Help with kitchen layout
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bigreader
7 years agoLeeanne L
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Help with kitchen layout required
Comments (20)Hello. All ideas practical and an appliance cupboard is a must if you had in your previous house as demonstrated by previous comments. Microwave and mixers all away. A sliding door to pantry easy solution. Even one with timber frame (raw or painted depending on your finishes) and opaque glass is great as well. Not compromising on island bench is good. It is best to have drawers on both sides. Depending on your seating or not you can also re configure drawer at end but also keeping in mind power points are a must with an island bench. If you are of average height wall ovens great but not always suitable for someone who is below average height. I have an island bench without a sink which works really well, drawers each side and 2 stools at one end for my needs. The rubbish/recycle bin is a pull out dedicated drawer which is also practical. Sink and stove at the back. Make sure you get a good cabinet maker as well and decide everything beforehand....See MoreHelp with kitchen layout...kitchen too darn BIG!
Comments (11)Thanks everyone - your comments and diagrams have given me plenty of ideas I hadn't considered. Perhaps shifting the wall is a little drastic! I'm now thinking of going a long U shape like this. I'll add a few upper cabinets on the left side too for the most frequently used stuff from the pantry (as the pantry is still a distance from the stove/oven). The fridge as you can see is now right amongst the action. We also have a chest freezer hiding out in the laundry which I can move into the old fridge space...alternatively I might convert it to a computer workstation as suggested. I'm leaning towards a peninsula rather than an island, just because I feel like it will give me a slightly more efficient/seamless work space, and we don't expect seating at at the island/peninsula will get used much given how close the dining table is. Any thoughts on this revised layout?...See MoreHelp with kitchen layout needed
Comments (7)my suggestions include a door between dining and family room, opening up the wall between dining and kitchen to allow for a 7' island bench and knee space for drawers and desk on either or both sides and a "window" between kitchen and dining with cabinets above head height...the existing sink, dw and toilet space remain the same but swopping the rear doors for wide sliding glass would improve light and allow easier traffic and furniture arrangement including a wall of free standing cabinets that could include extra kitchen and dining storage as well as tv, books music etc...See MoreHelp with new kitchen layout!
Comments (40)Hi Siriuskey, oklouise, and Leanne, A big thankyou and an apology for such a delay in me responding to all messages. Things got really hectic here. We have given it some more thought and have had a bot of a brainwave and really interested to hear what you think... we are thinking to shift the cooktop to the island bench and make it an induction cooktop. That would give us a lovely big pantry too. I'll draw up a picture and post it. I have also managed to get a fairly basic 3D program but I'm very much a novice at it still!...See Morebigreader
7 years agoLeeanne L
7 years ago
Cameron Mitchell
7 years agoHi, you could put cupboards all along the right side wall and have a secrete door built into the cupboards where the existing door is. I've done as you suggested and put French doors where the window is. Not sure on the space in the middle of kitchen, but you could add an island or bench trolley to gain some more bench space. Just throwing my two cents in. Hope you enjoy your new kitchen when it's all done.
Leeanne L
7 years agoCameron Mitchell
7 years agooklouise
7 years agooklouise
7 years agopending more detail here's a basic galley kitchen with island
future expansion could allow the laundry to be moved into the porch and utility area, accessed through the original external kitchen door and the old laundry converted to a generous pantry
Leeanne L
7 years agoLeeanne L
7 years agooklouise
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agohoping not to invest in something that would later need to be redone i suggest retaining the window and existing appliances and sink positions, remove both breakfast bars, add an island trolley and free standing pantry storage in the laundry.with relocated laundry door and widen dining room door and use the old dining areas as family room study overlooking the deck and backyard while there are young children in the family
this basic layout could be assembled from flatpac cabinets using the standard sizes with a modest benchtop that could later be replaced when the cabinets were reconfigured to suit a preferred kitchen layout..using freestanding stove and fridge will also save costs but extra free standing storage could be added across in front of the porch door (without permenantly closing that door) eg tall bookshelves would make ideal storage for crockery, glass ware, cookbooks, serving ware, pantry etc eg Ikea Billy glass doored bookshelves could be used and relocated laterthe changed laundry door could be used for a linen cabinet from the hallway if/when the big walk in pantry replaces the old laundry with different access options
Leeanne L
7 years agoLeeanne L
7 years agooklouise
7 years agokeeping the original island without the french doors would be OK but wastes a lot of space with awkward walkways, especially the very narrow walkway between the stove and island or you can have a bit more space in that walkway but the island would have to be too narrow to have any stools..this arrangement moves the stove out of it's old position or keeping the stove in the original position would mean shortening the island 60cms and the walkways would be more cluttered and this arrangement doesn't allow space for a dining table (and the family room) and ignores the porch, storeroom and laundry for future kitchen expansion unless this kitchen was also temporary
if you decide to consider yesterday's suggestion with the dining table a moveable bench not fixed banquette will fit better and allows for the table and chairs to be rearranged, moved into the dining area or out on the deck for big occasions but if there must be an island please advise essential items that you need in a kitchen and i'll attempt to fit them in..you said that you want a side by side fridge but what width, depth and height, what about microwave, preferred stove..cooktop and wall or under bench oven, style and size of sinks and any unusual kitchen equipment needing special storageLeeanne L
7 years agoWe like a fridge which is 912 x 1790 x 738 however if this is too big to look reasonable then we can change our minds.. has not been purchased yet. I'm not fussed about ovens or sinks, whatever is best for the space. I do love islands but if the space is wrong for it I would prefer a functional kitchen that doesn't have an island. I would like an appliance cupboard somewhwer to hide thhe toaster and kettle etc. I have attached a photo of one that I saw that I thought would be great
oklouise
7 years agotrying to keep the sink in the old space is creating much more expensive options requiring removal and/or rearranging walls and loss of potential access to the walk in pantry, porch and future laundry..installing the sink at the window looks out over the deck (with a servery bar?) allows space for the big fridge and includes an island, appliances cabinet, wall oven and microwave, double sink, dishwasher, the tall shallow storage for storage pending inclusion of the walk in pantry all without changing any walls, doors or windows
Leeanne LOriginal Author