New Home Construction Kitchen Layout (to Pantry or not to pantry)
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Kitchen/pantry layout for new construction⦠feedback wanted!!
Comments (5)I think the pass-through's a nice idea, but I'm put off a bit by a predictable layout of the main area that scrunches the most-used areas together and wastes the views and light of the bottom right corner on a dead-end pantry. That's prime real estate! How about shaking it up just slightly by, say, running that sink counter all the way down to the front corner of the house? That'd give you a window and view, with breezes, out the front and make the house feel larger by not stopping the eye so soon. The cleanup, with its mess, could slide down its wall that direction, not all the way, just an "aesthetic" distance away from dining. There're various possibilities for the rest, but the stove could move over to the outside wall opposite the long side of the island, and the refrigerator could slide over a bit to stand opposite the end of the island, or at least closer, so that both appliances would then be very close and accessible to each other and where you work on the island. Depending on how far you slid the sink down, you might create room in the front corner for another function, a planning/musing center, baking area, or...? Don't discount the room you'd still have left for food storage. The wall to the left down there would be like a walk-in pantry in that it'd be private and walk-inish, and well-engineered storage on that wall alone would hold enough to take a family through winter. (Assuming a freezer somewhere else, of course.) The outside/sink counter might stop at the corner for good accessibility to counter and cabinet (and window) all the way down, or wrap around the corner below the window. Here's a link to a kitchen that does this sort of thing with its long counter. Here is a link that might be useful: Mamadadapaige's magic mystery corner. This post was edited by rosie on Thu, May 30, 13 at 15:59...See MoreKitchen/pantry layout advice please - plans attached
Comments (13)That drawing looks really nice. I suspect filling that window nook with additional cabinetry and counter would more than make up for cutting the shallow shelves short. That would also keep the deep portion from becoming too deep. The uncovered wall facing the kitchen could hold a planning board, or computer screen. It's impossible to really see things through another's eyes, but to my own, and I think I'm pretty darned refrigerator sensitive, you're overworrying it. Things people expect to see don't look funny, even if they are, like those big clunky chunky things that used to stand in the middle of every kitchen. We hated (not!) them so much we blew them up like balloons. Some now tower over their cooks and are greatly admired--by those who've priced them at least. :) People will expect to see a refrigerator in your kitchen. As long as you can keep the rest of the kitchen centered and hopefully finish enough of the fridge area in a uniform manner that doesn't pull the gaze away from the center, I suspect it'll all look absolutely fantastic. It already does....See MorePantry moths...to prevent them in my new kitchen/pantry
Comments (62)benjesbride, raebutt (what a name?! lol) - sorry; I'm a bad contributor here -- I used to lurk way too much some while ago but am completely out of the habit now .... My experience - it was actually a really long time ago now and I don't remember well. What I bought though was not "hermetically sealed" - I'm not sure, to tell you the truth, what that means practically speaking. What I bought at first was a whole large bunch of small to huge (and expensive) glass jars with those wire snaps and a gasket about the glass lid. I thought those would keep the air out but it's not so. Or at least those moths got around. As others have noted, they can and seem to "worm" their way in and around jar top threads even. They are so gross I hate thinking about this.... I honestly don't remember what happened long ago. I remember giving up on buying those jars because it wasn't helping. I think I had OK luck with just taking juice jars and screwing them mind-bogglingly tight. But it wasn't reliable and it sure wasn't fun to open those things. That's when I had The Conversation. They recommended Cambro food service containers. I was skeptical because they don't pretend to be air-tight. Again, it's seemingly worked for me though I'm sure the instant I type this we'll be invaded. You can buy these containers large enough to hold a 25lb bag of flour, which I do. I hesitate to confess this here because - speaking of gross - I'm sure many of you will be hugely disapproving of many aspects of the following story. But here goes: we left the country for a year and I left a bunch - maybe a half dozen - of these containers with grains and food stuffs in them, with those trusty bay leaves: not a speck. Again, I swear I can hear those little wings get fired up by the challenge to hear this! lol So that's my experience. As mentioned I did have that infestation recently in rice that was not protected. At the advice of a friend I tossed that stuff in the freezer in a bag, shook it and sieved it (talk about gross) and then since rice gets washed before using anyway, I ate the stuff up. Protein's protein, right?...See MoreKitchen/pantry layout help
Comments (25)On the ice maker question: Our family business is packaged ice. We make ice by the ton everyday but my hubby was always forgetting to bring home a bag! He refuses to eat “white refrigerator ice” so we have one of these ice makers. It fits in about a 15 inch cabinet space and we had our cabinet maker make a face for the door. We love it and use it all day every day (family of 7) and empty it frequently during the summer.. However, it has had probably 4 or 5 issues over the 5 years we have had it. My hubby is handy and has fixed it each time but it requires troubleshooting and ordering parts, and maintenance, etc. It IS loud but was only noticeable to us at night when we were going to sleep since our bedroom is on the first floor, about 20 feet or so from the kitchen. But like @AnnKH said above, you might be better off buying a few big bags at the store -- support your local ice company! :-) And get a small chest freezer to store them in....See MoreRyan Vallow
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