What style range hood would look best in kitchen? Awkward layout..HELP
alishaes
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Jerry Jorgenson
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Comments (3)I do stirfries also, my experience is having something that will capture the steam - which there is a lot of, all of a sudden - works a lot better than one that's flat where what can't be sucked out will just bounce off into the room. In other discussions, it seems like you need a lot of CFMs to be able to have smaller wells....See MoreWhich Wood Range Hood would be best?
Comments (7)The first two aren't deep enough to provide good capture area. And have issues with inserts fitting unless you buy the ones from the cabinet company. And they are a pain to install. The latter two are more functional if they are the minimum 36" width. But, their height and bulk tends to dominate a kitchen with 96" height, and they have to have the top piece trimmed12-18" to get them to the required 30" above the range needed by a wood hood and still have room for crown. Really, none of them work that well in your space. You should look at a 36" stainless chimney hood. It'll be cheaper as well....See MoreLooking for layout help on 'fast' kitchen remodel - please!
Comments (16)Aisle size/Island spacing: 42" is still narrow for seating, but since that's not a traffic aisle, not too bad maybe? Actually, that is a major thoroughfare through the kitchen....from what I can tell on the layout, it's the only way to the rest of the house from the Mudroom & Laundry Room. It'll either be that aisle or the other side of the island...crossing every single work zone! Remember what I said about skimping on overhang? It won't help your aisle situation. People will still take up the same amount of room sitting at the island if you have 9", 12", or 15" of overhang. What differs is how close they can comfortably sit to the counter edge. The shallower the overhang, the less comfortable it will be. Yes, you may be 5' or less and have short legs, but you have a DH over 6' and I can't imagine it's comfortable for him... I'm 5'10" and I find my friend's 12" overhang uncomfortable to sit at...if I want to be close to the counter edge, I have to either straddle the peninsula or sit sideways. If you have your visitors sitting sideways, then you increase the linear space they take up....from 24" per person to 36" or more per person (so, a 6' counter would only fit 2 seats, not 3)! My 6'5" DH with short legs (he has a long body) won't even sit at our friend's peninsula b/c he finds it so uncomfortable. He actually wishes we had gone w/an 18" overhang...but at least he's willing to sit at the 15" overhang. However, it's your kitchen and if you're convinced it will work for you and your family, then fine. You've heard the cons to it and have accepted them (if they even apply to you)...so you're going in with your eyes open. Pantry...I would reduce the depth to no more than 15"...we had 18" shelves in our old pantry and things were forever getting lost in the back. 18" is pretty deep. In our new pantry, most of the shelving is 12" deep and all of my small appliances except the toaster oven fit in those shelves. Yes, the breadmaker is sideways, but that's the only one. We do store our KA stand mixer on the counter, but I think it would also fit sideways on a 12" deep shelf. MW/convection oven...I think you'll find they need a 24" deep cabinet. They may be 21" deep, but then you need air clearance & outlet space. That's an outside wall, so you may not be able to recess the plug into the wall so it doesn't take up extra space. To be sure, check the specs of your chosen oven. I will say this, I'd rather see the side of the refrigerator w/decorative door panels from the LR & DR than the front of it. I'm not saying the front is horrible, I'm just saying if I had a choice, that's what I would pick. However, it's up to you. I'm a functionality first, aesthetics second person for the most part, so I like the refrigerator closer to the DR & LR so snackers aren't walking through the kitchen while I'm trying to work with narrow aisles...PLUS, there's so much more work & landing space around the......See MoreWhich range hood style looks better? Any other ideas?
Comments (44)tamileeb: I've had mine for about 3 years now and I do like cooking on it. The only thing I didn't like was how those daisy burners concentrated the heat in the center of the pan, but I got a 20$ cast iron enameled heat diffuser ring from Amazon and that solved the problem. If you do a turkey for Thanksgiving, you should try it with the gas turned off. Preheat @ 500 for 20 mins, then turkey in and leave the gas on for about 15 more minutes (going from memory here) shut it down and let 'er go. I think I had to re-fire it after 3 hrs for about 10 minutes or so but I figure I cooked a 20# turkey with about 45 minutes of gas. Pretty amazing stuff. I'm liking the shape of that last hood, too. Think it's getting close!...See Morealishaes
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