Kitchen remodel,.... Help, what would you change ??
Nancy Young
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
We are remodeling our kitchen,
Which layout do you Like #1 or2 ??, & Why ( WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ? )
Layout #3 is the existing kitchen
From the kitchen ( straight Below>> Dining room, Above right >> glassed in Porch, right > den )
Here is our wish list.
- *******Good Functional layout that has an esthetic Balanced appearance.*****
-open up the entry way to the the Dining room below And some to the Den to the right,
-Larger window to enjoy the view through the pouch ( above right )
-plenty of counter space around the sink /range or cooktop. ( induction)
-Miele combi steam oven, plumbed
panel ready built-in fridge ( wondering if in Layout #2 Fridge, blocks the view too much as you
enter the kitchen from the above left )
Good traffic flow for my wife & I cooking in & guests around the kitchen.
Comments please & what would you change ??
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_sophiewheeler
4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
Nancy Young
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Comments (7)Thanks to all for the responses. kimberly623: Something to think about. I liked the idea of the "L" shape creating partial separation from the Family Room but you have given me "food" for thought (a little kitchen humor). GreenDesigns and arocbuild: Great points. We are working with a very experienced contractor and a kitchen designer. We used an architect in the beginning to see if we could find a design for the existing location that met our needs. That was not useful - except to get us to this point! Plan will definitely need a structural review before we get too much further. Because the "new" kitchen area currently houses a laundry room, some of the plumbing is in place. bmorepanic: The space beside the old kitchen is currently a long powder room and a closet. I share your concerns about the pantry size. We plan to use a pocket door to gain a little space. That window may need to shrink... or go! The primary reason to move the kitchen is because everyone is always in the Family Room and I am always in the kitchen. Want to make that connection. We grill outside but don't eat out there a lot. The back of the house exits on the second floor (walk-out basement). I can sympathize with your climate. We're outside of Boston and freezing! There is a fairly large coat closet at the side entrance (that rectangle). Vacuum lives there now. Other things will probably be relegated to the laundry room, although that seems far away for things like the DustBuster. Finally, the front hallway is SOO cramped we thought we should take this opportunity to open up that wall a bit. I see your point about making a spectacle of ourselves though!...See MoreWhat would you change in this kitchen layout?
Comments (11)You could move the fridge to the pantry wall, with the ovens beside it, similar to one of these layouts: If you pull the fridge forward far enough for the doors to clear the pantry, you can have an extra-deep appliance garage, and the functional flow would be the same, but in reverse of the current plan. There wouldn't be as much prep space between the sink and cooktop, as in your plan, but it exceeds the NKBA recommended minimum of 36"....See MoreWhat would you do: budget kitchen remodel w/ golden oak cabinets?
Comments (63)@Beth, first thanks for all your tips and ideas on the hardware. Good idea to mark them out and good to know that 4" is the min (they sell 3 and 3.5, which are cheaper, so I wondered if that would work. thanks) I know; You had a lot of good ideas on painting. Thank you. I am still waffling on what to do. I guess my concerns w/ the painted floors are the effort to do it and the maintenance (I have wear patterns on my front porch and the kitchen gets more traffic). Plus I want to limit my exposure to chemicals. FWIW, this morning I emailed my house painter to check his schedule if I choose to have him repaint the cabs. (he's a much better painter than I am) Painting would allow me to fix the placement of the holes on some of the cabs (currently, most of the cabs do not have holes). I could also put a cab to the left of the stove. And I made an appt next week with the interior designer who was going to help me pick finish materials etc with the big remodel....to get his opinion of a scaled-down remodel. i.e. how to make this house a better version of what it is without spending a ton of money since I may move in a few years....thanks for all your help! I don't want this to be all about $$$, but everything is so $$$ and I hate the idea of investing a lot of excessive $ that I won't get when I sell. (when my former realtor came over this summer, she kept saying "do what *you* want; do what makes you happy; you don't need to do anything to fix this house to sell it" etc). So I guess my dilemma: what can make it more live-able for me for the next few years. (but possibly longer? who knows?)...See MoreWould like to renovate the kitchen island. Would you change color?
Comments (11)When you say remodel do you mean tear out existing island or are you just talking about painting the drywall? If you mean remodel then yes I would tear it out and do a single level island with some lighting over it. It would increase the size of your kitchen visually. You can do it in the same color cabinets you have if you like the dark and do a solid warm white quartz counter on it or do the island a warm white to match your back splash. I would do cabinet finish all on four sides of the island. I would also keep the counter light in color....See Morepalimpsest
4 years ago_sophiewheeler
4 years agoYou do not have adequate room for an island. You have clearance issues. Either pay the big bucks to take down some walls, or leave it alone. Do you want a standard 60K kitchen replacement redo? Or do you want to double that price and make a real difference in how the home works?
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