Help with kitchen layout for a new build
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Comments (8)My thoughts from my own standpoint, so you can take or leave, as will work for you: I would put the pots and pans drawers to the left of the main sink. I would put the 18" trash on the end of the island closest the stove and across from the sink. My opinion about the rest of your island depends on what you want the 18" cab with drawer for. I had some cabinets with drawers in our island, but I had them changed to drawers. I also think a 2-drawer bank will make the drawers VERY deep. I have drawer banks with a standard, shallower top drawer and 2 drawers under that, and they're nicely deep. As far as uppers and design.... It matters most about how they look around the window, because that's what you'll see most easily. If you have cabinets to each side of the window, the spacing between them and the window should match, one side to the other. If you decide to run the stove wall cabinets straight to the window wall, instead of wrapping around, you have more flexibility in how you size the cabinet on the right. You could even have a hutch type of thing, like I do. You could actually have a hutch in either case, if you wanted. I can't tell what you're planning, but also think that it's important to leave nice wall space between the window trim and the upper cabinets, to let the window and trim stand out and not be crowded. But I know others like to run cabs up to the trim....See MoreLooking for new build kitchen layout help
Comments (12)Thanks for the ideas so far. The window wall in the kitchen faces south and looks directly at a neighbor's bedroom but we do want more natural light. We are definitely including solatubes in the plan and there is the slider plus the windows in the family room to help. blfenton - the raised bar is angled since that opening into the kitchen is line-of-sight from the front door. We experimented with the iso view with it straight and it looked disconnected from the rest of the kitchen, almost "floating" between the kitchen and family room. We're still working to figure out what will be best there. I will try to get a pic of the overall floorplan. MG - we aren't fans of speedcooking ovens (have one in the RV and don't like the result) so we do want a set of double ovens and a separate microwave. That's what I've had for the past 20 years (in 2 different homes) We were also thinking more windows. I hadn't considered a sink in the corner; that might make for a convenient place for the espresso machine. I tend not to like to have my back to the family room which is one of the reasons the rangetop was placed on the side and the small prep sink somewhere in the island. I like the idea of the fridge closer to the family room. (fun face you drew on the island ;-) - those eye circles are supposed to be pendant lights) lharpie - the rectangular island is 4' by 4' 9" plus counter overhang so it's pretty good-sized. The prep sink we'd planned would be maybe 16" or 18". We had a similar arrangement 2 houses ago so that's where this comes from. bpathome - yes, most glassware will be in the uppers above the wine fridge. Special occasion glassware will be in the flex/entertaining area. Dishes would be in drawers in the island as you suspected :-) We'd mostly eat at the counter and family room. The flex space will have a table in it and will have a slider that goes to the (large-ish) covered front porch. Folks in the community tend to gather on each others' front porches to socialize and the flex space is there to give us some inside options. Thanks, Michelle...See MoreNeed help with kitchen layout in new build
Comments (7)You need about 10 feet for a dining table. That's table + people pushing chairs back and getting close to hitting what's behind them when they do. You also need 5' between back to back seating (minimum). You have about 28'9" in width. Your kitchen + island would take up about 9'9" of that. Add in 5' between counter & table, + 3.5' table + 3' for chair space and you're left with only 7.5' in your living room. Enough room for maybe 2 chairs by the fireplace. Probably not what you're going for. You actually only have ~10' between your island and sliders now (17'-7" - 4' - 3.5'), so you really are tight in your dining space. You won't be able to have 5' between your island and dining table, especially since people usually like to leave more space by their sliders so people can get through. We have 4' from our dining table to our island and it's too close. Definitely get backless stools, and don't make your island any wider than 3.5'. Leave your kitchen and dining where it is. Having your hood line up with your island completely doesn't matter...your kitchen isn't symmetrical (island is offset by the aisle width already) so forcing things to line up while sacrificing light in your kitchen is not good. Option A is the best version. ETA: things are ALWAYS smaller in person than they are on paper....See MoreHelp with new build Kitchen Layout
Comments (18)As suggested by @anj_p, I like the idea of rotating the island, so that the long side is parallel to the cabinet wall. The range would be on the cabinet wall but centered with the island to provide a nice focal point from the Great Room. The fridge would stay on the wall that backs up to the mudroom and closest to the pantry. Next to the fridge would be the breakfast/coffee/snack area. Sink would be in the island, D/w on the right side of sink and dishes across from it. This will achieve 1,2,3 by the @anj_p criteria, but the advange is that it better protects the cooking and prep zones from traffic from the great room and other parts of the house going to the fridge and pantry for snacks. Maybe your family is better, but non-kitchen ”stuff” (mail, new purchases, Amazon boxes, homework, etc) accumulates on the counters of centrally located kitchens closest to the points of entry. This layout provides countertop for this random stuff (seated side of island and breakfast bar) without impacting the cook(s)....See More- 5 years ago
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