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Design Critique for large kitchen/island plan

mksugarman
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

We have been dreaming of renovating our tiny "U" shaped kitchen that has only 2 walls with upper cabinets (9 cabinets total) due to EIK and pass thru to family room. Only one person can use the kitchen since the stove and and sink are so close.

The renovation plan is to take out the load bearing wall and post between kitchen and family room to make a larger kitchen area with a large 12ft long island for eating, entertaining, homework, etc. The family room will move to a new addition space, just off the kitchen area, that was our large deck. We will also be updating our laundry room, off the kitchen, and include some space for kids shoes and backpacks.

This is our latest cabinet/appliance layout version, and it just does not feel right, yet. We need some help with cabinets and appliances layouts for the best workflow and traffic flow so 2 people can use this kitchen at the same time. We have done several cabinet layouts and tried several ways to maximize the usefulness of this large kitchen. The dining room is behind the oven wall, so we increased the door opening from 28in to 36in.

We have made appliance changes so that instead of a 36in cooktop, we will go with a 36in range and remove the wall oven from the island, too. We will have a 30in wall oven/microwave combo, standard dishwasher, and 36inch sink and 2 fridges, re-using our existing standard depth side by side and adding a cabinet depth french door fridge at the other end of island.

So, please give us your suggestions and input so we can make this our dream kitchen...

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