Mtdoug, I'm happy that you like plan C and hope that your wife likes it as well. Agree that Robotropolis did a fantastic job. Here are some additional thoughts for tweeking "C" plan: 1. Since your dining room is large, you have the option of putting your snack area in there with a "wet bar" sink, an undercounter fridge, and a mini microwave. Shelves on brackets could go above. Other snacks, paper plates, etc. could be placed in decorative baskets on the shelves yet keep the mess out of view. This would allow the placement of a chair in the kitchen with it's back against that 41" wall space. Replace that larger sink with a small work table for sit down prep. With your good view there, you could even have the chair on castors to directly face the window and then move back to the corner when not in use. Where the small sink is in plan C, enlarge it and place a dishwasher to the left of the sink. Recycle can be placed on the wall next to the small prep table. A floor to ceiling pantry could be to the left of the recycle, in the left corner on the wall. 2. I would think another option is to place more storage or the pantry in the dining room rather than the entry. To give it more of a dining room look, pull out drawers could be in the lower portion and doors with textured glass that obscures (or gathered curtains inside the door) for shallow 12" uppers. That arrangement would make it flexible for resale with options for new owners. 3. To the right of the stove (cooktop?), you can either have an Easy Reach corner wall cabinet or a 27" diagonal corner wall cabinet. Most people on GW prefer the Easy Reach because it's better if two cooks are in the kitchen with more access to the counter. The advantage of the diagonal is that it stores a great deal more if after market D-shaped Super Susans (on ball bearings) are added to allow easy access to the far reaches of the back cabinet. The add ons are very reasonably priced. I'm a one person kitchen and desperately needed that storage so love my diagonal cabinet. See what your wife prefers, consider your top priority, and perhaps look at both types of cabinets in the showroom. Edited to add that I have a 36" diagonal base cabinet with two Super Susans below the 27" diagonal wall cabinet. This combination provides additional counter and prevents the upper from being "in your face." This combination works in a one cook small kitchen when storage needs to be maximized. Also, I don't like the added care that's needed with bifold doors on cabinets that get frequent use. In my other corner is a 33" Easy Reach base cabinet with bifold doors that is used for trash. Unfortunately, there was no room for a trash pullout in my kitchen, and I did not want trash under the sink. This obviously works only with one or two, and only kitchen trash goes here. There are no Super Susans in this cabinet, just shelves. Garbage that could have an odor goes in the freezer for trash day. I have a small plastic trash container on both the upper and lower shelf. Baking pans and large cooker are also stored vertically in that cabinet. The bottom line is that you and your wife need to plan what's going into each cabinet to determine which types of cabinets best meet your needs. 4. The 6" base vertical "spice drawers" work well in a small kitchen if you have a 6" space available and are short on drawers. These are 6" x 6" x 22"d that are available unfinished outside of Ikea. These hold all my "junk drawer" items such as large cooking spatulas, pizza cutter, ice cream scoop, long parchment paper box, rolling pin, etc. It's been interesting to read about your progress and issues that need to be addressed. I hope you will allow GW to follow your progress as you bring your long awaiting plans to completion. It's obvious that a great deal of thought has gone into your planning. This post was edited by Texasgal47 on Sun, May 4, 14 at 11:20

A good friend of mine had a foursquare are redid her kitchen. Her floor plan is not the same - but she also wanted to keep the character of her home. She does have a large doorway between dining room and kitchen. The wall is not gone, but the two rooms flow into each other. Her cabinetry on the left hand wall is shortened in depth - not quiet as deep as regular lower cabinets and there are no appliances on that wall. I don't have any great ideas, but a large opening between the dining and kitchen would not mean taking a wall down but would allow the dining room to be used for all eating and the entire remodel space for a kitchen. You could consider the sink under the higher window and the range between windows as long as they are not too close together - you need space between to prep and work. If you want to go with a vintage look to flow with the rest of the home, you could have a sink base "cabinet" made to support an apron front sink and no back that could go in front of the low window It would have a curtain instead of doors, or possibly doors with radiator vent panels. I don't know if that is possible with the radiator - want to be safe. I would consider a "short apron" Kohler Whitehaven to get a more vintage look. The curtain allows access to the lower part of the window for cleaning. You could put the sink between the windows and do a curtained counter over the low window. Many have mentioned they like looking out of the window while they prep more than while they wash up. Curtained sink base: Radiator cover doors:

You wouldn't need to remove the whole wall--just widen the cased opening with a new header above (which is why I left the remnant of the wall--to support the header and provide space for a shallow pantry cab). Also, behind the exterior door, you wouldn't need to open the wall--I suggested using the stud bays to add storage, but you have space for a tall shallow cabinet. I realize your plan might not be exact, but you show no filler between the fridge and the wall to the right, which means the fridge door will not open fully, and maybe not even to 90 degrees, in order to pull out the crispers. You can check the specs on your model, to make sure. You probably don't have that issue now, since it looks as if the fridge door opens away from the wall, in its current orientation. To the right of the range, you could use a cabinet which opens to the side, and then extend the countertop to the edge of the door frame, but you probably wouldn't be able to case it. I wonder if you could use the existing chimney to vent the range on that wall?

Hello. Can someone please offer me some advice for this kitchen layout. 1. The house was built before 1920. There was a flood and all house dates were dated 1920 so I'm not sure when it was built but it's old and small. We do own the home. I love this house even in all its imperfections and I love how small it is. I have no desire to have a large kitchen. I love having my kitchen table right in the middle when I'm cooking. 2. The wall between the kitchen and living room is a load bearing wall. The wall between the mudroom and the pantry is a load bearing wall as well. 3. The window has to stay. I love the window and I would love to have a window seat with my dining table. I know it will be used. I already sit in a chair there at the table several times a day. 4. The pantry doorway can't be moved and neither can the mudroom doorway. The bathroom doorway would preferably stay there although it could be moved. It's the only bathroom in the house and with three kids we want it close to our master bedroom and close to the entrance of the kitchen so the kids don't have to walk all of the way through the kitchen. 5. Our stove/oven is 30inches. Our sink is 33inches. Our fridge is 30inches. 6. Any layout will be better than what we have now. The layout I have planned the sink and stove is 7ft apart. I understand this isn't desirable but like I said anything is better. I have thought about putting the stove where the fridge is in the plan and the fridge where the stove is but I'm not sure if I like the fridge sticking out there. Any advice is welcome. Thank you!