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Comments (3)So wait, is your drawing both (1) existing walls/doors/windows AND (2) proposed locations of fixtures (sink, stove etc.)? I ask because the gas range appears to be sitting right in the doorway to the dining room. If that's the case, could you explain where everything currently is? In other words, what's the "before" picture? Assuming what your diagram shows is where fixtures and cabinets WILL be in the future, I think with a little tweaking it would be great. Here's what I would suggest: - Like you said, blow out the part of the kitchen/dining room wall that doesn't have cabinets on it (essentially, the bottom half of the wall). - Put a wall behind the stove and the cabinets on either side of the stove. Since your space doesn't have room for an overhang, seating or clearance (i.e. space between the range and people in the dining room), you really would gain nothing from having that be a peninsula that's open to both the kitchen and the DR. But if you let that be a wall, then you gain space in the kitchen for some important stuff: (1) a good vent hood (if you're building a new wall it's very easy/cheap to put in the ductwork for the vent); and (2) wall cabinets on either side of the vent hood, for more storage in the kitchen. Yay! - Instead of a 24" cab to the left of the stove, make it a 12" cab so the stove can move down. As drawn, there's not enough space between the stove and sink. 12" more and you've got an great work space that you'll use all the time--just make sure you don't put any appliances on that counter (coffee maker, toaster), just use it for prep space, and you'll be very happy with it. You could even consider making the cabinet to the left of the stove be 9". I wouldn't go smaller than that because you need some clearance between the range (in particular, the handles on your pans) and the doorway. - I see you want a 24"x18" farmhouse sink. Want to save a LOT of money? Get an Ikea Domsjo farmhouse sink (link below). It's 24" wide, exactly as you want, but it has two HUGE advantages over anything else you're going to find: (1) it's REALLY inexpensive, and (2) it's 27" deep, in other words, you DO NOT have to put any countertop behind it--it goes all the way back to the wall. That makes your counters cheaper and easier to make. Here's a link where you can buy the Domsjo -- the other link shows you how it's installed, so you can see why it makes the countertop simpler: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49847479/ Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreLayout help - tiny space and tiny budget!
Comments (3)I'm a little confused by the pictures, not really knowing what's where (that's me tho, no sense of direction) but I can comment on a few things. I think your kitchen is way too small for a corner sink...they take up a lot of space IMO and you'd have to get a new cabinet for it. I really like you existing cabinets and think your could make them look great in a different layout. I'm not sure why you want to squeeze a desk in (is that a desk?). There's also not enough space for an overhang on your proposed peninsula for seating. The dishwasher will be very hard to access from the corner sink as well. I'm sorry I'm only pointing out the problems I see but I don't understand the space well enough to offer any constructive advice. As small as it seems, You have a lot to work with and I think your house is adorable and full of potential. Personally, the deck would be at the top of my list, then the kitchen. I just love to sit outside....See Morecan you help with the layout of my tiny kitchen! please???
Comments (1)Sorry for the duplicate! It didn't seem that my initial post had been posted. Sorry!!!...See MoreRescue me: Help for dark and tiny kitchen layout
Comments (15)First off... wow, your kitchen is HUGE compared to mine. Mine is 11x8, but fortunately it's open to a larger dining room space so I can have a full table and a couple shelf bits outside the kitchen to hold stuff like microwave, coffee pot, and toaster. That said... if you like how your kitchen layout is currently working, why not just keep that? I mean yes, update your cabinets to best utilize storage space- so you can have the most free counter space. And update your counters too if you don't like them or if updating cabinets won't allow you to re-use the counters. I like your cabinets, but that means nothing if you don't like them, or if they aren't as functional as they appear. Depending on what you got going on above your cabinets along the sink side- you could adjust your cabinet height to make open cubbies out of what is currently walled over. Like those few inches between the cabinet tops and the ceiling. Just those few inches could provide an amazing amount of display storage space. Cookbooks, lesser used dishes and such, and so on. Your soffit area you have marked might be usable for this sort of thing too. I suggest this because I am short- so having extra tall cabinets is not as worthwhile for me as having open display cubby up top. If you guys are taller, having cabinets all the way to the ceiling might be the better option. Something kind of missing in the pics... Do you have a central ceiling light? I mean smack dab in the middle. If not, adding in light there can help considerably with the darkness in your kitchen. Just remodeling the lighting might make the biggest impact. And when you install a hood, make sure it's a lighted hood. I didn't notice a light over the sink either, not sure if it just wasn't on or if there isn't one. If there isn't one, install one. Not sure what's going on with your chimney, and you might need to as a contractor.. but if you can get rid of the fake box in and just go with naked chimney- that can give you inches to your plan. You could divert the current outlet that is on the false face to under the peninsula....See MoreLH CO/FL
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