Kitchen Renovation for old house
I am at a bit of a loss with where to put to best utilise the space and not just put everything back where it was. Is this too much to want? Any helpful ideas or tips much appreciated:)
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divinefeeling
5 years agoI will redo a sketch. Fireplace hasn’t been opened up yet, old kitchen cabinets are still in situ. Pantry is a big structure which needs to stay at this point (trying to minimise cost), a door will be added though. Window with view is being changed to a larger window, ideally (getting a builder to look Monday). Sill height will be counter top height or slightly above. Hope additional photos help in the meantime.
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siriuskey
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHi there is this anything like your kitchen, with the freestanding range or cook top, fridge and oven side by side, It could be really nice if the window next to the pantry was a door? cheers
siriuskey
5 years agoIt might be a good idea to replace the big window with a glass door and use that window to replace the smaller window, this would allow a lot more light into the kitchen. You could add a mobile island made up from whatever you wanted cheers
Kate
5 years agoHi Siriuskey. I’m not sure you got the existing @door in the right spot. From the cad sketch they posted, the pantry is top right, and the door is on the long wall just below pantry. Window to left and top, with fireplace bottom left, I think.
flip your drawing left to right and move door up to pantry where you have fridge.
siriuskey
5 years agoOops, I had the fireplace and pantry in the correct position but over looked the door, it was difficult to be exact without more info, hope you feel happy with this. cheers
divinefeeling
5 years agoHope this is clearer, sorry not the best drawing. Pantry straddles both rooms, roughly half and half...
Kate
5 years agoThanks divinefeeling. It would be great to remove wall to casual dining and move pantry to other end of room. This all depends on your budget. Here’s another laoyout, moving internal door, in fact I would just have a wide opening or sliding door. This would work well if you later remove pantry and some internal walls to integrate the two rooms.
You need to think what you value, in terms of outlook and access.you also need to work out what you can do with the fire place. Brick chimneys can be removed. If you removed it all you could have another entry to your kitchen from that wall. So many options.
oklouise
5 years agosiriuskey
5 years agoAnother thought trying to keep the chimney for cook top or as a feature as you mentioned, removing a chimney is a lot of work and I think it would be a loss to the house. You hve a choice of a free standing cooker in the fire place or a cooktop next to the sink and a wall oven next to the fire place. Changing a window for an external door with access to the covered balcony, and keeping the doorway between kitchen and casual dining in situ to save money, it could be a sliding Barn door.
Siri My revised plan and Kate's as drawn by her cheers
divinefeeling
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5 years agoWould it be a big problem to have the door opening back in against the pantry, how often would it be open. Hopefully you will get to have the cook top or free standing range in the old fireplace. The entry room sounds like it was an old breezeway, a Barn Style door opening into the kitchen from that would look amazing.
You may be able to have some exposed brick work, could need a bit of patching up.
Perhaps some inspiration from this lovely place
http://www.orchardkeepers.com.au/
Cheers
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5 years agoYou mentioned an old fireplace in your kitchen. Have a look at what we did for some clients in Brisbane. They had an old fireplace and we inserted a bespoke cocktail cabinet and drawers into the space. The chimney brickwork was cleaned up and looks great with the timber. Good luck with your project :)
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