Help With Kitchen Layout Please!
gds2022
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Comments (3)You can have an L by moving the fridge and a 12" wide pantry to the range wall. Then, have a (maybe slightly wider) and longer island. So, on the range wall, 12" pantry, fridge, 12" cab then range, etc. Range would not be centered on the wall and there would be less space b/w range and sink but there can be additional prep space on the island. You can have 12" (15"?) deep cabs, shelves for additional storage on the bottom wall at the spot where you now have the pantry plus part of the fridge area there can also be used. I learned from the experts in this forum that, when measuring aisles a 1"-1.5" should also be added to the depth of cabs for counter overhang and vaguely remember reading counter deep fridges being a bit deeper than counter....See Morehelp with kitchen layout, please!
Comments (9)BP, here's what I'm hoping for - I'd like to come up with the plan for what we want to do, and if the fridge ends up being on that wall, we will consider redoing that wall now. If it ends up that that isn't the best place for it, we'll keep it where it is until we redo the entire thing. Does that make sense? I realize that putting the fridge in the current pantry wall will put it in a higher traffic area, which isn't ideal, but it may be necessary to get the most useful overall layout. If I can come up with a solid master plan now, it will help me assess whether we can make some incremental changes to move towards it, or if we have to wait and do it all at once. It'll also help me figure out a budget for the eventual full renovation, which will help me know when we'll be able to do it. With the old fridge space: I'd probably put a temporary tall pantry cabinet in there. I won't try to match the existing cabinetry - I'm okay with it not matching for a few years until we can redo the entire thing. We're going to use Ikea cabinets, so I'd probably get a white door and leave it at that. I know it won't be beautiful and show-room perfect, but that's okay! It'll just be short-term. We plan on living in this house for 30+ years, so a few years of a wonky, in-between kitchen are fine with me. :) What I don't like about the current kitchen: - the dishwasher location. When it is open, you can't stand in front of the cooktop, and it blocks off that entire corner, so you can't step around the open door. Cooking and cleanup are clumped up in a corner, and I don't think it needs to be that way! - the fridge and pantry being separated. When I'm getting food out, I feel like I'm walking around a lot to get things together. - base cabinets instead of drawers. My previous kitchen was an Ikea kitchen that we put in, and it was basically all drawer base cabinets, and I loved them. - Narrow aisles around the island! I am not sure how to fix this. I feel like the aisles are too wide without it, but too narrow with one. Although a 24" wide island would help the aisle sizes. - the counter between the wall ovens and fridge tends to be a dumping ground for clutter, as does the counter to the right of the sink. Real prep work tends to happen on the side of the island closer to the cooktop/fridge, and the rest of the counterspace seems to be out of a good work area. We've been in the house for a little over a year, which has helped me get a good feel for how we use the space....See MoreHi EVERYBODY – newbies need help with kitchen layout please
Comments (34)Just off the top of my head, I would probably move the table into the flex room right now and put your piano front and center in the great room. Make your piano the star in the room. Use the flex room as your dining room since you don't use it that often. Then I'd probably put a prep sink on the island with your cooktop centered as you had it. I'd move the ovens down to the left side and put the cleanup sink on the right with the dw to the right of the sink. You don't need a window over a cleanup sink as you spend maybe 10 minutes a day cleaning up. Put a pretty shelf or a dish rack or a pretty tile arrangement over the cleanup sink. I'd make the laundry room into one long room and move the W/D against the outside wall. You could also just enclose it with pocket doors and have the mudroom/laundry as one large room. I'd ditch the pantry sink and just have the pantry as one large pantry/butler's pantry. You have room to make the guest room larger. I did so in the plan. Yes it's not equal but you'll never notice it when you're actually walking into the room. Trust me on that. You don't view your space from the ceiling. That automatically narrows the foyer and since the door opens against the guest room, that too will help you not see that it's not "equal"....See MoreHelp with Kitchen Layout Please!
Comments (50)The things I liked about your original plan were the fridge and second sink were at the edge of the kitchen. I find there is a lot of traffic to the fridge and second sink by my family. Everyone in my house uses the second sink as a handwashing sink. It is also closest to walking in the house from the garage at my house. Your current fridge location is ok, since people can access it from the right without walking through your work area. In your layout, people can use the main sink to wash hands or veggies if they are helping cook if you are working between the fridge and stove. To me the second sink placement on that corner of prime work space in your "work triangle" is not ideal and seems like it would get in the way and only be usable by one person. But if it has a garbage disposal, perhaps it is a great prep sink location and won't be used for handwashing as my second sink is. With your current plan, I like that the dishes and silverware are at the edge of the kitchen, assuming they are in the drawer and cabinet closest to the dishwasher. That is the other thing people go to grab a lot so you want at the edge. Though it is a bit far to grab a plate or then go to get food or drink through the work triangle from the fridge in this layout................. The bottom line is that you need to think about how you live and use your kitchen. I do not mind the fridge being visible from other areas, and I am with you on the bigger it is the better!! There is no such thing as a too big pantry or fridge to me, and if you have the space, go for it. Everyone will give you slightly different opinions on what to do where. If you are getting multiple contradicting opinions, it means there is no "right" answer and you have to go with what you like. You have a lovely interesting ceiling and room around the kitchen. I am sure whatever your final layout, it will be nice and work for you! The less plumbing,gasline changes you have to make moving things around, the less cost. Imagine how you all will use the space and do what is best for you :) lafdr...See Moregds2022
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