home to meet your specific family lifestyle needs. Consider putting your master bedroom suite on the main floor with a great room and mud/laundry room -- adding any family room and guest suite in the basement -- leaving the upstairs for bedrooms and bathrooms for your children. With four children who will be teenagers at the same time, at least a small kitchen in the basement family room and a large porch for entertaining would be well worth considering. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1328&bih=617&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=Thu1XdvuB4m55gLn16yQAg&q=images+upscale+large+outdoor+porch+with+kitchen&oq=images+upscale+large+outdoor+porch+with+kitchen&gs_l=img.12...3486.7352..9284...0.0..0.395.1307.12j1j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.l2xexzCCnHY&ved=0ahUKEwjbzZO_y7vlAhWJnFkKHecrCyIQ4dUDCAY#imgrc=wOXTnHaQ0Q615M:&spf=1572150107797...See MoreSketchup Floor-plan & Initial Interior Design Sketch
Comments (39)Allison, just saw your thread as I haven't been here in a while but I think if you're four years out, wait until your about one year out as you said. Lot of talk here about "forever houses" and how most really aren't because life circumstances change, same is true here. Mrs. ARG and I have GC'ed three houses over 40 years and those worked out but we bought two other lots with the intention of building but for a variety of reaons, sold them. But that doesn't mean you can't be getting ready and learning about residential design, especially the intangible aspects of it. Here's a link on some good books to read https://www.houzz.com/discussions/3281434/book-suggestions Probably "Patterens of Home" is one of the better ones. And a thread on what makes for good house design https://www.houzz.com/discussions/3285825/what-makes-a-house-have-good-design As far as the arguement of "floorplan or no floor plan for the architect", every architect is different of course, but when that happens to me, it doesn't limit me as I'm looking at a floor plan more in DIAGRAMMITIC terms as oppposed to actual physical terms and asking question like "What do you like about this?". And then once I learn that, ask "Have you thought about this.....?" as I begin to freehand ideas. But if you have a plan, don't get too "stuck" on it and be open to other ideas. I've had clients that have said "But we've spent MONTHS on this", like the task is akin to washing a car with the more time spent on it, the better the result. Design doesn't work that way. As an example, here's an example of a client working diligently on a design(s) and what we (and I say "we" because it's always a participatory process) came up with. Client plans: And what we came up with: But of course, Mark and Jen (the owners) were great listeners and for this to work that's what you and your aerospace engineer husband needs to be. FWIW, here's his thread: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5401415/stuck-with-floor-plan But the best of luck in your build. Exciting times ahead!!...See Moremary8153
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