Kitchen ideas
This galley kitchen I inherited when purchasing my beachside property.
There is limited cupboard space, bench space, not enough storage and no pantry. The room next to this on the oven side is the laundry.
Do I knock a door way where the microwave is and use part of the laundry as a butler's pantry? This space could house all appliances and a fridge or leave the layout as it is and put in cupboards up the top.
The rest of my house is modern/contemporary with white washed tiles, grey furniture etc recently renovated.
I also loathe the floor!
The house is two storey, I was thinking of extending out the right hand side but honestly prefer to stay within the current footprint. Cost= whatever it takes.
Any ideas appreciated thank you.
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- 10 years ago
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Comments (26)Like others that was one of my first thoughts but after considering the info given thought that the stairs worked. I have drawn a floorplan which opens these stairs up to the kitchen which I think helps the kitchen passageway feel bigger and lighter, I will post this shortly. But working with my current layout without room dimensions, the plan originally shows an outdoor kitchen BBQ backing onto the dinning area on the walkway. To make both the kitchen and dining larger and brighter I would add glass sliding doors off both spaces, the BBQ would be moved to the walkway wall to allow for this, your plan already shows sliding doors off the family to the alfresco. By rearranging the family room lounges will allow more space for the kitchen and a longer Island. I would also try to keep the 2800 Pantry if space can be taken from the laundry on the split level for a much needed Powder room to service the kitchen family alfresco. Without knowing what is below the laundry, I can't be sure but if it would allow the space above the WC could be storage opening into the laundry...See More
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PRO10 years agoHi, I would keep the design minimal- large sets of drawers to elongate your space- a lighter floor to keep it bright. I wouldn't create a butlers pantry as you are better off increasing the whole kitchen space to create openess instead of nooks and crannies in a tight space. Instead how about integrating the laundry into the kitchen cabinetry. You can put a washer/ dryer in a pantry type cabinet, next to the fridge and pantry. Having an extra 2.7m of kitchen space would be huge! A style something like this could work in your space especially if the rest of your renovation is modern and streamlined. That's my 2 cents!
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