Hello. I look forward to your help. We are looking at doing a complete gut of our kitchen. Also, leaning toward taking the wall (non load bearing) out between the dining room and kitchen to make one room. I would still want to incorporate a large 6 to 7 foot round dining table within the space as we have a large family and entertain often. Another thought is to take the end of the current dining room and make a small laundry room and then convert the current laundry room into a pantry. However, open to any and all suggestions. I would like to have mid to high end appliances. I would like to stay in a budget of $75k but could go to $100k. I am capable of doing about 50% of the work involved.

Please see below for answers to the questions and pictures of the space...

· What are your goals? E.g., more counter space, more storage, seating in the kitchen (island? peninsula? table?), etc.

Would like to have more counter space for food prep… storage as we have a lot of kitchen/cooking gadgets… A place where several people would be able to congregate.

· What is your family composition? Adults? Children? Age ranges of children? Current? Future?

2 adults, 2 teenagers, 10 year old ... Also 3 older children in college who come home often

· How many kitchen workers are there? Cook(s)? Cleanup? Helpers? Now? Future?

3-4

· Do you or anyone in your home cook? Yes

· How do you see your kitchen used?
-- Just for cooking/cleaning up?
-- Children doing homework while you cook?
-- Party place?
-- Something else?

All the above.

· Do you entertain a lot? If so, formal? Informal?

Yes… mostly informal

· Do you want your kitchen to be a "hang out" place? Parties only? Everyday?

Yes… a place to congregate

· Do you have a separate DR? Do you use it frequently? Infrequently? If infrequently, do you want to begin using it more frequently (e.g., for daily/nightly family meals)?

Looking to have the dining room and kitchen as one big room. Open to other ideas.

· Would you like to open up the kitchen to adjacent areas? Close it up?

Yes. Thinking of taking out wall between kitchen and dining room. One other thought is to add a laundry room to the top side of what is now the dining room with wall extending from the left side window to the living room doorway. Then using the current laundry area as a pantry for the kitchen.

· Do you plan to merge two rooms/areas (e.g., Nook and Kitchen into a Kitchen only)

Yes… see above.

· Do you have a basement under the Kitchen space? Crawl space? Slab?

All basement or garage below with easy access

· Where are you flexible?
-- Can windows or doorways change size? No
-- Can windows or doorways be moved or eliminated? No
-- Can windows be raised/lowered? No
-- Does the sink have to be centered under a window? No
-- Does it have to be under a window at all? No

· If one can be fit...

· Do you bake a lot and do you want a Baking Center? Yes

· Do you want a coffee/tea/beverage center? Yes

· Do you want a snack center? Not necessary

Appliances...

What appliances do you plan on having (it helps to figure out work flow, work zones, and types of cabinets...upper/lower vs full height, etc.)?

· Range or Cooktop or Rangetop? Open

· Single or Double or no Wall Oven? Prefer double oven

· Warming Drawer? yes

· MW? (Advantium, MW Drawer, OTR MW/Hood, countertop, built-in, shelf?) open

· DW? Standard or drawers? If drawers, 1 or 2? open

· Refrigerator (French Door (FD), SxS, or all-fridge/freezer? Counter-depth (CD), standard-depth, or built-in?) open

· True ventilation hood? Yes prefer

· Other?

· Sizes of desired appliances (e.g., 30" or 36" or 48" cooktop; 36" or 42" or 48" wide or other Refrigerator? etc.) open

Pantry...

· Built-in or cabinets?
-- Types of built-in: Reach-in, Step-in, Walk-in
-- Note that built-in pantries are the most cost effective and the most functional.

· In the Kitchen or outside the Kitchen (e.g., Mudroom or hall)? no