Would you remove this window in the kitchen?
Sounds like a terrible idea especially coming from me who has almost a full window wall with no uppers in my home kitchen. I'm a natural light junkie! But this little kitchen is in a lower level walkout and is getting a functional upgrade. We're in the gut phase and kitchen planning stage right now. The kitchen windows are tiny and don't really add much light. The one wall you can't really see has the patio door and two large windows across the back looking towards the lake and that's where most of the light comes from.
The small window on the short back wall looks out under a porch so it's getting sealed for sure. The second little window is in an awkward postion and I don't know how to design the uppers around it. The window size is 23" X 13". The sink is getting shifted out of the corner to the left so the window isn't near it anyway.
Would you close off this little sliver of light and use the space for uppers?
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kim1101
6 years ago
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mama goose_gw zn6OH
6 years ago
cookncarpenter
6 years agoherbflavor
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agomuskokascp
6 years agoI should say there is no option to move the window with the sink or make it larger. There are constraints on the outside that don't allow this.
Mama goose - the window doesn't overlook the porch. It's not really a porch, it's a 10 x 28' addition added to the front of the cottage. It looks under the addition at the vapour barrier. No idea why they left it there when they put the addition on.
I don't think it will make the kitchen feel like a cave with adequate lighting. The window adds negligible light as it is.
The other wall in the basement has lots of light and there is a window on each side wall. This would be the view when standing in the kitchen. We removed 3 posts to open the space up.
Yep, the window has to go.
chicagoans
6 years agoI was thinking what wilson said: incorporate the window as the back of a cabinet. My cousin's former house had this; they used the cabinet for glassware. It let in some light without sacrificing storage and looked great.
(This is not my cousin's window cabinet, just one example I found online.)
mama goose_gw zn6OH
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI think I might be confused about which window is definitely being removed. I assumed the kitchen wall which is partially hidden by the stairs is longer, just by looking at the ceiling beams. The window on the right side of the pics is the one I suggested moving to the wall on the left.
It's nice that you have so many windows on the other side of the room, but I still think a bit of light in that corner would be welcome.
Another window-behind-glass-cabinet pic:
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6 years agoIf I closed up the stairwell wall and moved uppers over there, I could preserve the window and put shelves above the sink.
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