Remove wall between kitchen and dining?
Amanda Elton
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almost final plans (maybe?) - advice please :)
Comments (14)Thanks Red! Have you started yet? I've been out of the loop on here and haven't kept up with everyone. Do you have a floor plan? I just love your architect's plans! But after spending so much on other plans, dh has convinced me to whittle everything down and just go with a local guy. Just hope he gets my "vision" as I think he is used to drawing up box plans for the builders here and doesn't do too many customs. We'll see I guess... The screened porch faces south/west so we'll be able to watch the sunsets over our tree line :) Thanks for the link Renovator. I will be sure to show it to dh. We are owner/building this which is part of our problem I think. No one to really shoot ideas off of and we have to do all the grunt work & research ourselves - but we'll save a ton of $$ so it's a trade off. I appreciate your expertise....See Morehelp with kitchen layout needed
Comments (18)I can't see the pictures. it maybe because I am at work. 1. Sodastream and French Press for coffee. I use both. My soda stream is in the walk in pantry. We use it about 1 x per day. It was not worth the trouble of keeping it on the counter. I use the electric kettle to boil water. I use the kettle 2 plus times per day. I keep the kettle on the counter. The french press goes in the drawer when not used. I keep the kettle close to the faucet so that I can fill it easily. I find that the electric kettle boils faster than the gas range top kettle. I have high power gas range. Even so, the electric is easier/faster. It is also easier for the kids to use. I have a large island. that is where I do most of my prep work. So I can afford to leave some stuff out on the perimeter counter. 2. I have a 30 inch range plus a Miele speed oven which is a combined MW and regular oven. It was expensive but it gives me the second oven that bakes well and allows us to have a MW and saves space. We only use the MW to heat stuff. I only put glass or ceramic in the MW. So even if i have already started to preheat my oven to bake cookies and I forgot to melt the butter, I switch the hot oven to MW setting, put the butter in a pyrex, melt the butter and switch the oven back to preheat mode. It works fine... 3. I have a L plus island configuration. Ref/range on one leg and sink/DW on the other leg of L. I put the speed oven under counter on the island. I opted to not have a second sink. Sometimes i wish I had one. When my kids are doing home work for hours on the island and the paper doesn't get splashed by the water or I need the large surface to layout stuff, I am glad that I did not put the sink in the island. there are pros and cons to every decision you make. Another thing about the L + island versus a galley is how the room feels when you are in it. The L has a more open feel since there are multiple ways out of the working space. So you don't feel as locked in. This is an important concept in design. How does the space feel when you are in it?...See MoreHelp with kitchen layout please
Comments (14)This is what I had in mind: The big window is centered between the upper cabinets and the fridge. The dining table is centered on the french doors and the wide doorway to the kitchen. The island is meant to be your kitchen table/homework space. This also fixed what appeared to be pretty tight clearances around your dining table and too many seats for a table that size. For you, since you have such a tight budget, I would recommend not actually doing an island but a table of the same size for now. If you are so inclined later down the line, you can build it in with cabinets below and a counter on top and maybe even a prep sink. Since it will be so much later, you might plan on the get-go for having the island be of contrasting materials from the perimeter. Similarly, there is a logical spot for double ovens in the future, but for now you might want to save the money and just make that a pantry. Perhaps with cabinet door sizes that are cleverly chosen so a set of them are the perfect size and place in the stack to be easily removed later and ovens put in instead....See MoreHow to layout kitchen in the great room?
Comments (13)I couldn't resist giving you a laundry room, which might have been the original purpose of the small bedroom. There are two kitchen plans, one with the sink on the window wall, and in the inset, the sink is on the short wall, with the range and hood as a focal point between two large windows. The window widths can change, depending on the number of upper cabinets you need. In both plans, a wall oven could go beside the fridge, and a MW drawer could be used elsewhere in the kitchen. Click to enlarge: While I was moving walls, I made the front bedroom longer, to accommodate an optional step-in closet. ;)...See MoreAmanda Elton
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