No. I'm no expert on kitchen layout, but I think that kitchen could be re-designed to better maximize the function of the space. The angled range seems to be cutting off countertop and floor space rather than maximizing it.

That would drive me nuts; it makes the kitchen look too crowded, and the oven door and drawers have the potential to bump each other.

No. no. no. You are giving up valuable space in a small kitchen. You need to maximize the space you have, not minimize it.

“No”. In addition to the comments above, you have the DW to worry about too.

No to both angles.

I ripped out corner wall ovens, corner sink and an angled wet bar. The space now looks much larger and was much easier to design. I would also ditch the raised bar.

Why don't you do a large island looking into the great room with seating?

Don't angle anything. With the space you regain, you might be able to add a small island.

Looking at the floorplan, I realize why they angled the peninsula - it gives you more room for the doorway from the great room. I think it's a pretty dumb layout for that space, though - an L with an island would be a way better use of what you've got.

I'd say no. You lose a lot of space and it will be hard for anyone helping to pull out the drawers with you standing in front of them, cooking or doing dishes.

That is such a tiny kitchen. I would have to have them redesign this.

As I stated in the building a home forum, the second plan is not large enough for an island.

I don't understand why the two different options have different dimensions. If you keep the plan with the 15x12'8 kitchen, you have room for an L with island that will be a far better use of space than that silly angled peninsula - it just needs to be redesigned. The 13x9 version has room for an L plus island as well, but not definitely not a U plus island as you have shown, and I wouldn't want to shrink the kitchen that much anyway.

You've heard this often enough, but I also agree don't angle anything. It just looks too enclosed, and makes the area smaller. Angled ranges are not fun to use.

In my kitchen there is a corner that duct work comes up from the basement. Is that the reason for an angle here?

B. Never a corner pantry. It cuts off the room too.

Corner Pantry layouts are AWFUL. That right angle space in the back is where random food things go to die. Can't see it, can't reach it, forget about it, etc. It's for food storage - how many corners do you see in a grocery store?

It's an ugly, awful, hateful layout.

(speaks from 20 years of experience.... and it's one of the few things about my current house I really despise)

I have an angled sink and kept it in the kitchen remodel. I told the KD to move it if he came up with a better spot and he couldn't. It is a good sized kitchen, but I only have 2 walls and the sloped ceiling and wood beams created further limitations. The angled sink has the corner windows above it and you have some distant mountain views from one of them. It works.

The corner pantry used to be a big seller in the kitchen forum. I am generally not a fan of closet pantries. A big walk in pantry sure, if you have the room. A series of pantry cabinets, sure. The reach in closet style pantry, straight or angled in the corner, not so much.

I think angled anything can make sense in some kitchens. I may end up angling the wall oven in mine even though I am generally not a big fan of angles. The reason is that I either completely box out a row of plumbing and HVAC ducts that have some space in between or I angle into the space in between these various things and gain a little space back. I am actually going to buy the critical cabinet before the kitchen is designed to see if angled or straight works better.

St. Charles Cabinetry used to make an angled cabinet that was not 45-degrees, it was more like 30-degrees. It was for sinks or cooktops I believe, and created a bit of a "command center" kinda thing.

I think the angled corner pantry became a "thing" in the mid/late '90s when MacMansions took off. It allowed them to add Walk-in pantry to the list of "impressive" features they offered.

This is one of my favorite kitchens... I think an angle can work, especially when you're short on walls .

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Is there something structural behind the range?