Please review my layout!
Kim Ladin
8 years ago
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Comments (2)mrich, Ideally, you would put your tomatoes on the north side. Zucchini doesn't really climb. You might place the cutting flowers along the border. Looks like the long sides are east and west which makes placement a bit difficult. Ususally want to plant the tallest plants to the north and then step them down toward the south. Shortest plants to the south. Some thing like bush beans, cabbage, broccoli can take a bit of shade. Keski...See MoreRecessed Light Experts PLEASE review my layout
Comments (2)Here's a 'slightly' better drawling, but I still can't get the scale right. Currently, there is NO art or anything on the wall. That's why I was thinking of using gimbals to wall wash until I got something to accent on the walls (maybe some pictures, a shelf, or a painting??? The wife is working on that) My current plan is to use some 5" Halos at Lowes for around $15. And for the 3" cans I'm thinking: Halo 3" H36RTAT line voltage with Halo 3009's Gimbals for the wall washing / accent lighting and Halo 3001's Pinhole or Slot Aperature in front of the TV (though, I'm really not sure how Slot Aperatures are intended to be used) The 3" and 5" lights will be on seperate dimmers. What do you think?????? My ceiling is off white, what color trims should I use? Thanks...See MorePlease review my ''final'' layout
Comments (17)Hi, Thanks for the amazing feedback! And I thought I was nearly there! arlsomum : I have no idea how I am going to handle blind corners - they make me feel a tiny bit sick when I think of them. I have looked into Magic corners and the peanut shaped thing - not sure about how well these work and how sturdy they are. My current corner is an IKEA "double swing door" that opens to one large cavity. It actually works quite well for me because I keep my bulky, long term storage stuff down there and only go in there once a week. It is also a kind of oubliette for impulse purchases of useless gadgets and food we knew we didn't like when we bought it. I won't be able to do that this time because I have the D/W on the left and the pull-out trash on the right. Hmm.. this needs more thought. I have done two more layouts, taking on board the advice. I made the cabinets taller and put in a cabinet above the fridge. Loving the vertical tray storage... currently have 10-15 trays stacked in a drawer and hate sifting through them. The shelves above the sink are higher and out of my face now (thanks!) and I really like hollysprings pic of the sink and incorporated that into the plan. The only difference between the 2 plans is the sacrifice of some open shelving to an upper cab. I don't mind it,.. I think. I would like quite a bit of open storage as I have a large collection of copper I would like to have out and they really would fill the open shelves (and more). Having said that, a closed upper would be more flexible storage. I will have to think about that one too. I also started thinking about wood shelves vs painted white. The wood seemed to work better next to the blue painted upper, for me. I can't put in windows by the range. The old plan may be slightly misleading as the house is an end of terrace so the other side of that wall is a pavement (sidewalk?). The view from the eating area is not strictly the garden :-( There are a few containers and herbs etc out there and a fence. You follow the path around along the fence to the garden out the back. Also, I cant modify the exterior appearance of the house at all because I am in a conservation area. Bah! :-( The lack of light has been my primary reason to make it feel as light as spacious as possible. Hence the open shelving, glass, lack of uppers, white. I have been thinking about this pull out pantry vs side pantry. Wife prefers the look of pull-out pantry but I am the cook and I think it's more of a PITA than the shallow side pantry. I would be in and out of that pantry during cooking a lot, all of my food is stored in glass jars and I think a big slide out pantry would rattle around and get on my nerves. I already have a pull-out IKEA cupboard that decides to slide out all by itself in the middle of the night and throw its contents onto the floor - so maybe I am unfairly biased. I like that the side pantry can also be for keys, notes, lists, etc. 2 doors make more sense from a traffic POV, but one door may be easier. hmm.. more thinking and measuring needed. I need to get more into liriodendron-style details for that one! I have rambled on enough. Thanks again for the great links, photos, advice!!...See MorePlease review my layout
Comments (12)when coming in from garage to mudroom then to narrow area, I would make a change. this is off your first plan from june 5...place the door from mudroom into kitchen at the lower end of wall [a move to the left] with a walkway that will be wider as the cabinets will be removed on left side..... the main work surface will be the window wall and order this setup at increased depth which is better for"baking", anyway. You will have one deeper run of counter and storage and a wider walkway behind. A family friend did a reno with such layout and the kitchen itself went into a long rectangular space that used to have a small table...it worked-it was cozy-this was their complete workingarea of kitchen mind you, BUT, there was no passage of traffic thru the space to other side to enter/exit. That is my concern with what you show-a lot of criss crossing with 2 walls of storage and work surfaces-a kitchen person or 2, and a "travelling through" person down the middle on this narrow aisle. With deeper storage you may still need to compensate some, so i would flank storage furthur down the wall around hood. The aisle wall that gets a clearance could have some shallow depth shelves between studs-not imposing on the walk aisle -can be done later with local carpenter.Is the island all you want it to be-the circle and all? I wouldn't segment your kitchen up anymore-keep as open as possible, and I wouldn't go into garage. You have separated rooms-as in formal dining/living/family room/etc so as open as the kitchen can be as in your 1st plan is how i would try to do it. Nice move with bath features yet set back thru a bit of passage-sustainable living for "getting mature" phase of life. Not sure about laundry upstairs tho-never lived with that. I need a lot of "piling and folding" space and drip dry/etc.It's in the basement....See MoreKim Ladin
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