Tiny space behind sink
Jennifer Gullo
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How much space do you have behind your sink?
Comments (22)Kiki2013 -- it depends on the faucet you pick. You are cutting it close but you should make it. You need to measure it yourself to make sure. We did 3.25" from countertop front edge to front of sink, which was what the fabricator said was minimum. Our sink is slightly curved, so 3.25" was only at center -- slightly more as you move out to each side. If you use 3.5", assuming zero reveal and if you have standard counter depth with 1.5" overhang, that would leave you with 4.25" (25.5" - (17.75" + 3.5")) left to the back wall, minus the width of your backsplash. Make sure you are using the right sink measurements. You want the sink inside width, not the exterior measurement (e.g. measure what is visible when you go from front to bank). If you have a positive reveal, add the reveal amount twice (once for front and once for back) to the measurement. I have the Blanco Culina -- I have 1.5" from back of sink to the front of the faucet, the faucet is 1.75" width, and the width of my backsplash is 0.5". That is 3.75". You would want more than 0.5" from the back of the faucet to your backsplash. In our case, we have a window sill behind the sink with a 0.75" overhang beyond the backsplash, so we extended our countertops by 0.75" (to 26.25"). Everything fit in our case but with very little room to spare. You should pick a faucet where the handle doesn't pull back behind the faucet, which could cause your hand to hit the back wall. This post was edited by calumin on Wed, Sep 4, 13 at 0:16...See MoreAnother tiny kitchen dilemma: pantry or counter space?
Comments (13)We also converted from framed to frameless. All drawers. We did this first before making final decisions. We got so much more useable space, we decided not to have a pantry. We got more counter space. Today, it is still a happy choice. We kept moving forward step by step, re-using old counter material and fillers like plywood until we bought a new fridge. Even though it was a tall 24"wide one, we decided to hide it down the hall and buy an undercounter fridge. That shows you how much we loved having ever more counter! Later we recessed our wall oven and put a piece of counter in front of it. 9" by 24". More counter! -- Deep long drawers will astound you. They bring objects to you. Today, you get on all fours to rummage around in the dark. It's a disincentive. Your kitchen has a wide aisle. You could make your new counter overhang by many inches and still have a wide aisle. With full extension drawers it is not significant when your counter overhang is large. Make uppers deep, with frosted glass fronts, that swing up. We installed Ikea's Akurum base cabinets upside down (they are symmetric), so we got more room to install the deep drawers. Before doing it, I posted questions about this in GW and in Ikeafans; the response was the wildest hecklefest I could have imagined. But it worked and it increased drawer volume. Later I removed the crossbeams (MDF) under the new counter. More volume. It all worked. Our counter is 2cm thick; this also gave us more space. Prices are $24 Ikea 70107069 RATIONELL N 24"w fully-extendable (Blum M-height) $30 Ikea 90109977 RATIONELL N 24"w fully-extendable (Blum C or D-height) Deep Drawers and glides. They come with the clips for the fronts, but not the fronts. See http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0718520230561.html I added to this thread earlier today. In that post there is more information on other topics related to small kitchens. Here is a link that might be useful: Small kitchens HAVE to have __...See MoreTiny laundry room - how to optimize space
Comments (12)The 2nd setup looks better. I would want an actual laundry tub myself - you know, the old-fashioned deep ones, with the washer drain line hooked over the side. I hate those tiny little boxes they want to put the drain lines in these days. Shelves mounted over the W/D are incredibly useful, as far as I'm concerned. I like having the laundry soap and etc right at hand. And by "shelves" I mean shelves, not cabinets. Doors just get in the way. Our laundry room is basically a tiny little "air lock" between the garage and the rest of the house. For some insane reason, they put all the shelves (cabinets, actually) on one side and the actual W/D on the other side. There is just barely room between to walk through from the garage to the rest of the house. They mounted a swinging door so that when the door is open, you have no access to the cabinets or (tiny) workspace which is now being blocked by the door. And if you CLOSE the door and try to use that as a workspace, now you are at high risk for getting whacked by the door when someone wants to come through. So all the space on that wall is wasted space. The cabinets/pantry are inconvenient, the counter space is only a couple feet wide, and there are no shelves mounted where they would be the most use - which is over the W/D, not behind the door on the other wall. Furthermore, there is no space to iron in there even if I were willing to risk door-whackage, because that space is blocked by pantry and cabinets. There is also an inaccessible outlet behind the dryer. I have no idea why that is even there. At the very least they should have put in a pocket door rather than a hinged door there if they were going to insist on doing it that way. Technically the space is around 6.5x8.5 - ish, but for all practical purposes, the only usable space is just where the W/D sit and it might as well have been set up as an actual closet with bifold doors. I've decided the vast majority of architects are morons. At the very least, they're not exactly Frank Lloyd Wright, LOL!...See MoreBacksplash behind open shelving? p.s. Is calcite OK behind sink?
Comments (60)@Beth, my tile store displays lots of Lunada Bay--I've been drooling over it for months (it was a serious contender for master bath until I gave in to a more sedate Porcelanosa). That herringbone is so alluring, I want to get a couple SF and frame it for my wall! Those colors remind me of tidepools in the late afternoon sun. Gorgeous. We're just starting to pack for the move so I think I'll plan to try out some large sample boards after I recover from the move. :) @Dixie, thanks for that visual. I'm not sure what my resistance to subway tile is all about (a resistance to ubiquitousness?). But if I went that route, I'd stack 'em vertically, as Beth has suggested. It's funny (kind of) to look back on all the things I thought I was SO sure I wanted over the past year only to change my mind shortly after!...See Morechloebud
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