Help new kitchen! Keep layout? Start fresh?
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Comments (21)It's nice seeing these alternate layout ideas. Thanks! It gets my mind thinking in a different way. To answer some of buehl's questions: - Appliance sizes will be 36" wide fridge and 24" wide dishwasher (changed since my picture, both very recent and will be staying) - The heat register by peninsula can be moved. No problem there. - The way family and friends come in is through mudroom. Mudroom has an entrance from exterior and from the garage also, so the groceries come in through here and are put on the table. It's very handy because it's close to the built-in pantry, upright freezer, and the fridge while I'm putting things away. We will be tearing out the ceiling (office tile ceiling in two areas, damaged sheetrock ceiling in another) so when that is torn apart the thing we would be willing to change is to put a partial wall of some sort over in that stair area if it made something more functional, but not completely block any stairs. Although the room upstairs is currently used as a bedroom, in a few years when my daughter is done with college and moves out, it will be back to a living room which will be nice to have easy access from the kitchen. It's a long way around going another way (the house is big). It's also the shortest route to the 2nd bathroom from the kitchen. - Window over the sink is 39" off ground and the other two are 23-1/2" - I will have DH make a sketch of main floor layout so it's somewhat in the right proportions compared to what I would come up with....See MorePlease help with kitchen layout! Starting renovations and need help
Comments (2)Can you take some space from the living room? If the stub wall must be 30", you could put a full-height cabinet on the LR side, and extend a peninsula to the point where the door was. If you need a support post for a beam, it could be incorporated into the seating overhang (plan on left). However, if the stub wall can be eliminated, or if only a support post is necessary on the exterior wall, you could extend the peninsula farther into the LR, and make the remainder of the room a dining area. With seating at the peninsula, the nook could be converted to storage and serving. areas (plan on right). Another option (on right), would be to keep the sink under the window and put the fridge on the stair wall. The fridge would be a trek from the range, but adding a sink to the peninsula would give you a better prep space, and the fridge would be more convenient to the FR and new DR. NKBA guidelines New to Kitchens? Read me first....See Moreeverdebz
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