Please help with odd layout. I'm totally out of ideas (and my mind)
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Please help with kitchen layout--I'm hopelessly stuck
Comments (18)Hi Buehl, Here are the answers to your questions: "Has the garage door been moved in your layout (1st pic)? Your DH's drawing has it in the kitchen but your layout has it in the DR..." Yes, in Plan B - expanding into the dining room -- one of the proposed changes we depicted is moving the door to the garage a few feet over into what is now the dining room. That would free up space for a 36" fridge. Currently the door is still in the kitchen. "Can the wall b/w the Foyer and the table space be moved? Maybe 2' into the Foyer??" No because that wall extends well into the family room. There is also a hallway closet in the foyer that is right off the kitchen and behind our current pantry closet. "Would you consider switching the Kitchen & DR? Maybe make the table area the DR and then have a big kitchen? I don't know if it would work...I'm just throwing ideas out there! (I suspect those tall windows will be a problem, so probably not...but you never know!) BTW...the reason I asked in my previous post about expanding into the Foyer is that your first "IKEA" layout says the table area is 11'0" yet your 2nd layout & your DH's show 8'6"...so it looked like you expanded into the Foyer." Hm...switching the DR and kitchen..I don't think it would work since the eat-in area is right in the middle of the house and open on all sides. However, (now you've got me thinking!) I guess you could leave the table where it is right now in the eat-in area and then focus on expanding the kitchen area into the current DR by taking down part of the wall that separates them, maybe filling up the space in the DR with a butler's pantry along the one solid wall (as I have depicted in the Plan B layout), a larger island than I have depicted with some bar stools, and maybe some armchairs on either side of the tall windows and a small desk in the corner (depicted in black in Plan B). But would that look natural or totally contrived to fit the space? That's my worry...that if we make these changes it will look like some amateurish DIY job rather than something that fits the house organically. I just remeasured the table area and it is indeed 8'6" not 11'. Sorry for the discrepancies...the numbers may have changed a few times since I started this process! I hope I haven't confused you even further. It's frustrating that we live in a home that is plenty big for our little family (just the 3 of us) but that is so oddly configured that the space doesn't work for us. Anyway, thanks for sticking with me so far....See MoreLay-Out of my mind!
Comments (79)Trying to revive this thread... So a couple of days after funkycampers last comment, Thanksgiving 2015 to be exact, I found out I was pregnant! So my little guy kind of derailed our plans and my extended maternity leave has derailed our budget as well. Plus with a baby I just can't fathom the idea of doing all of that structural work and being without a kitchen for that long. Rather than save it for later (this isn't our forever home), we still want to redo the kitchen but we will be working with a lot of limitations so I need your help more than ever! The only structural work we will be doing is to remove the rest of the partition wall between the kitchen and dining areas. This will give me 2 extra feet lengthwise. We would also consider closing off the entryway from the foyer, although it's not preferable. You can see the floor plan of my home above in this thread. Here is a layout I've come up with. It breaks a lot of rules but I'm just so very limited in this tiny kitchen! In my original post I was planning on bumping the kitchen out into the family room 2 feet but that is no longer on the table, either. I've read all of the "read me first" type threads and attempted to embed links to the pics. I'll also post a drawing on graph paper of my latest layout idea later today. Notes: Aisle between peninsula and fridge wall is 48''. Fridge is counter depth. Built in oven next to fridge, separate from cooktop. I put 2 intersecting 36'' cabs to simulate the size of a corner sink cab since IKEA doesn't have one, hope that makes sense. I'm eager to hear your ideas, TIA! Cutest reason for a project delay, ever: http://imgur.com/8EDBrz3 New layout, general dimensions: http://imgur.com/ix5Kc34 Birdseye Rendering: http://imgur.com/WtCKvfn View from dining: http://imgur.com/lwbnvS2...See MorePlease help - kitchen layout emergency! Gurus needed, my mind gone.
Comments (17)I would sacrifice a bit of symmetry for better function. If the plumbing can't be changed, I'd at least move it over to the right, and place the DW on the side nearer the DR, which I assume is off to the right. Then I'd put a dish hutch on the perimeter counter, to balance the ovens on the other end. With the DW and dish storage on that side, a helper can unload the DW or gather dishes to set the table, without interfering with prep and cooking. I moved the pantry door forward, to give you more space in the pantry, and to incorporate the door into the fridge wall. If you need elbow room on both sides when removing something from the wall ovens, you can open the pantry door. Cooktop and hood are centered between the ovens and dish hutch. The fridge is beside the pantry door, bringing it closer to the prep area, and providing a counter beside it for landing. The MW is on a shelf beside the fridge, with a cubby beside it, for cookbooks, cutting boards, or coffee cups, with space below for the coffee maker. Someone can re-heat left-overs, make a sandwich, pour a glass of juice, etc, without needing to turn to the island. The MW could instead be a drawer model, beside the fridge, but I wouldn't recommend an under-counter MW. Dog bowls could go in a low drawer, or toekick drawer under the dish hutch, or in the side of the island nearer the DR, to keep them out of the main prep/cooking areas. Trash pull-out is on the end of the island, convenient to the prep zone, cooking zone, and also the fridge/snack area. The single bowl sink is off center, but if you use one with a left back drain, you can put the faucet more toward the center of the island. Images--dog bowls in drawer...See MorePlease help with 1925 kitchen layout .... I'm stuck
Comments (4)I would move the stove much closer to one end. Symmetry is not needed in a layout like this but ease of movement is. Then I would shorten the island, position it so that it isn't blocking access to either the stove or the fridge, and put the microwave in the pantry next to the fridge. I am concerned that, if you have base drawers (highly recommend), you will only have ~10" clear when they are fully pulled out, which might require you to stand to the side when accessing. You mention that one end is open to the dining space; is the other end also open to a room? Will there be traffic through the kitchen? I am wondering if a peninsula at one end or the other would be more practical, since you seem to have the width to allow one. I really wouldn't like the narrow aisles on either side of the proposed island....See Morejaegbea
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