what a great room, the raked ceiling is such a great feature and this floor plan is based on the photos but please explain where all the doors lead to and where is your fridge?? ( i've included an image of the new table to show it to scale in the room what do want in the new kitchen eg wall oven, mw, dw, pantry, size sink & fridge, island...

One of my client's had a simiIiar pokey kitchen to yours and the solution was resolved by a similar layout to what you are proposing. I don't think that your table is the right table as it is too low to use for kitchen preparation work.

Your mint green rafters are probably a rough sawn oregon and due to the grain it will be impossible to restore them to the original look with a paint stripper. Sanding them back will be a long and arduous job, but will smooth out the texture. I would be painting them, possibly the same colour as the ceiling.

Full marks to your boss, go with him and the Bunnings Kaboodle kitchen will look fantastic and save a whole heap of money. If you are wanting to use your table to work on, just add lockable trolley wheels also from Bunnings this will give you extra height and add to the look you are wanting to create, you will need to use stools instead of chairs.

We have an 80's house as well, paint the ceiling white and the beams beige, I will show you a photo. OKlouise asked a few questions that would help, also any measurements,

Door 1 - laundry/mud room/pantry & fridge currently out in that room. Probably about 4x4 - it's a good size!

Door 2 - step down into living room

Door 3 - hall entry to front door

Door 4 - sun room which has sliding door access to outside undercover area.

We want to have a sort of farmhouse/industrial vibe. The house is on a few acres on the edge of town so it suits that style. We would really like a farmhouse sink installed in the current sink location, we want to put a dishwasher in next to it and remove the return bit that juts out. Want to install bottom cabinets and an open shelf along the wall between doors 2 and 3 and put the fridge there too I suppose, as there's not enough room beside the oven in its current location. I haven't really thought about what to do on the far wall where the heater is - although there is central heating now and that wall one can be removed. Maybe some free-standing shelves and some wheely ikea benches.

We have a big family and frequent gatherings so the table is going to be used a lot, I used to be in the island bench camp but I've recently decided I really like the homeliness of a big beautiful table in the kitchen. I do like the look of the wheels on the bottom of the table legs !

sirius key the white and beige eaves look fantastic! I wouldn't have considered that as an option but I really like it.

I had a look online at kaboodle kitchens last night and I didn't really see any cabinets/doors in the walnut sort of colour and finish I'm after. But we're headed to Sydney next weekend so I might go to the big Bunnings that has a bunch of kaboodle kitchens on display and see how we go.

here's a rough version of the kitchen you described...note how the minimum walkway when the fridge is moved to the side is the same regardless of the position of the door into the laundry but moving that door would allow much better use of the pantry wall for extra counter space closer to the kitchen work area..

Hi Miranda Have you checked Kaboodle kitchens online, I have done a rough layout for your new kitchen. You could have included a WIP Pantry in your mud room but I think you just might need that space for family/friends & pets.

I have given you a whole wall of pantries 400deep x 800 wide, this allows more space around the table and great storage as 400 deep pantries are much easier to find things in.

You can add wall cabinets in the cook top sink area with you want.

I have also added a two door fridge as these doors take up less space when open. The fridge has also been placed for better access from both inside and out..

The double wall oven can also have the MW, or you could just have 1 oven with MW

much improved layout and allows better walking space around the big table

Thanks OK,your plans came up when I posted we must have been working on this at the same time and gives Miranda a couple of options.

It will be a lovely family kitchen and I think that the current lounge would look lovely on the end wall. By adding wheels to the table replaces any need for an island bench, but also reduces storage hence the bank of pantries. cheers

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Hi there Miranda,

Yes your beautiful table is large, the Pale flooring sounds great , I love the photo you posted for Industrial, farm house look kitchen.

Taking out the island could cause problems for you if it's not tiled under the cup boards? It would be best to wait and remove all the cabinets at the same time so that the tiled floor can be removed which I think is best, or were you planing on going over the top of the tiles?

Not sure re price of the Planks depends on quality and Brand, the laying usually costs as much as the planks, you would be best to get several on site quotes to help you decide.

Apart from electrical work you and hubbbie should be able to demolish or sell your old kitchen and have it removed.

You mentioned going to Sydney, have you been yet. It would be a good idea to make an appointment with Bunnings Kitchen Dept. so they can do you a computer layout of what you want along with estimate.

Good news is that they now offer cut to size so that you can reduce the depth of cabinets to suit.

In My plan I have a row of 5 x 800 x 400 deep pantries which would need to be cut as they come in 600 deep, as with all base cabinets. If you didn't want to go with that you could have 5 x 800 x 400 deep base cabinets with 450 bench top and 5 x 800 x 300 wall cabinets above. Or just the base cabinets with an open shelf.

I would recommend the pantries for storage as by losing the island that also reduces your storage.

The new floor plan I have for you, has removed the wall oven and unit and now has an under bench oven.

This gives you a longer benchtop, you could have a range hood of your choice but I prefer the square simple with the flu. You could then have your open shelf either side of this, giving you your Industrial vibe.

I picked up that you were looking to match your cabinets to your table like in the photo you posted. That would be very difficult as in the photo it looks like both cabinets and table were made by the same person.

I suggest that you look at black of dark grey cabinets with laminated timber bench tops to tone with your table, also from Bunnings which are very well priced @ approx $100, they're not in the kitchen brochure or in that dept

I will post my new plan next cheers

Here's another 3d showing the table you bought to scale, with the 400 deep wall cabinet

And the following which I would recommend using 600mm deep pantries replacing the lounge and corner pantry, corner pantries can't have drawers, the others can. If you can fit the fridge near the sink it would work much better than on the end wall, cheers

there are rangehoods that can be installed to vent out through the roof, out through the wall or out under the floor and i would start with a visit to a store showing rangehoods in working positions, identify a few that might suit, print out all the specific installation instructions (direct from manufacturers websites) and discuss with your plumber...faced with a similar dilemma we chose a recirculating rangehood built in under the wall cabinet which looks far less cluttered than the big "hoods" (i believe recirculating rangehoods can compromise BASIX scores but still meet safety regulations)

Could you swap the fridge with the wall oven, going by your photo both fridge and Wall Oven would fit side by side. I would definately have the fridge on the cook top wall and not on the other side of the kitchen.

I see by the photo that the timber beam could be in the way, I would speak to your plumber who should have a simple solution on ducting the range hood.

A simple one built into a special cabinet above the cooktop can recirculate or be ducted outside by either exposed stainless tube for your industrial/country look or have the ducting boxed in, the ducting can be flexable so no problem avoiding beams.

Pantries with draws for easy access, even short people. cheers

Hi Miranda, it would certainly be cheaper to keep the oven where it is, the fridge should fit next to it, simple, good luck with the range hood.