Hey guys - I'm back to this... as mentioned on another thread, my induction turned into an emergency c-section and it's been taking me longer than expected to recover. But husband is back at the renovations and we need to figure out what he's doing with the wall in the kitchen - whether and how much he needs to extend it to accommodate layout. I could really use some more sets of eyes to look at these two layout options. I threw in the clearance paths just to visually see how it would flow. (I do intend to tape off/place some boxes before making a final decision.) The cabinets are all flexible...I just kind of put in sizes that seemed to work for the space. Mainly I'm trying to figure out placement of fridge, dishwasher, range to figure out what will give me the best flow and workspace.
I moved the window from the center of the wall to the left cause if the window is centered one of the arches would cover half the window. Eventually we hope to eliminate the arches, but we aren't going to design the kitchen with that in mind because the arches are part of the support structure and if we get rid of them it will be a very costly project. (I'll attach a picture)
I've been playing with two layouts - one that puts the fridge, sink, and range on the same (lower) wall, and one that puts the range on the left -hand wall. Also - trying out a 6 ft window in one set and a 7 ft in the other. As you can see, if I put in a 7 ft window I'll have an awkward space to fill between the sink and the lazy susan corner in order to center the sink under the window. I tried with an 8 ft window as well, but I just don't think it will give me enough upper cabinet space. I can move the window down further on the wall, but I don't want to move it too far or like I mentioned, the light will be blocked by the beam from the arch. To place it in the center of the arch I would start a 6' window 28" from the left wall, or 22" from left wall for a 7' window (if we did the math correctly lol). As shown, it starts 18" from left wall, which should be fine. It doesn't need to be centered in the arch since it will extend beyond the edges...I just don't want the center to be blocked by the support beams...
Thoughts? My sleep-deprived, hormonal mind is probably missing something...what is it? Which layout makes the most sense? Or, something different that I haven't thought of?
Q