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Mudroom/Kitchen addition plans reattempted

8 years ago

After some very helpful feedback here regarding my initial plans, I've been somewhat back to the drawing board and was hoping for some input before I meet with my contractor next week and start approaching the changes will be difficult and costly stage of the project.


In quick recap, we are putting a 2 story addition on our 110 year old home. We've lived here 4 1/2 years and don't plan to move. We have 3 kids (5,4,2) and no plans for more. The two major problems with our home are a lack of master bedroom storage and an outdated kitchen that is also our family's main entrance into the home. This leads to a ton of clutter. Fortunately, the kitchen is right under the master and a "simple" rectangular addition has the potential to solve both problems.


We initially hired a design/build and several thousand dollars later we had very little to show, just basically a floor plan which wasn't all that great and a construction bid that was nearly 100k more than the initial stated budget. We fired them and hired another contractor, they have a designer/project manager as well. I'm confident they can do a good construction job, less confident they will give me the features/layout we want unless I know exactly what I want. Initially we had the mudroom as a separate room attached to the kitchen keeping the current exterior wall mostly intact, but after the feedback the kitchen was just a little too cramped for an island with seating and too much mudroom space was wasted. Turns out that removing the wall ain't cheap, but isn't cost prohibitive given the scope of the project. So now the concept I have is a mudroom which flows with the kitchen and is a separate space but not a separate room.


Anyway we really want


1) Storage and layout to avoid clutter (place for coats, shoes, backpacks, pull out trash/recycle, etc)


2) Relocating our effective main entry from the middle of the kitchen


3) A pantry


4) Double sink


5) 2 dishwashers


6) Get laundry out of the basement


Notes on appliances, finishes


*Ceiling height is at least 8.5', possibly 9' (currently we have a drop in the ceiling of kitchen compared to rest of house which can probably be eliminated)


*Thermador package appliances including 48" range + 30"/30" columns, appliances all integrated and paneled to match cabinets. 1 dishwasher will be the "free" thermador, the other considering dishdrawer vs a normal DW.


*Miele plumbed coffee


*Undecided on speed oven, I like the Bosch or advantium 240V but they are 30" which creates some issues stacking with the 24" coffee. Miele makes a 24" SO but I hate the knob controls. I think the touch screen one is okay, but very expensive and probably more annoying than one with normal buttons. The touchscreen would be an issue whenever my relatives are over for sure. The current drawing uses a 30"


*I'd like the pantry entrance to be look like its part of the wall of cabinets, saw that look online and love it.


*36" kohler cast iron farmhouse sink as main sink, the laundry sink will be a deep undermount


*planning for light grey cabinets with marble-ish quartz (or maybe quartizite) with a white arabesque + white grout tile backsplash. i think that will look good with the exposed brick behind the range.


*contractor typically uses a local custom cabinet person who is apparently a true custom shop, but I haven't met with them yet and I'm not locked into using them


*existing window in kitchen is being replaced, could theoretically be made larger but not smaller.


In addition to general feedback wondering if I should include upper cabinets on the wall that has the pots/pans drawers. I think I have enough storage without it and I've always liked the to the ceiling backsplashes and don't really have a place for that otherwise except for a small border around the window. If no cabinets there, would do a few open shelves for the more decorative and less used glassware, etc mounted on the backsplash.


Also I have the island centered on the range (rather than centered in the room) which only gives 42" of clearance to that near wall but there isn't that much stuff there so I thought that was okay and thought the extra aisle space was better on the fridge side.


The basic layout of the whole floor is attached, the dining room is currently a play room and we usually eat in the living room, but its likely going to a "casual" formal dining room after the addition.


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