what do you think of this kitchen layout?

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what do you think of this kitchen design?

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Patricia Colwell Consulting

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Well I do not like corner pantries , I aslo do not want to cross in front of the range to go from fridge to sink. I don't like dusting so try to take cabinets to the ceiling and if you must add some crown to close that dust collecting gap. All those bsae cabinets should have been drawers.

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mcarroll16
last year
Fridge placement isn't ideal but is probably the best tradeoff, given your room. I would want more countertop between the fridge and and cooktop though. You could get that by moving the cooktop over another 12" towards the right (window) wall, or by eliminating the pantry and moving the fridge towards the left wall. If you opened up that corner and used floor-to-ceiling pantry cabinets, the room would feel much more open.
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Interesting how people looking at the same picture see something different ... Take away the doorway and this is the classic U layout. Maybe you could call it a Broken U, but a U is uninterrupted and keeps everything within reach of a single cook -- that's the strength of a U. An L is better for shuttling traffic through /allowing multiple cooks, and that's the functional style we have here. The hood should be six inches wider than the stove below so that it really catches all the odors and grease rather than allowing them to be deposited onto your cabinets. I know this is common advice here, but I've never found a need for a wider hood /never had a problem with odors or grease -- maybe my hood is stronger than average? A related issue: When your stove is on an interior wall, you have to figure out how you're going to vent. It's certainly not an insurmountable issue, but it is one that you need to address. Like others have said, you probably want all drawers in your lowers, rather than a mix of drawers and cabinets. Yes. Inventory your current kitchenware, then assign everything a spot -- that'll allow you to accurately determine whether you have an appropriate number of drawers and cabinets. Personally, I'm planning for my base cabinets: 3 cabinets, 3 three-drawer stacks, 1 four-drawer stack, and 1 pull-out behind a cabinet drawer. I could not have predicted these specifics without having "assigned" items to specific places. The island looks very large. Will you be able to reach the middle of it to clean it? Always a concern for me. A prep sink in the island would do a lot for the layout, that's the biggest change you need if you want to keep the basic layout here intact. I'm not a big fan of repetitive items, but I agree that if the OP's going to keep this layout, a prep sink on the island would be helpful. Realistically, though, adding a prep sink is expensive and would eat prime island storage. I'd rework the plan rather than do this. Other thoughts: I agree with the idea of moving the oven(s) to the side near the sink, and I agree that this area appears to be a potential clutter magnet -- perhaps go with a tall cabinet here instead of countertop? You need to flip the pantry door. Imagine you bring in groceries, set them on the island to organize them ... you have to walk around the pantry door. Best would be a pocket door, but I'm not sure you have the space. You're going to serve beverages from the area near the refrigerator ... but the dishwasher is on the far side of the room /with the island in between. Since you wash so many glasses, it'd be better if the dishwasher and beverage area could be closer. The dining room looks fairly far away from the kitchen; plus everything's going to have to be carried around the island. Any possibility the family room could go into this area (if you rework the mudroom, it could have windows on two sides) and place the kitchen directly in front of the dining room? Overall, it'll be a pretty kitchen, but it could massively improve in terms of function, work zones, placing things in convenient places. "Walk through" mentally and imagine yourself doing everyday chores: Putting away groceries, making your favorite casserole, fixing coffee or a soda, cleaning up after dinner, etc.
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Thank you for all the comments. To answer some questions.... The wall on the left is 163". The baby gates are for babies (but there is a possibility of getting a dog in the future). The doorway at the bottom of the kitchen leads to the living room. There are currently two adults who both cook, although generally not at the same time, plus one toddler, and second baby on the way in this growing family. The fridge isn't against a wall - it has an 30" pantry and mini oven on it's left, which this angle shows a little more clearly. I agree that the space at the sides of the counter are too narrow - especially the side with the sink. Perhaps this is why the space feels so crowded? We have opted for no upper cabinets - just a small shelf for some greenery, and to fit the task lighting (led strips) to the underside of. We are hoping this keeps the kitchen feeling open and un-cluttered. So, once I switch the dishwasher to the right of the sink, and slide the sink closer to the corner, it opens up the space around the sink more, and allows space for a kitchen door to the outside. This seems to improve the issues of the narrow space around the sink, and the usability of the corner (prep and cleanup at the same time).
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Sabrina Alfin Interiors
last year
Corner pantries are space-wasters. Take it down and extend the cabinetry on both sides, with a tall pantry cabinet next to the microwave.
pricklypearcactus
last year
To me the space to the left of the stove is completely insufficient. How do I know this? I have about the same amount of space in my (not remodeled) kitchen. Either replace the corner pantry with something that takes up less space and have more room on the left of the stove, or shift the stove to the right to make sufficient space.
ShadyWillowFarm
last year
I don’t love the pantry either - can you make it smaller, or just do cabs around that corner? And slide the fridge away from the stove a bit. If you keep the pantry, maybe change out the door to one with frosted glass.
marmiegard_z7b
last year
Yes, if you do mostly lower drawers, except for any specialty cabinets you plan to do, you get more usable storage for pots & casseroles & such; then if you’re able to extend upper cabinets height, thogh the top shelves are not convenient to reach, I find them good for seasonal items & less used things tgat I can’t part with; the upper cabinets in the corner by be re- imagined somehow, reduced in his much wall space, allowing you to move the stove over ( depending on what you do with the pantry) to give you an actually usable 15” or so to left of stove to set pans on.
I like how you have the sink & stove on connected counter top for good prep space and dishwasher to the R in that configuration.
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Original Author
last year
Thank you all for all your feedback. Unfortunately, i can not move my pantry from there.
I can move my refrigerator to where microwave is, and then extend countertop. Would that be a better option or leave referigerator and microwave as it’s shown in the design
mcarroll16
last year
I would move the fridge over to the microwave area. I've had a couple of kitchens with minimal counter on one side of the oven. I would much rather take extra steps to the fridge than deal with that kind of countertop situation again.
marmiegard_z7b
last year
Moving the fridge seems better IF you have enough clearance by island to open doors , because it’s not very hard to take stuff from fridge to island for make a sandwich or something , or put groceries on island to load in fridge, Right now anyone accessing fridge is right in stove cooking zone.
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GN Builders L.L.C
last year
You should have more counter space on the left of the stove min a 15" base.
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last year
Move the fridge to get more useful space beside stove.
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BeverlyFLADeziner
last year
I'd move the fridge to the left of the pantry so I could have good counter spacing on either side of the cooktop.
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herbflavor
last year
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start by skooching range to the right. the aisle looks fairly generous between range wall and island so if you keep the fridge on the back wall ...the island is available with a pivot to users of both fridge and cooking duty ..... Keeping the side counter to left of pantry for area of coffee /snacks / food set-up might be the best. obviously you want 2 or 3 stools so thats why I'm thinking use the left wall for secondary zone dont fill it up w fridge unless absolutely necessary. Hopefully pantry is just backup storing and not in/out frequently.....some would take the pantry out..just depends.... Please install all base drawers and consider
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microwave drawer in the island .
anj_p
last year
Is there a reason you can't move the pantry? Typically those walls aren't load bearing. Is it budget?

What are your clearances?

Unless you are getting a built-in fridge, I would be concerned that the fridge will stick out much farther than your rendering shows.

I would move the fridge to the microwave wall, pending actual dimensions. I would also add a prep sink to the island...again, pending dimensions. Do you have a measured layout instead of a rendering?

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