Feedback needed on kitchen layout
Unfortunately, I can’t get on board with a microwave below in the island. I use it too much to be bending down, and I just think I’d hate it. So the microwave continues to be a sore thumb. I am almost considering just shoving it above the range where it’s functional and being done with it.
Floor plan attached & 2 kitchen layout options. Any feedback is much appreciated.
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6 years agoValerie Iosue
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Comments (9)how many formats have you drawn up without the peninsula? One note as well, there is no patio door....is it true the only passages to other rooms are down from fridge and next to range...[nothing going outside??].As per rosie, once you eliminate peninsula, I would look at range placed between two windows on long wall, a rearrangement of sink and fridge, but you'd gain the several feet on inside wall.... down from fridge.....place a small sink there and a slightly smaller cleanup sink further up on long wall,for example. The reason I might do it without peninsula is the fact of the closed space....especially banquette end,,,,,and I would want a lot of options with banquette table/bench and chairs around it.....the peninsula seating doesn't provide you with anything the banquette can't accomplish with it's variety and number of seating positions....It seems it will be a destination and I would want to maximize that....See MoreI need feedback on my new kitchen layout!
Comments (16)KA mixer in an upper cabinet? I don't know about you, but mine is much too heavy to be an upper cabinet! You really shouldn't put heavy items in an upper cabinet -- if they slip out of your hands, it can be dangerous if they fall on you. I would do one of the following: Leave it on the counter (maybe get a cover for it when it's not in use to "hide" it and keep dust out) Store it inside an appliance garage Store it on a pantry shelf about waist-high. You could also have one 18" base cabinet with a mixer lift in it. It'll take up most of the cabinet, but if you don't like it on the counter and don't want it in a pantry or similar, then that may be your best bet. . The sink-DW-trash location has nothing to do with whether you rinse your dishes, it has to do with being in the way of someone trying to prep. If you're prepping on top of a DW, no one else can get to the DW to load/unload or add something/take something out. It's also not pleasant prepping over a running DW (heat and steam). Unless....are you referring to scraping and then loading the DW? If so, then I understand what you're saying with regards to DW & sink (no need for the sink). The trash, though, is best located in the Prep Zone since most trash/recyclables are generated during prepping and cooking. Ideally, it should be in the Prep Zone but near the Cooking & Cleanup Zones. If you put the DW on the non-range side and the trash pullout next to the sink b/w the range and sink, then you've accomplished the ideal!...See MoreI Need Kitchen Layout Feedback!
Comments (12)I agree with AFritzler on 1 and 2. Even though you already own the 30" base cabinets, since you're adding cabinets and painting anyway, I'd get the additional cabinet with drawers. Drawers are so much handier than rollout shelves and definitely handier than regular cabinets! Find another use for the other cabinet - your basement, garage, etc. Consider using it in the blind corner by the peninsula, but facing toward the DR, for storing linens or platters, then using a tall skinny cabinet (for tray storage) to the right of the drawers. Check the specs for your fridge and make sure the hinges sit proud of the pantry cabinets so you can open the left side door fully. (It looks like it will be fine, but good to double check.) If the hardware on the rightmost pantry door is next to the fridge, make sure the fridge door won't swing into it (probably won't, but good to check.)...See More
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6 years agoValerie Iosue
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6 years agoI prefer Option 1 -- the fridge in the other crowds the entrance, while having it by the dining area means people from there or LR can grab drinks without bothering the cook. I might put more drawers next to the range though, unless you have space for pots and so forth in drawers in the island. Also, there's no reason not to put an end panel on the fridge, and then you can continue the base cabinets under the window if you want to. Honestly, nobody likes to look at the ugly end of a fridge anyway. I have something similar on my fridge wall:
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New Kitchen 2016 -- wall 4 left · More InfoEven though your total empty space is large, the actual working kitchen space is tight. I'd put the microwave over the range and call it a day -- otherwise you're going to be sacrificing some of your few wall cabinets to put it someplace else. The only exception might be if you, say, do a lot of spicy frying (Indian food or other very smoky cooking) for which the extra efficiency of a real hood might be critical.
Note also that in Option 2, with the longer cabinets and island, you've basically eliminated the space for a real table -- be sure that your designer puts that into the drawing too, so you understand the trade-offs. In option 1 you could have a real table in that space, while in #2 you better have comfortable seating on the island, or you might as well just engulf the remaining space for kitchen. If you don't have a dining space somewhere else, then this could be an issue.
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoValerie, that island is going to look chincy because it's too skinny. It's interrupting the flow of the kitchen and actually closing it in on itself.
Consider this layout. You could pull the cooktop to the new surface and create an exhibition cooking area. This makes great use of space that is otherwise a travel area without crowding the kitchen. It allows you to move the fridge to the wall with the skinny cabinets and end up with clean lines
I like to design using Sketchup. Most kitchen folks start with 2020. I end with 2020 as the last step to produce shop drawings and cabinet orders. Here is the way I like to design using actual surfaces, with a model that you can zoom through at every angle.
Tight spaces are my specialty. You wouldn't believe what this looks like in the before pictures. :) P.S. There is a laundry in this this design, that's how tight the space is.
Valerie Iosue
6 years agoacm
6 years agoTo walk in the front door and be greeted to a kitchen peninsula, with a cook top on it especially, is not exactly what I had in mind for the space.
Well, I think you made that decision when you decided to knock down the wall! At least a peninsula makes better kitchen space, and functions better than a pony wall, which isn't much of a barrier visually and isn't useful. I wouldn't cook on it, but you could have the end bulge out into some casual seating.
Then, I guess, maybe you could use a tall screen to hide the kitchen from the entrance. Or just get casual with your friends! :)
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6 years agoI like the peninsula idea if that door on the bottom left of the plan is your main entrance. There are design tricks to make it still feel open but have a sense of entry for the ‘foyer’. I don’t know why but this image feels like I could be standing at the main entrance of the space.
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6 years agoYou could place the fridge on the third wall with a small counter with a micro above if you did a peninsula / range layout like this...
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6 years agoalso you can consider a microwave pantry next to the fridge and add the peninsula space ...
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