I can’t get the layout of the appliances quite right in this remodel!
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6 years agoStephanie
6 years agoOops! Yes, the current picture of where the stove and fridge are is an existing wall that is coming out. This wall separates the kitchen and living room at the moment. The wall between the kitchen and dining room is also being removed, to make it totally open concept. where the water cooler is in the picture, was the existing eat-in kitchen. I am putting cabinets there, and down the wall with the windows. Please excuse my new drawing, not to scale, but hopefully will give you an idea.
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Susan Davis
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoSmall bit of advice maybe? Appliances work best if you have work room between them. Stove needs elbow room on either side to set things down and well, cook. Fridge needs to be in an open location between the eating area and the sink as the fridge is the most used appliance in the kitchen and you want to avoid roadblocks of people when the fridge is being used.....plus when a fridge in on an open ended run of cabinets you can open the doors all the way for putting stuff in and out and easy access to clean.....just my two cents. Maybe it will help you think in a different way than you have been.
Example of a lovely kitchen that hits all the high points for style and is very functional and yet beautiful too.....just some inspiration as this seemed to be somewhat the size of your kitchen now.....good luck and keep posting.
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katinparadise
6 years ago
sheloveslayouts
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoIf you can change both windows, you could put the range near the dining room and the fridge nearest the livingroom. The compromise is that your dishwasher is in the prep zone.
mama goose_gw zn6OH
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoAnother layout, which puts the fridge on the long wall near the DR, as in Manon Floreat's plan, with the range and hood as a focal point between the two windows. There's a separate clean-up zone on the short wall, which will help hide the dirty/draining dishes from the front entry. You'd mentioned a sink in the island, so that becomes the primary prep area, with a secondary prep space between the clean-up sink and the range. With separate prep and clean-up zones, it will be easy for a helper to unload or load the DW, or gather dishes to set the table, without interfering with prep and cooking tasks.
I drew a 36" corner susan for pots and pans, but there is also a 30" drawer base in the island, which could store bakeware. Dish storage is on the island, in a 36" drawer, which opens toward the DW. There is a shallow shelf/cabinet facing the long wall--could be used for bottles of oil, cutting boards, baking sheets, or coffee cups/glasses. All base cabinets are drawers, with the exception of the trash pull-out and the shallow cabinet.
The MW is in an upper cabinet to the right of the clean-up sink. I'd like to see it closer to the fridge, but couldn't fit it in above the counter. The MW could go in a drawer in the island, if the prep sink was centered (red outline), but then the primary prep space is not as wide.
Two disadvantages are 1) there is no tall pantry cabinet, and 2) the dish storage is on the opposite end of the kitchen from the DR entry.
Images--range between windows.Stephanie
6 years ago
cpartist
6 years ago
Manon Floreat