Kitchen layout - any better options?
Janelle Van
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Are there any other layout options
Comments (8)I should apologise, even tho you couldn't hear me. When I saw that pie-crust sofit, I lol'd myself. I don't think there's a lot without doing attacking walls. The kitchen area is about 8.5 x 16, right? And you have four door openings and two windows. So these are some ideas... Part of how you could use the sunroom is by recessing a cabinet/appliance wall into that area. This doesn't seem worthwhile, but its a thought to remember if you see a floor plan opening for it. Another might be to move the garage doorway north so it aligned with the opening from the kitchen. If the dining room door moves north too, a nice long corridor has been established instead of the ping-pong feel of the existing path. It permits a longer cabinet run on the range side. Moving the dining room door is the most "bang-4-buck" change you can make - but it still doesn't get you a kitchen hangout place. Another thought is to remove the living room/dining room wall completely - use the current range run space (with extended space) as an island with sink and move the range onto the ref wall. You get a great hang out space. Depends on how open you want to be.. The real budget buster idea is to remove the wall between the kitchen and sunroom completely. Flatten that space by cutting off the sticky-out towards the foyer part of the kitchen with the problematic sink window AND removing the doors on that end of the sunroom replacing the slider with a counterheight window. Perhaps make that a walk thru pantry/laundry room or a bar-pantry. You don't actually gain all that much (kitchen becomes 8 x 21 with a 3 foot walkway added on one side). If our places were reversed, I might spend some time steeping in 1950's haute design. A lot of 50's kitchens were well thought out, innovative and compact....See MoreWhich is a better kitchen cabinet option for a family with little kids
Comments (26)I'd say(probably repeating some posts)..in order of preference -stain -good quality thermofoil -painted Some people are harder on things than others, age doesn't matter. My teenage son moves around and things stay the same. And everything's on its place. My older daughter is a storm coming-she has many redeeming qualities, but yes, she moves-and all the house seems to move with her:) My husband is a natural -whatever can be scratched will be scratched, whatever can be spilled will be spilled, whatever knife or fork can bump into these cabinets, they will, and as he's a night owl I won't find it until the morning..he'll think he cleaned too, but I'd have to redo it with less chance to successfully remediate. On another hand-I'm grateful to have an amazing husband who helps me with cooking so much. So i bite my tongue for the most part. Also different kids have different motor skills. I knew two little girls (two and a half year each). Both very sweet and not unruly at all. One inherited her father's genes probably(he was a gymnast) Never I saw a child moving and jumping so.. precisely. She had crazy skills. she was like a monkey. I don't know how she figured distance between her and the object. She fell only once during a course of a year. Another little girl was somehow naturally clumsy..she would stumble upon things or just fall, up to several times a day sometimes. Luckily her sunny personaity prevented her from being constantly upset about it..but yes, she needed to be watched over much more. For her own good. She was more accident-prone kid....See MoreStuck on awkward kitchen layout - better to switch with dining??
Comments (3)2 questions - do you need that closet in the hall by the bedrooms and can you relocate the waterheater? Maybe you can do a twist on this idea? You could fit a narrow island ( 24 - 25" ) or do storage and a peninsula. I would suggest finding a kitchen designer so they can put these ideas into the computer and give you 3 d renderings. Its the best way for you to "see" what will work for your space. Good luck!...See MoreSeating depth at kitchen island ... which option is better?
Comments (31)You also need to consider the counter support that is needed in the design of the cabinets. The requirements for support are any granite over 10”, and any quartz over 13” can not be cantilevered. There is also the 2/3 -1/3 rule for cantilevers. 2/3 of the cabinets must be covered with stone, in order for it to extend 1/3. If the extension is beyond 1/3, you need physical support. If you want that cute table look with legs for your overhang, all of those pieces have to fit with the back of the island design. The storage on the back can’t interfere with the support realities. The supports have to come first. The invisible steel brackets still need attachment points, and can only be used to extend out so far, because of the 2/3-1/3 rule....See Moresheloveslayouts
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