Kitchen Window Design Dilemma
Debbie Pettersson
5 years ago
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Comments (6)Wow I guess we all have different eyes. I would change backsplash to a white subway , paint walls lighter (near white) keep cabs and counter as is and get a custom treatment for existing window(swing arm w classy fabric you can swing open or close or halfway if not sitting at desk) . A white subway tile with tan/brown grout showing in same position as your tile and whitish walls would do a lot. You want the 4 in backsplash and rip out that granite and paint the cabs and pay to rip out a unique window? I'm confused then. The cabs in truth are good looking but older w no drawers. Best leave them add hardware as you will want to replace at a certain point....See Morewindow design dilemma
Comments (13)Not a fan of the plan shown -- sinks or windows ... or even the layout. You'd be better served with you large sink centered on that outside wall and have your stove and refrigerator at a right angle to them on each side of a corner cabinet opposite each other, thus keeping the traditional kitchen triangle intact. Then extend the cabinets/countertops evenly along the opposite walls -- to nearly the patio door. You could then add a floor to ceiling pantry across from the patio door to make up for the lack of overhead cabinet space you'll not have as a result of wanting more windows. However, If you really want your refrigerator and Consider matching sets of windows or at least windows of the same size in width/height.. You could have one large set of windows in the middle over a deep double sink with an upper cabinet on each side https://www.pinterest.com/pin/183099541085462446/ and if you want more windows, you could either add a pair of windows to this row of windows and/or have either a single window or a pair of windows on each side of those cabinets by your center window set. If you're going to have two sinks on the same countertop, make the match. Alternately, you could continue the countertop on the right so that it ends closer to the patio door (even if you need to shorten the length of your island by 24") and add a different sized but similar sink there and use it as a "bar"/serving area. Including an appliance garage in the right corner and add outlet(s) in the backsplash between it and the patio door for your coffee pot, etc. -- also adding glass door cabinets above specifically designed for displaying your coffee cups and drinking glasses and mugs of every kind. If you have an under counter wine or soda fridge or separate ice maker, these could be located there....See MoreKitchen design Huge Dilemma!
Comments (12)Are you prepared for all new flooring? Or do you have enough of the current flooring to fill in the gap caused by taking out that wall? I feel like your inspirations are really close to the feel of what you have, and you could just get new (Shaker) doors and move on. Maybe if we had (undistorted) photos of the dining area, we could better see what you're trying to fix. You can't make the island bigger toward the entry door, and if you elongate it toward the dining room, then you're not getting as much more space as you think. I guess the range is the thing on the DR wall, with nothing next to it? I can see that as a major flaw to correct. Not easy to place it on the current sink wall. Probably the most practical designs would involve cutting off the peninsula, putting the fridge to the far left of window, range to right, and then sink on the island (easiest). Bay window requires internal and external structural changes, and then the fridge is *way* too far from the main sink, so you probably need a prep sink in the (enlarged) island too. See what your designer would do with either of those approaches....See MoreKitchen Remodel design dilemma - how best to extend kitchen?
Comments (12)Are you replacing the floors, or do you have extra flooring? If not your new island would have to cover all parts of the floor the current island does (unless you are so lucky that your flooring goes under your cabinets. Ours did not.) I would look at your corner pantry and make sure that you are optimizing storage there, or consider if that space comes in play in your renovation. At the far right end, rather than open shelves, I would suggest another cabinet as I feel you have very limited storage space. I would consider losing that window on that wall in order to get more storage....See MoreDebbie Pettersson
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