Seeking Design Help for open floor plan! Thanks!
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Help! Seeking kitchen floor plan advice and ideas.
Comments (4)E, here's my criteria for kitchen design; I hope it's helpful in your case. --The kitchen triangle still works and makes sense, so plan you kitchen to maximize the work triangle (this means, among other things, don't stick a humongeous island the size of the USS Ronald Reagan in the middle of the triangle); --Refigerator and pantry belong together, since that's where a lot of the food prep starts; --The refigerator and pantry should be oriented close to where the food arrives from the grocery store after purchase; --Sink and dishwasher belong side by side, with the dishwasther closest to the dining area; --Cooking may vary from a single drop-in range/oven to a seperate cook top and seperate oven(s)/microwave; --Whatever the cooking arrangement is, keep the cooking units close to one another (in the triangle); --Cooktops need ventilation, and the most effective is a hood above the cooktop that is at least 6" wider than the cooktop on either side (a lot more can be said about hoods, including CFM, location of exhaust fan, duct size, etc); --Cooktops create grease, so plan the adjacent backsplash and wall finishes accordingly (that wonderful detailed tiled wall may soon have the grout lines darkened with grease, depending on what and how you frequently cook) --Provide space for the number of people expected in the kitchen at the same time, i.e., 4'-0 is the minimum space for one person to open a cabinet or refrigerator door. If you expect more than one person at a time in the kitchen, increase dimensions in that area to 5'-6' minimum --Storage: decide where the kitchen-related storage should be and where the dining-related storage should be and put each there! That's why the old "Butler's Pantry" was and is a good idea when it comes to storage. Hope this helps. Good luck on your project!...See MoreMid Century Modern open floor plan...design ideas? Please help me!!!!!
Comments (6)This is my living room....11ft wide by 19ft long (from the stairwell.) We are struggling to find a furniture plan that will work with this long and open living room. The picture is taken from the front door entry. On the left wall (which you cannot see) is a large living room window 4'x8'. We are hoping to have a built-in constructed wall to wall on the far end of the living room. Cabinets on the bottom, shelving on the top, and an opening for our media. We need the storage for our young family of five. Around the stairwell to the right is an open doorway to the kitchen. On the far back right is the dining room--which is open to the kitchen. Right now we have a very small sofa (~50") floating at the closer end of the room. Two chairs are to the left under the window. It works but it feels like a waiting room! I'd like to have a console table on the narrow wall to the right (between the opening to the dining room and walkway to the kitchen.) I'd like to have this room sit 4-5 people as we're planning on finishing the basement to represent more of a lounge space for the family....See MoreHelp with Small Open Plan Living Room Design!
Comments (6)ma - Yes, sorry about the confusion. The floor plan I shared doesn't show that, but this bar is part of the kitchen. The other side of the bar has the kitchen sink, dishwasher, and storage drawers. With that in mind, it seems like our main option is changing furniture and moving it around, or making a different use of the space under the bar (built-in bookshelf?). Open to other thoughts or ideas!...See MoreHelp! Dining room help open concept no idea what to do with floor plan
Comments (7)I feel like this is a family room type look. But you can use as dining room if that works better for you Many will ask for more pictures and a floor plan. So if you can post those. But I guess to answer your question, if you do end up using this as a dining room: There’s not much room for much so a rug, table, chairs, maybe a bench on one side, what’s your style? Maybe wallpaper on the walls....See MoreCarolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
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