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Help Deciding Kitchen Layout

galateaspig
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago

Hoping everyone is well and in a safe space during this social distancing. It feels unfair and insensitive to think about house plans when so many are dealing with dire circumstances. But we have a deadline to make some decisions and are stumped. If it gives you some distraction from the news, thank you for offering your insights on these plans!

This is a whole-house renovation of a neglected 1920s Italian Renaissance Revival home, including the addition of a large kitchen/family room on the main floor (with finished basement below and new bedroom and bathrooms above). We are working with an architect but are having a difficult time deciding between three different kitchen layouts.

It's a giant, long kitchen, we know, but the dimensions are determined by several exterior details and the layout upstairs. Option 1 has a very long 14' island (it would be a large ~10' slab in the center with lower cabinets on both ends to break up the size a bit and avoid granite seams) and we would put a hutch in the empty space along the short wall that abuts the dining room). Option 2 has a still-large 10' island and puts a banquette and small table on the short wall abutting the dining room, but has a large space from the island to the clean-up sink. Option 3 loses a door to the mudroom and some symmetry to the layout, and shifts the island closer to the wall with the cleanup sink.

Any preferences or thoughts we should consider? Do you prefer layout 1, 2, or 3 for the kitchen? Thank you so much --







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