Urgent: need final changes for cooktop wall cabinet configuration
7 years ago
The design of this cooktop wall has been a challenge for me because quite frankly it's too long in length and I don't really need all the storage in that space for cooking.
My other areas have ample storage for their needs (prep, pantry, dish storage, etc.
Here are my requirements for the cooktop wall, can you please help me get the perfect cabinet configuration? Need to get final changes to contractor by Tues morning:
- storage for pots pans and cooking utensils right under the cooktop
-chefs drawer for oils and larger spices
-spice rack in drawer for small spices
-drawers for towels, trivets
-storage for baking items (mixer attachments, mixing bowls, etc). I don't currently bake from scratch much except for pizza, but my husband and I would like to learn bread baking.
We have a spot in the appliance garage for a kitchen aid mixer that we will purchase. Other than that, I don't know what sort of storage is best for baking supplies.
Please help me with ideas on how to divide the drawers. Basically I have 36" on each side of cooktop to configure. The right side I would like a spice drawer and chefs drawer (12" deep). My top drawers are all internal dimension of 5"
This is the layout of the adjacent wall to the left. The appliances will all be behind closed doors
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please review my kitchen design - not urgent but hope to hear
Comments (23)As requested earlier from Davidro who wanted to understand traffic flow, below is a whole house "sketch" which shows our first floor layout (upstairs is only a loft) and second diagram is where I'm at with regard to kitchen design after input from you guys and after Ikea consultant/designer who was at my home today gave as far as cabinets fitting. Also, from the earlier discussion, I had some confusion about whether I could relocate the washer/dryer to the hall. The contractor who visited today didn't have any problems with the relocation. It helps a lot that our foundation is "pier and beam". Moving plumbing around is a whole lot easier. New location of washer/dryer may be a bit claustrophobic in the hall way outside the bathroom but I only do laundry a couple times a week for short spurts. I'm in the kitchen a whole lot longer and since the relocation of washer/dryer is the only thing keeping me from having the kitchen layout I REALLY wanted from the beginning (barring the fact the pantry has gotten quite a bit smaller), I am a happy camper. I'm going to lie low a while and get our bathroom done and maybe a roof before I come back with any updates on the kitchen. And for anyone who is in doubt, the Ikea prices for all cabinets is half of what price was quoted for Innermost cabinets by Home Depot. And the Ikea quote includes several of the appliances though I'm not sure yet if that is how I will really go. But cabinets -yes - their prices are too good to pass up. The money we save can go for the bathroom we're getting that has a curbless shower, and several other expensive details which Ikea can't help us out on. I'll still be listening but hopefully everyone can see the aisles around the island are considerably wider (maybe even too wide with my feet problems). If I need more pantry space, I'm fairly sure that several of the drawers in the main part of the kitchen will not all be used so I can use them for pantry space spill over if there is any. THANKS AGAIN (though I will definitely be back - still need to pick out countertop/backsplash/flooring/hoodOverCooktop and make decisions about appliances..) And since I haven't marked it well, let me explain that there are upper cabinets on either side of the cooktop and also to the left of the fridge. No uppercabinets on the sides of the "cleanup sink" with the large 6 foot wide window. Think I may wait until kitchen is done and probably install some open floating shelves on either side of cleanup sink - more for esthetics than function but I think I can wait until the last minute for that. (Maybe even some art work...)...See MoreNeed urgent help with layout and cabinet design!
Comments (2)You did great with the images! If its possible to post a floor plan of the cabinets, people commenting will be better informed. For example, it's not possible to know spacing from looking at a 3d view - they are wildly deceptive at trying to figure out stuff like how wide the aisles are. 3D views are good for checking elevations and mass. I am a critical person, so hang in there! I'm not trying to be snarky - except in fun. I'm saying all this stuff so you know and can choose well. The very first thing that hit me is there needs to be a relationship between the height of the windows and the heights of the cabinets (matching heights and perhaps a small crown on the windows). Can your windows be taller? Also, I'm not sure there's any reason why the one wall cabinet on the sink side is taller? The micro, the ovens, the pantry and the ref form the Bermuda triangle of doors. The oven and pantry doors can collide and using one prevents using the other. The oven and ref doors can collide and using one sometimes prevents using the other. The micro door looks like it can hit a seated person. I'm not really sure what will happen when people are seated at the island while you're trying to finish up a meal? Between the ref doors and the micro and the seated person, how much room is left for the chef to get to the ref and take something out? As I said above, its not possibly to evaluate the aisle widths, but you'd need something like a 5' aisle on that side to accommodate all that stuff and actually be able to use it. This is a crazy thing to say, but partly because a lotta stuff is piled up together in that corner, I think there is a lot of walking attached to this design. People who want something to drink have to walk around the island to dish storage and walk around the island to the ref and then go back to their place. The chef gotta walk to the ref, at least half the time back to the sink, over to the island for prep and then to the cooktop. So I wonder if dish storage and ref and micro could be on the same face of the island. I wonder if clean up should be moved to the longer run of counters and storage that wraps the outer corner. I wonder if the island needs a sink? Because without it, I wonder if you'll use the island much. I realize that your answer on moving the cleanup sink might be horrors! But, as you work in your current kitchen, notice how much of the time you're near the sink for preparation tasks versus actual cleaning of the dishes. Lastly, I wonder if the room could have more windows?...See MoreUrgent - Dark stain advice needed for Cherry cabinets
Comments (24)what is the wood species of your island....and what is the perimeter in your space? I think because it's the island, I might pick a slightly lighter stain and have them glaze it,as long as you have some detail for the glaze to lay on. For an island, this kind of a detail, not complicated to achieve ,would be actually easier at this point than the trial and error trying to find just the right pigment to"allow" grain toshow......and really on the island, being below counter, not sure it's going to be appreciated so much...up on the walls where light hits and your eyes naturally get the full on view is a different matter. It's just going to look dark below the counter once you go that dark with an all over stain.....so add café or dark bronze glaze to a medium-dark stain......easy!...See MoreQuick/urgent question about Miele induction cooktop installation
Comments (8)Thanks Dan and Rococo! I've got all those docs but still wanted to be sure as the installation guides for our 3 other Miele appliances are far more specific than the one for the cooktop. After sitting on hold with Miele for an hour, I gave up and called the service dept of the shop we bought from and they were able to tell me right away that it is hard wired, no receptacle required. So we are all set! Fyi, in our case the electrician, plumber and cabinet maker just prep the space, then Miele-trained technicians come in to do the final install. When they called a few minutes ago to confirm the appointment, they said its normal to have to fix things a bit (and they come ready with basic electrical and plumbing parts to do so) so not to worry too much about getting it all perfect but that they want it all in place as much as possible. Delivery is delayed but promised for 9 am tomorrow. I don't think I'll sleep tonight I'm so excited to unpack everything!...See More- 7 years ago
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Thoughts on these? I think the bottom one is where we are leaning. The left side of cooktop will be baking station and right side will be spices & misc pots, kitchen tools with the small bank of two being a chefs drawer for oils and bottom divided drawer for cutting boards.
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I like the 36" bank on the left. On the right I'd probably do a 15 and 21" or two 18's. The inside dimension of a 12" drawer is quite narrow. Another option is to put your chef's drawer in the second spot, and use the drawer above for spices. I'd put this right next to the cooktop. The other top drawer could be used for utensils/knives with a pullout below for baking sheets and cutting boards.
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