Hoping for input on addition(s)/ new layout
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New Kitchen Layout Input Please
Comments (56)My thoughts... the two reasons why you are having such a hard time laying out your kitchen is because, you are ignoring the process of cooking. You start in the Food Storage area, go to prep aka sink then the stove/oven/MW, out the door to your dining room and then back to the sink. Once in awhile, you need to go from the stove, back to the frig for something as was previously mentioned. Walk your latest design and you will see why this and your previous designs aren't working. Decide what spot cannot be adjusted or moved and start walking the process from there and see where things fit. You also need to consider that traffic corridor going thru your kitchen isolates something and brings in the potential to bring chaos and congestion into your kitchen. A good design keeps that out of your work area but will still give you the visual lines you want for the hanging out area. My second reason, is your insistence on having an island. Your space and your expressed wants, scream U shape kitchen with breakfast bar to me. Maybe you could move the leg of the U a bit more into the nook area than you might have previously thought which would give you more of an open feeling. Here are the advantages of doing a U shape... Traffic is minimized in work areas the cooktop could be facing into the nook area similar to your first drawing the sink and dishwasher could be underneath the sink with minimal redo of water lines and keeping the window view Placing the oven/mw stack on the end of the U leg opposite the cooktop, keeps the MW near the frig and easy access for popcorn making Leaving the frig in its spot makes it easy to access from all three areas and near the cooktop while cooking I would break up the pantry next to it with a counter height shelf for frig landing and a spot for gathering of the pantry items from Put up a pony wall to bar height between the cooktop and the tv area and make it wide enough to eat a quick breakfast or do homework at. It also would give you space for the necessary downdraft for venting the cooktop....See MoreNew Kitchen Layout Input Please
Comments (6)Since you'll be working between the stove and refrigerator, I'd move the prep sink to the other end of the island. That your cleanup sink is at that end of the kitchen is irrelevant. They serve different functions. Presuming your oven is below counter, this gives the cook and any helpers lots of nicely efficient room at the lower end for cooking projects of different sizes, plus another great area between stove and cleanup sink of course. To clarify decisionmaking and examine all options, you might customize room/area labels to the uses you expect them to serve. The usual labels are typically pretty archaic and inaccurate. For instance, for most families the "breakfast" area would actually be the main dining area, with both most family dining and entertainment taking place there. If that's the case for you, best it be considered just that for design purposes. The typical "dining room" is usually a higher-maintenance room designed to look good all the time but reserved for special occasions. If that were the case, it might open up additional possibilities to call it something else. Similarly, your family room sure looks like it's going to be the living room, so what's that nice front room with doors to the porch actually going to be? A morning room? Her sitting room? Music room? Library? Formal entertainment in conjunction with the room across the hall? Christmas tree room?...See MoreNew house kitchen layout..input please
Comments (7)Thank you all for the input. Remodelfla: It seem like every house here has angled counters. Part of the reason is that we have a great view of the mountains that direction. I currently have stacked ovens but hate leaning over the hot oven door as I am only 5'2". But the new kitchen will have a steam oven with a side opening door so that will not be an issue. My favorite part of the stacked oven is the drawer right under the cooktop for pots and pans. About the freezer in the pantry, we currently have a subzero fridge in the kitchen and freezer in the adjacent mudroom which is only made tolerable because we have an icemaker next to the fridge. Lisa A: the island will probably be a little bit bigger. Our builder just dropped that in. We have yet to meet with the cabinet people. The prep sink was oriented wrong. I want to access it from inside the corner. The plan was it to be DH's space. A place to make coffee in the morning, wash and prep veggies(next to fridge, sink and butcher block top.) Also, it could serve as bar area while entertaining. I plan to have glasses in that area and keep the liquor cabinet there as well (but not accessed from the outside as show.) As far as the desk, I totally agree. We currently have a kitchen desk and it is a clutter magnet and is rarely used as a desk. I do use the printer there and a laptop which is most often on the table or counter. I mainly want a place to keep the printer, a place for pens and paper, and to hide the laptop when company comes. I was thinking of secretary desk, armoire, or hutch with hidden desk. More of a furniture piece rather than integrated into the cabinet desk, like we have now. We will have a study off the master that will serve as the main desk area. I also plan to eventually put a desk in the mudroom to serve as either/or a crafting area or homework desk area. Marcolo: I have thought about what I do when I cook. I am currently in a kitchen that is a dream for a single cook, but add a second person just getting a glass of water and it is a nightmare. My plan was to have 2 functional areas. DH's zone (and I may even mark the floor with tape haha) would be by the fridge while I am by the cooktop, near the other end of the butcher block for extra chopping, by the sink to wash as I go, load the dishwasher etc. I also placed the sink and dw close to the main eating table and close to plate, glass and flatware storage. Bmorepanic. It is a nice design, but we have a great view off the back deck and anticipate spending lots of time outside and thus want a bathroom close by. Also a desk isn't a must have. We also placed the FP more centrally for heat. We now have a woodburning stove in our kitchen and I love using it to heat just the space where are most. We are a family of 3, 2 adults who like to cook and a 9 month old. I entertain for bigger groups 12-16 once maybe twice a year. We have family and smaller groups over (4-6) maybe 2x/month. Our formal dining room rarely gets used (3-4x/year). As with most, everyone ends up hanging out in the kitchen. We will eventually have outdoor kitchen as well on the covered patio. DH (and ex�s) house is currently on the market so we are doing a 2 (or more) stage construction. We are building the basics and planning for upgrades (the outdoor kitchen where we will plumb for water, gas, sewer and leave it with just our basic gas grill for now; an unfinished basement, hold on the mudroom and laundry built-ins, etc). Once the house sells, we will complete those. Here are the plans with a little more info on how we plan to use the space. Overall kitchen placement Zoom of kitchen...See MoreLooking for layout ideas - new addition on 1920s house - blank slate
Comments (19)If you give up the wall oven and use a range, you can easily move the fridge into the new section. Then make the area where the fridge was drawn into a snack/coffee center with the MW, and a small sink. It would be perfect for making a quick breakfast or a sandwich. If you don't want to look at the MW from the DR, you could hide it with doors, which is what I did in my vintage style kitchen. Deep drawers below could store small appliances. You could also put a wall oven beside the fridge in the following drawing (as in sena's illustration), with dish drawers below. You would have landing space for both the oven and fridge. I realized that the sink in your inspiration pic is off-center, so I increased the sink to 33", and decreased the trash pull-out to 12". The faucet can be centered with the window, to help disguise the fact that the sink is a few inches off. I have a 33" apron sink and 12" trash. Love both! The sink hides a lot of dirty dishes, and the trash pull-out is sufficient for our family of 5. I keep a large metal trash can in the mudroom, where I empty the kitchen trash as needed, and we compost, so YMMV. The corner by the DW could be voided, or you could have one of the pull-out storage units. You can check deedles' and arlosmom's kitchens for their corner cabinet solutions. Both are vintage style kitchens in older homes, and are two of my favorites. arlosmom's kitchen reveal and link--still makes my heart skip a beat :) deedles' kitchen reveal images--hidden MWs images--corner cabinet pull-outs...See Morebeckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
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