Layout PIP- seeking assistance with appliance placement++
Lauren0319
7 years ago
We are getting closer to finalizing our kitchen layout! Main goal of this big reno was to open the space up and gain an eat-at island. (I will not have as many bar stools at the KD has pictured, namely I'll won't have one next to the trash and will likely add another lower cabinet/drawer box.)
D/W and trash will be flip flopped as we're all right handed.
KD originally planned for a big slide in range. I am dead set on a 36" induction cooktop, so the oven does not have to go under the cooktop. I'm wondering if it would be better positioned under the microwave. Then best place for warming drawer? Under oven for a stack of 3 appliances? Or under cook top? Or.....? Thoughts on oven placement? What would you prefer, under cook top or under microwave? fwiw, our kitchen is basically a 1 chef kitchen. I do all the cooking inside and hubby does the grilling outside.
Second question- slide out pantry next to frig. Do you think that is the best use of the space? Main pantry will be in the laundry room.
Third question- an appliance we use multiple times a day is our toaster oven. This is an appliance that will stay on our counter top. This is the one I have- Cuisinart Toaster Oven It's substantial. It just dawned on me that with this new layout it will be quite visible. It can only be on the left or right of the cooktop. Most likely next to the microwave. (right now it's in the corner where the broom closet is going.) I don't think it can go in the appliance garage bc the heat would be bad for the cabinets, right? Thoughts on where we would put this? Honestly I'm probably fine with it sitting out. I just want to take it into consideration since we use it daily.
Many thanks for any ideas, feedback given!
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cpartist
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Old house kitchen layout - assistance requested
Comments (27)I'd probably work with this latest plan[1st one in last post] If the 2 units fit[W/D], put them under the window by the back door. Leave more of the original lower wall[to the left of back door] and place more coat hanging/cubby hole/hook capacity on mudroom side...you'll want and need it...with the counter/cabs that wrap around on right of fridge,place 2nd small sink in corner or just after turn.Leave some space for a built in bench under 2nd window,closer to lower laundry set up. [with storage or cubbies underneath] I think you'd get more use from area to right of fridge with laundry setup more localized with coat storage and such down by back door. The bench off to the right will be used and look better than the view of w/d constantly under the windows in a prime visual line. This all depends on if W/D will fit under windows by back door. If so,think also about a corner cabinet with glass doors on wall in corner to right of fridge....with laundry positioned elsewhere, this becomes a spot where you get more value from a decorative cabinet. The other glass cabinet is okay,but I'd cut in and have counter between the upper and lower parts-you'll want a spot to set things with 2 passages entering kitchen just there. [I agree with above-move range over and have at least 12 in cab to the left of range]...but you still want some counter at that glass hutch cabinet. If you didn't need anything in positions 6,7,8 I'd see a great antique,smallish table set up in the floorspace-or the bench occupying the space under the 2 windows as seating for a table pushed over that way. Looks as though you're more into wrapping things around the entire perimeter.Be sure and save in budget for furniturefeet and trim/details[glass uppers]in a few spots at least to up the character quotient.It'll be nice with a great floor and valances or some treatment over the windows positioned in different spots-that will be a great theme carried throughout. It's hard to always see on paper but you can make it so appealing from the looks standpoint/that's why shifting the W/D down has benefit if you can do it....See MoreLayout ideas/assistance please...
Comments (36)DH here...Thank you everyone for your suggestions so far. I'm here to fill in some of the technical challenges we face. The soffit over the stove/window/slider contains waste pipes from bathroom above and vent for plumbing. Wall between kitchen and FR with cut-out is load bearing, so we may need a post there to support the wall between LR and FR. Directly below floor in aisle between island and stove are the hot water lines from the furnace to the Kitchen/FR/LR. As Pam (ptyles) mentioned the ceiling in basement is open due to water leak when we moved in. All plumbing from sink/DW go into basement utility room with open ceiling. We would like to keep a door to the deck from the kitchen. We use the deck and grill a lot, so we want easy access to the deck. I do like the idea of putting the cooktop on the outside wall for venting. (we made a mistake in our last kitchen remodel with venting, and we learned our lesson). We keep going back and forth on island/peninsula. We were spoiled by having a 6' island with room for 5 seats in our last house, so we're having trouble getting past that. We're close though :)...See MoreLayout Help and Finishes Assistance
Comments (37)Blast, I'd typed a message, hit the wrong key and it went away! Argh!! Try, try again. I'm good with spatial and function aspects of kitchens but I stumble when it comes to design advice so I'm hoping that others chime in, too. I love the stained lowers/white painted uppers look so that gets my vote but you can't go wrong with your other choice. And actually, now that I look at Plan E, the only uppers you'd have that could be painted white and could also have glass are the ones on the top wall - the 60" section. All other cabinetry on the perimeter is tall storage (pantry) or oven column. I'm afraid that having only one small section of white painted uppers will look unbalanced, like you ran out of cherry cabs and made do with something else. So you may be better off going with cherry perimeter and white island. You can lighten the look of all that cherry on the perimeter with glass fronted uppers in that 60" section. However, think about what you'll store in them so that form doesn't trump function. If you look at Giada's TV kitchen, the frost glass does obscure items but color still shows through. When you say tall cabinetry, are you referring to the pantry? Or do you mean uppers that sit on the counter? If the latter, they are usually shallower than the base and have a drawer at the bottom. That way you can have items on the counter in front and still open the cab doors. You could do one of these in part of that 60" section but I think I prefer only uppers here. It's a balance thing again. One upper with glass, one upper to the counter with glass, each the only one of its kind in the kitchen. If you had more uppers, then I'd say, go with a to-the-counter unit. If you look at Giada's TV kitchen again, you might see what I mean about balance. Have you discovered houzz.com yet? Gobs and gobs and gobs of kitchens just waiting for you to discover them. Seriously addictive. ;-) Ooh, I just did a search for "white upper cabinets" and found this stunner. [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/presidio-heights-condo-contemporary-kitchen-san-francisco-phvw-vp~65186) [contemporary dining room design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-dining-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_722~s_2103) by san francisco interior designer Artistic Designs for Living, Tineke Triggs It's the reverse of what you wrote - stained uppers with frosted glass, stained island, white lowers and white talls. You could easily do something similar - white uppers with frosted glass, white talls, cherry lowers and island. That would give you balance....See MoreSeek advice - Whats the best raised bed layout for my Backyard
Comments (11)Ok, I'm not sure I am reading your diagrams correctly so bear with me if I'm way off base. But it appears to me you are wasting a lot of space with so many paths, and overly narrow paths at that, just to have so many different beds. So my first question would be why so many beds? More beds is not necessarily more productive or more useful than fewer but bigger beds would be. Is the E-W directional placement of the beds what is limiting you? If so, then that isn't any sort of absolute "law". Lots of gardeners use N-S beds quite successfully and they can be easy to compensate for the direction by arranging plantings and crop rotation. And it would appear that in your case using a N-S orientation would allow for a much more effective use of space. 3' or 4' wide beds that could be 12, 14, or even 18 feet long. For example using Version 7 diagram, one 3x14 foot long bed could abutt up to the patio edge on one side and you'd have a 3' path between it and the green tree band on the east. Follow m? 1' wide paths are basically useless for any practical purposes and 2' paths aren't much better. You'll live to regret those narrow spaces. So on the south side, if you feel you MUST run E-w then combine some of those many tiny beds into fewer larger ones OR make 2 N-S beds that are 4'x-24' long with 3 foot wide paths all around. Much less wasted space, more growing space, essentially the same amount of fill required, and I would argue more attractive than having a bunch of tiny little beds crammed together. Make sense? Dave...See MoreLauren0319
7 years ago
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7 years agoLauren0319
7 years agoYes! Here is the view from the front door. Directly into the dining room. Kitchen is on the right. That wall will be coming down.
Lauren0319
7 years ago
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