Kitchen Reno - Island and Kitchen Table Placement
I bought this house recently and will be painting the walls white, getting white marble-esque quartz countertops, and likely keeping the wood stain on the cabinets - but feel free to give thoughts on that as well... I'm going for Mid-Century Modern. If I had a bigger budget, I'd get flat panel cabinet doors. Also, a table really will be needed in the kitchen as the dining room will be turned into a piano room.
I want to get an overhang on the island for two counter-height stools. The potential issue is with the current design, the table and chairs (which would be centered under a new pendant light in place of this old one shown here) might be too close to the stools and island.
I don't want an awkward space. Plus, I feel like (especailly if you look at the second pic) a table and chairs directly in front of stools and an island is a little wierd/cluttered anyway? If I moved the island back further towards the sliding glass door and didn't have so many doors on the opposite wall, I'd put the table against that corner, however that's not an option unless we closed off the opening to the dining room?? Could really use some help!
In Short: Where can I creatively make room for a table and chairs in this kitchen that has very little unused space? Moving the island is an option. Thank you!
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Comments (4)I think there would be too many pendants in that space...I think it would work to use 3 of the pendants you (larger ones) centered over the eating area...and one recessed task light centered over your stainless steel sink...you could also use two recessed task lights and center them over your counter space on either side of the sink....you don't want more than 3 hanging pendants in that area...way too busy. Love your layout, it's very similar to a remodel we're doing right now! Please show pictures! I'm using 6 recessed cans in our space...we have one wall that is 12 feet (fridge in same place as yours) and another that runs 11 feet...so I wish we had the space to add the counter height bar, we're just using the sink/dishwasher and storage on other side then extending the bar out in an arch for seating. I'm using a hanging double light over our bar area instead of pendants...but I love the look of 3 pendants with the size bar you have! What sink are you using? We got an Elkay that is 24 inches wide and 21 inches deep..it looks very big but hoping it will work in that space..your island sink looks as big, too! :) Would love to hear how you're working the venting in the island for the dishwasher and disposal... Tara...See MoreTABLE height kitchen island?? what?? help finalizing kitchen cabinets
Comments (110)Here is a mockup of an idea for your dining room and living room flip. Obviously, the final placement of the various pieces would depend on their size and necessary clearances/aisles, but this is the basic idea. You only really have two walls where the TV could go, so there aren't a whole lot of options. The orientation I chose makes the wood-burning stove a focus point, which I think is nice. I added a large coffee table between couch and loveseat, assumed a flat screen TV on the wall and added a rectangle in the new dining area to indicate a piece of furniture that could be anything, really (china cabinet, sideboard, bookcase, etc.). As for the kitchen, I went back to the open plan for this drawing. As you can see, having the dining area in the new location makes the seating in the kitchen somewhat redundant, although with kids I'm sure it will be useful. However, I agree with 3littlelights and others that this "open" plan still has you facing away from the open space for most of your kitchen tasks and is therefore not really accomplishing what you want it to accomplish. The layout of the sink, stove and fridge is also extremely awkward. What are the exact measurements of the wall with the sink on it? I know you said the windows were 72x36, but how much wall space is there between them and how much wall at either end? If there is no way to put the fridge on the same wall as the sink, then perhaps something like the plan below would work. It doesn't disguise the posts in any way, but it does give you a vastly better workflow and lets you face the open room while you are working at the sink (you'd want to move the dishwasher to the other side of the sink so it wasn't directly across from the oven)....See Morekitchen island pendant placement
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PROBeth H. :
last yearlast modified: last yearif you're doing new flooring, then get a new island,
Or, turn your island and do an extended countertop in this direction. paint it this nice blue/gray color. add a pendant
OR, turn that one longway so you can have the countertop extended, perhaps do a table top on one end.
you could turn it, add leggs and do something like this. I'd paint it.I have no idea why they installed that island in that direction. rotate it 90 degrees.
or, something like this
if you wanted to paint, you could have your kitchen look like this w/the longer island addition.
pick out some nice hardware.as for painting the walls, we can't possibly say until we know what flooring youre getting, what countertop and what furniture you'll have in that room. You don't pick paint first.
(you could always do a neutral white on the walls if you like)
heck, I'd paint the cabs and do something like this
fill in the gap if you paint
but for colors that work w/the wood, here are some
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last yearWe have a few ideas which might work for your kitchen. You might look into rotating the island 90 degrees, or you could potentially make a bigger island like one you see below in our images from our portfolio.
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Beth H. :
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