kitchen reno layout - HELP!!
We are renovating our kitchen but my husband and I are in disagreement on the best layout - island versus table, and how to keep it open looking and not filled with wall to wall cabinets. There are 5 in our family, we do also have a formal dining room, but do like to have quick meals in the kitchen.
Our kitchen is 12.3x16.3. We are planning to open up the wall into the living room - its a load bearing wall so we do have to have a post in the middle and a short wall near the end of the kitchen. We have a patio door going into our sunroom - but are not opposed to making the door smaller. We've also considered opening up the non load bearing wall by the stairs so that we can see our dining room (either a cut out or opening the wall - there are 2 stairs up from the back door and landing area so we'd have to leave at least 5 or 6 feet from that end of the wall). We've bought new appliances - 36" fridge, 30" stove and 24" dishwasher.
This is our current design...
Some designs....
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Joss
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PROJAN MOYER
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Comments (3)That looks like a load bearing wall. Do you know if it can come down? Could always try beams and columns but you'll probably want/need a structural engineer/architect if that is required. Counter depth looks too off in the blind corner-- 24" is standard (plus typically 1.5 for counter edge) You have pretty well seperated prep, cook and wash up zones but you might want to consider swapping the fridge and the sink/dw if moving the plumbing isn't too costly. Would put the fridge closer to the family room allowing drinks/snacks without interrupting the cooking zone. You might also consider moving the trash or adding trash under the sink base (accomplished with an offset drain and pull out if the base cab is large enough). Hard to tell if you plan to have pantry storage anywhere or not. Island seems really long you might want to tuck a beverage fridge on the end if you don't want to move the fridge and provide easy access from the family room and dining area....See MoreLayout help needed--bumpout reno
Comments (32)I'm finally back---I've been a bit bummed as it looked like the reno wasn't going to be a go but our contractor got back to us with preliminary pricing and a start date, mid-July! We'll be meeting with them next week. We've got the financing in place with the bank. He's hoping to have the concrete poured and the addition framed by the beginning of August. We are on a time-line as we'll be living in our trailer and can only do that until mid-October at the latest. He'd like us to consider his Mennonite cabinet maker who does nice work (our contractor does the install) I do want to see some examples that aren't oak, however. I still haven't ruled out IKEA Adel cabinets but with the 5 hour drive to the nearest one, I'm not sure if the cost savings will be as large as it is for some people. Not a quick drive with 2 small children. The contractor is really good about accommodating special requests, my sister-in law's parents are very short and elderly and he installed pull down uppers for them. He seems to be able to tweak nearly anything. I had to laugh, his wife and partner is excited to work on our house as she likes my vision for it (Craftsmen inspired). Apparently every time they pass a home with elements of Craftsmen she makes him pull over to look at it and she says 'see? THAT is the feel Stacy wants'....See MoreKitchen reno 3 yrs ago Now unhappy about layout?
Comments (2)I am so sorry... :( Is there anything that can be done to help it? Could you post some pictures... if nothing else maybe we could point out the positives for you? Also, bear in mind that probably every single person finds some little or big thing after the fact that they'd do differently so you are not alone....See MoreAdvice on medium size kitchen layout for big reno
Comments (2)It's always best to post the pictures here, it makes it much easier for everyone to see what's going on and relate the pictures to your comments....See More
jossplante
6 years agoWe have gone to a couple of places, but after discussing with them we had the thought of taking out part of the wall between the kitchen and dining room (by the stairs).
Not sure if this design would still work if we wanted to take out part of the wall...
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