Need help with Kitchen Layout/Design for a gut remodel job - thanks!
Hi there - our house flooded from a frozen burst pipe so we got an unexpected remodel on our hands. I would appreciate advice on flow, function, and of course, how to make it GORGEOUS!
Height: 9' ceilings
Size: 22'x13' with 13' opening between kitchen and living room
People: 2.5 people space (husband, me, bonus 10yo daughter who is with us half-time - 2 weeks at a time). 1 cook, 1 helper at a time.
Use: We cook 1-2 times a week and eat together. We like to entertain more casually (e.g. I like to prep things and have them set out so people can enjoy and graze). I host retreats at my house which have a chef and she would use the kitchen and then we would eat in the formal dining room. Would like our daughter to do her homework at the island as she gets older.
Flexibility: Right now, we can do anything because the kitchen is gutted!
Desires: Beverage Station (we do lots of tea, coffee, sparkling water). Counters to be as clutter-free as possible. I love a large island (preferably around 8'). Work zones need to make sense because I like efficiency and a good flow to things. I want the kitchen to look high-end and custom.
Appliances:
- GE Cafe Series Matte White Fridge - 36" counter depth
- Will buy the GE Cafe Series Matte White oven too (debating between 30" or 36" for aesthetic only - not function since we don't cook a lot)
- 24" Bosch dishwasher stainless steel
- Can show or hide the microwave
- Small appliances we use often are the air fryer and blender for smoothies
Pantry: We have a walk-in pantry in the kitchen under the stairs that fits our family needs.
Desired Style: Transitional/Coastal Glam. White shaker cabinets with white Oak Island. Quartz counters. Glass cabs possibly sprinkled throughout. Matte white Cafe series fridge and oven. Hardware - champagne bronze.
Pics Attached:
- Floorplan of kitchen drawn to scale
Mission/Vision: A gorgeous kitchen that makes you say wow when you see it AND is easy to use/functional for our every day use. Light and Airy with a luxury feel. A kitchen that just feels right when you look at it and invokes a space of gathering, great conversation, and an invitation to make something yummy to eat or have a warm beverage in hand. The cabinets create a soothing foundation and the hardware and light fixtures are the jewels of the kitchen. The barstools and breakfast nook provide comfort for people to sit leisurely and comfortably.TIA (Thanks in advance)!
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Comments (12)I don't understand the reason for the slanted wall on the fridge wall. Your original floor plan does not have a slanted wall, so why would you take down the dining room wall and then build it on an angle? Its seems like a pantry could be incorporated in this plan without having to have a slanted wall. "***Instead of a range, we plan on a 36" rangetop and microwave/combo wall ovens to the right of the rangetop." This is going to change the look of the range wall and I am not sure how it will look with a wall ovens / mw stacked between hood and window. IF I were you, I would mock this up in your renderings to see how it looks. "If you look at my main floor plan, we are removing the foyer closet and opening up that space for a foyer table of some kind (possible built ins)." As someone who has no closet in the foyer, I dislike this idea. When you have guests, it is nice to have a place to hang coats, etc. (assuming you use mudrm closet for daily use). Unless you live in a warm climate, consider this decision carefully. IMHO, I think your plan to squeeze in a small coat closet that is walled into the kitchen space but opens to the foyer is less than ideal as well. Do you really want a quirky little closet instead of your nice tucked away closet that exists now? If you take out your existing closet will you have the banister for stairway showing? That is the only possible reason I can think that this change could be beneficial. But again, just my opinion. Your layout is somewhat similiar to mine. Where your fridge wall is, my DH wanted to slant the wall as well for optimum tv viewing. I am so glad I won that battle. Good luck. I think you are going to love the openness you your new kitchen....See MoreNeed to figure out best layout without gutting the kitchen
Comments (50)I looked into the single column refrigerator and moving the stove where the fridge is now - we would only have 6 inches of counter next to the stove if we did that. And yes the table would be half in the sunroom half in the kitchen. Ugh. We have been talking this through (a lot!) and my husband wants to look into the idea of taking down the dining room wall so we don't lose the sunroom. If we do that we lose the 'L' and would have a one walled kitchen with an island. We'd only gain about 10 inches of counter on the sink wall since there's a large window just beyond that wall - but I was thinking we could move the sink to a (new) island and put the stove on the current sink wall. Maybe I'd even get a vent hood out of this :) This would make the space so bright since we have a huge bay window in the dining room. I'd like to keep the table and size of eating space in there as is so we'd have plenty of eating space and still kind of a dining room for parties. If we kept everything else in the layout the same (glass cabinets, fridge and pantries) but got a new longer island that extended to where the dining room wall is now I wonder if that would work. I asked a contractor previously and that wall is not load bearing. Think it'd be realistic to keep our existing cabinetry with the exception of the island? I have a black pottery barn hutch/secretary desk in the dining room I could move over where the current kitchen table is now. That wall has our only baseboard heat so I'd rather not put cabinets over there. Here a pic of the dining room - the kitchen stove wall is behind that hutch. Should I redo the floor plan to include dining room?...See MoreLayout/design help please- kitchen remodel
Comments (11)Although there would be some wasted space, you might consider putting the cooktop in the corner. That would allow you move the ovens over beside the fridge. In turn the sink and DW would need to move toward the door. In the larger drawing I enlarged the window, but if that is not possible due to the brick veneer, you could move the sink off-center to the window, but set the faucet off-center to the sink--more centered on the window to disguise the off-center sink. I eliminated the stub wall beside the fridge to provide more space between the ovens and hood. The fridge would then have a wood surround with a full depth cabinet above. Have you considered a MW in the oven stack? Images--corner cooktop...See MoreHELP! Need design advice on kitchen/house layout remodel!
Comments (15)Good question...That space is actually not that big in real life. We'll likely put the 2 chairs with a table in between that we have in the sunroom now. We may end up with a moveable island in the "butler's pantry" -- agree, it's more of an extended kitchen space. But we can reuse the same cabinets so it will be low cost and extra storage since we'll have less in the main kitchen area. Moving the bathroom was deemed to be more than $10k, and creates a lot more complexity in the project. I am intrigued by that idea, but I think that will actually make the house feel smaller since that will create more of a closed off hallway from our utility room....See MoreShazia
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