Kitchen layout help...New build. All thoughts, ideas,etc welcome
Hi everyone
We are just designing our new home and need advice abt the kitchen.
Lots of flexibility here...home is being built for me and DH
We like to entertain. But Mainly 1 cook, me, lol. Hubby helps once in awhile as will guests
Goal is for a functional kitchen, to include breakfast bar/island to seat 4 people.
Standard appliances I.e. Kenmore 30" range, 36" fridge, dishwasher and microwave. Nothing high end.
Prefer to use pantry rather than expensive kitchen cabinets. Prefer Drawers for dishes, pots, cutlery etc. Minimal upper cupboards.
Kitchen is open to great room and is a place to hangout. Informal for sure. We do not have formal dining room.
Question...can I possibly move the stove to the other wall, center the sink and leave the fridge where it is? Thus, the sink will be in between fridge and stove.
Thank you so much
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Comments (33)I usually agree with Sophie, but in this case, I have to respectfully disagree. Mama Goose explained why very well. IMHO, this is a pretty good layout - assuming the aisles are wide enough and the refrigerator is installed properly (see Chicagoans post). I would add a trash pullout to the island either next to the prep sink or at the end of the island next to the Cleanup Zone. If you can afford the cabinet space, I'd recommend a 2-bin in the island for prepping/cooking for trash & recycling and at least a 1-bin in the Cleanup Zone for trash. ... DW in the prep space... With the DW too close to the Prep and Cooking Zones, it makes it difficult to have someone cleaning up or unloading the DW while someone else is preparing a meal. Dirty dishes sitting next to or in the sink also make it more difficult to prep -- moving dishes around on the counter to free up counterspace for prepping or having to move dishes out of the sink to be able to wash veggies, drain pasta, etc. I am one of those people Mama Goose mentions who thinks it's distasteful to have their post-meal or snack dirty dishes sitting on the island front and center and on display for all to see. Not everyone immediately loads the DW so there are never, ever dishes stacked next to the sink (and most who say they do probably do not in reality -- my mom and a friend both claim they do this -- but I can personally testify that neither of them really do! There are frequently dishes from throughout the day sitting next to their sinks. The reality is that they do it immediately after dinner, but that's it.) I cook a lot and I would hate it if my DW were in the island and in my way! In the end, it's up to each person, but most people will find that separating the Prep and Cooking Zones from the Cleanup Zone works better than putting all three primary zone in one small space, especially when there is so much room overall!...See More
autumn.4
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoIf you leave the stove and put the sink and DW on the outside wall then you would keep your cooking area free of traffic. It's also close to the dining area for settingand clearing dishes. Your dish storage could go above the dishwasher.
Or you could put your DW in the island across from the sink as well.
If you don't have a sink in your island I am wondering if you could do a square and you could have seating on 2 sides which is better for conversation etc. I am not sure what the measurement is though.
Leaving the stove as is would protect your triangle a little bit better. If you put the stove on that wall people would be constantly crossing you to get to the sink, DW, what have you.
Hopefully one of the experts will chime in with more detail.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoLove stone homes thanked mama goose_gw zn6OHmama goose_gw zn6OH
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI interpreted the box to the right as a clean-up sink(red circle), and sink on the island as a smaller prep sink, since that seems logical and more functional to me, but I might be wrong. There I was, giving an architect credit for designing a functional kitchen. ;)
ETA, the plan that autumn added is what I had in mind, but with a prep sink on the island.
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sheloveslayouts
7 years agoI was thinking it might be useful to have a pocket door or opening directly across from the pantry. In this layout, the open dishwasher would block that doorway, but that probably wouldn't bother me since there are other ways to get into the kitchen. Like so...
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