New home kitchen design, seeking input!
Andrew W.
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Seeking Kitchen Design Input!
Comments (25)Hi All - Finally got the kids back to school yesterday, and had a moment to rework plans based on input - thank you! I was very tired Saturday night and probably shouldn't have gone online because I wasn't in the right frame of mind to accept the critiques!! My apologies, you are all so generous with your time and talent that I wanted to get that off my chest before anything else :) When I get to my office today I will try to scan my drawing and upload, but let me get the jist of what I have worked on out based on the original plan and your input. 1) reworked the powder room/pantry area to include w/d in the powder room (basically where pantry is) - the reason for the w/d on this level is because there is actually a basement level below this with two bedrooms/baths, and it is that laundry I don't want to carry up two floors to the other w/d. 2) moving the w/d gives me that whole space for a larger pantry - I will remove window there. 3) moved range down towards the window on the right as recommended, and increased space between range and sink. Also will have three windows on that side of range (I think, might make adjustments for shear wall) 4) ok, big decision made. I was silly to be insisting on eat-in area with dining room right there!!! I walked through the house and saw for myself that was short-sighted. So I am no longer stuck on that. 5) also walked through house and decided that my curved staircase was not only a big expense to build that I don't need, but interferes a bit with the kitchen - sooo 6) squared off stair wall and am thinking of something like upper/lower cabinets closest to dining room, then r/f (30"/24" respectively), then microwave in upper cabinet (more eye level) with lower below, then a prep sink??? , then a small counter which makes the turn where I can put two stools (can't quite let go of the eat-in!), and running the counter into the family room with perhaps a bev center or desk or something built on that wall. Any thoughts on that would be great, and I will try to upload my drawing (of course I did it on trace paper over plan, so it might be tough!!) But I will not give up - Thanks again!!...See MoreRemodel of my teeny kitchen - seeking input!
Comments (30)Wood floors - We put in natural Sassafras floors where the new kitchen is going - no stain - stain will DEFINITELY need touching up sooner than later in a kitchen. Sassafras is a light-colored wood with interesting grain, but it is soft (just barely harder than pine). Natural Maple is light-colored - very little grain though, so it is a more modern, clean look. Ambrosia Maple has character - worm holes and darker streaking. Where the new floor meets the antique Fir floor in the DR we will be adding a decorative strip between (probably Walnut and Ash). We hand-finished all our floors with Tung Oil; the benefit is that any wear-and-tear can easily be touched up with a bit of steel wool and new oil on just that area, rather than needing to re-do the entire floor. Search this forum for Tung Oil - there is one thread where I posted all the details on how to properly do it (April or March 2011). River rock tiles - the average price for those is about $10-$12 / sq.ft. Your link is in Polish Zloty, but I don't know the current exchange rate. I'm not Jewish, so I don't know the rules, but I agree that a small oven sucks! We have a 37" wide vintage Chamers Range, and the oven is SMALL! If I cannot get a separate baking center (where the laundry is supposed to go), we'll be putting one extra 30" electric wall oven under the counter in the island. Not so convenient, but a necessary evil - we NEED the counterspace, so wall ovens are out in our small kitchen. My kitchen is an "L" with an island - open fully on two sides to DR and FR; the cab walls are only 12' and 13'6" long. I am still able to fit a separate 33" fridge and 33" freezer, an extra 27" 3-burner electric cooktop with storage below, the 37"w Chambers range, one smaller 21-24"w sink with double dish-drawers next to the range, and a large 36"w sink for pots and pans and prep (next to compost drawer) on the island. Both sinks will be at least 9" deep, the smaller one maybe 12" deep because that will be the dish sink. Do you need 2 separate dishwashers? What about a double dish-drawer unit? They take up less aisle space when open, and for us the benefit is that smaller loads can be done more often, rather than waiting to fill up a standard D/W and running out of coffee mugs and spoons in the meantime ;)...See MoreNew Kitchen - Design need Input
Comments (62)yeah, I can see it how it gets tight. I like space on both sides when cooking. As far as priorities I would say 1. kitchen should have a great center focus whether its the sink/window or stove/hood. Everything should line up and be proper. 2.Proper space for all pots/pans/garbage/cups and glasses. So good mix of drawers and cabinets. Not too crazy with so many top cabinets. 3. Fit all appliance sizes 36 fridge at min, 36 stove, 24 dish, i could do away with double ovens. Microwave for sure, and if possible wine cooler smallest size. 4. Counter space is important. might be #2 priority really. 5. Lighting natural and otherwise. 6. Island seating for 4, but then I also remember most of my friend's islands and they just put stools where the island is, no space for knees, I don't want to sacrifice the dining room like we discussed earlier. Everything is important! However also consider ikea cabinets vs custom. The kitchenkraft is about the same price, but the custom is about 3x as much in the original design....See MoreSeeking design input on U-shaped kitchen - lots of details provided!
Comments (29)Would you keep the cabinet next to the window if you used corner shelves? I would, and I'd also put a cabinet on the fridge side. You could also put the wine rack adjacent to that cabinet, a better location for it than as a base cabinet. Here are some narrow cabinets with attached shelves. 15" should be the minimum width for a wall cabinet. Here they've done a good job of integrating shelves next to a fridge with upper cabinets. The accent color paint is a really nice touch. I would build the fridge cabinet with a 36" counter depth fridge in mind. There will be fewer 30" choices in the future. Eliminating the 6" base wine rack would give you room for a 36". I'd also consider an 8-12" deep pantry that butts up to the side of the fridge with double doors opening in front of the doorway. A shallow side pantry is easier to store in than a counter depth pantry and is cheaper than a pull-out pantry. By using a side pantry, you could move the fridge down several inches and get more breathing room in your breakfast corner. You'll feel less squeezed in between the corner and the regular depth fridge. The side pantry could have open shelves up top for pottery or cookbooks....See MoreFlo Mangan
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