Creative kitchen plan for my budget shed conversion - HELP PLEASE.
Where do l start??? I'm a pensioner living solo, feeling very fortunate to have a mortgage free home in PERTH WA.
But I am very concerned for how many women my age, are threatened with homelessness, cos modern rents are over 2/3s of their pension.
I had dreamed, for a couple of years, of turning my ex's work shed, into a sweet little home for one of these ladies, that l will rent out for $200 a week.
BUT sadly, the money is running out, so l am now desperately hoping, that this is the community that can help me with some clever, creative, budget/recycling ideas, to complete this project, so l can achieve my original goal, and begin to get a little return for my investment, and supplement my meagre pension.
SO lets start with the KITCHEN. I have these recycled IKEA cabinets [not fixed into position yet] and another narrower one, which l hope will help create an 'L' SHAPED KITCHEN:-
- Possible space - Long Wall 420 cms x Short Wall 102 cms
- Long Wall cupboard Depth 60 cms x Short Wall cupboard Depth 42 cms [80 cms long].
- Plumbing for Taps placed where gap is between cabinets
- SINK - 108 cms long, 48 cms deep, with left hand drainer.
- STOVE - will be basic recycled, approx 60 cms wide. Will take space of cabinet with metal shelves
- FRIDGE - Stainless Steel - 60 cms Wide x 60 cms Deep, will have to be at the forefront of this photo, and included in the 420 cms of long wall.
- CABINETS - Will be using 4 along Long Wall. 2 big - 60 cms wide. 2 small - 40 cms wide. Hopefully l can use 1 for Short Wall - 80 cms long, so there can be extra work space on top.
- I also wish to include:- 1*- some long FLOATING SHELVES from 2 long bits of rough Jarrah that l have. 2*- A WALL DISH DRAINER, above sink, designed to leave every day china and mugs in until used again. So as what l grew up with - Wash, Rinse, Dry in drainer rack on wall. 3*- MICROWAVE on wall. 4*- Somewhere for 2 BINS - rubbish & recycling.
- SPLASH BACK - Do have some approx 4' x 4' white tiles - but would prefer not to have grout, and to have something more interesting.
- Kitchen COUNTER - I have seen some dark, composite wood lengths, at Bunnings that l really like
- A PRIORITY is to have enough BENCH space to comfortably prepare food. Have seen an idea where a top narrow draw is turned into a pullout CHOPPING BOARD.
- FLOORING - Original concrete - still in good shape, but a bit undulating , so l think 'LINO' would be most suitable when l can afford it. In the meantime, l could choose something suitable to define the kitchen area, before we install cabinets etc. Any ideas.
Hoping this is enough info to get some creative ideas flowing - to make up for my lack of them.
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oklouise
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoyour photo shows a three section cabinet about 180cm long and two 40 cm wide drawers and plumbing about 120cm from the corner?? then my first suggestion is to use paving paint on the whole floor of the flat...easy to apply, cheap, forgiving and you can use a colour (red?) that you wouldn't consider in a more expensive floor and will be a great background for some cheap area rugs...the existing cabinet with the three 60cm wide sections should be able to have the sink installed without separating the three sections as the sink drainers sit in the counter without affecting the cabinets below..add a door below the sink in a timber look to match the counter if you can't match the drawers) and, keeping the shallow 80cm wide cabinet to use elsewhere, by separating the two 40cm wide drawers there can be an L shaped counter over a corner void that will be plenty of space for bins...overhead you'll have a microwave cabinet, dish drainer and a small rangehood so only 60cms gaps between for open shelves so suggest that you keep the long jarrah shelving for behind a couch so you don't have higher kitchen shelf to encourage falls and with money saved on flooring consider a laminate splashback eg Kaboodle has 3.6m wide splashback that can go behind the stove and across the sink and under the microwave and add a small table and chairs to complete the kitchen
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Comments (30)Thanks everyone for all your feedback and tips. Below is the plan I have come up with. Not sure how clearly it will show up. Have wrestled with the position of the ovens and sink - thought about swapping them and about having them centred but then think there would be too far between fridge and cooktop/ovens. Cooktop is 600m gas, then two below bench 600mm electric ovens, 900mm rangehood. Sink is double drain, double sink (1550mm in all). I know this seems excessive and against trend but I could not live without my double drain as always defrosting meat, bottles of milk etc and like to have one clean side and one dirty side of the sink. I love the idea of a bi-fold door appliance cupboard for toaster, kettle, microwave but not sure how practical it really is. Will the doors when open be painful and stick out near the fridge???? Do like the idea of having all that stuff tucked away though. What do you think of dishwasher position? Think I will make that gap between island and bench with dishwasher 1300mm as suggested. The only drawers I'm planning on having are a bank of 3 x 3 800mm in the island. I know that are more economical space wise but trying to keep costs down. Should add that behind the L-shaped benches will be windows as much as possible. Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks greatly....See MoreHelp with a budget kitchen makeover!
Comments (33)The tile floor will always be the elephant in the room so consider if it is realistic to change. If you must keep the tiles here are some other fixes that will improve the space. 1. Look through Houzz and make a scrapbook of what you like - You need to determine the style of the kitchen -if you are to keep the doors you could head towards a hamptons style. Consider how the adjoining spaces are decorated as any changes may need adjustments elsewhere. I would cost out each element of the job and decide if you can do it all - possibly over time, as when you do one thing it makes others look shabby and the decisions you make for one aspect would have been different with an overall plan. 1. Remove the pelmet in the kitchen. 2. Paint the cupboards - possible going to a darker colour on the bottom and a lighter on the top. A dark charcoal could work and a grey toned white for the top cupboards. There are some nice Caesarstone options that could pick up these tones with a marble look. 3. The handles need to be heavier as they are trying to be contemporary when the cupboard profile is more traditional 4. You need to replace the bench top- this is your biggest problem as it is totally dated. 5. Your pantry doors ? are different and need to have the same handles. 6. Could go with white glass subways with a soft grey toned grout. If you change the cupboard profile - a squared off shaker style would work- remember that many of the gloss white kitchen s being built these days will soon be dated - so depending on the age of the house - stay traditional. good luck....See MoreNeed help for my renovation plans
Comments (10)So many ways of approaching these projects, but also yes you will be somewhat constrained by the limitations/issues/impacts resulting from going up. I always try and absolutely maximise the opportunity in these small space scenarios. I did a very similar project in Collingwood a few years ago, on a smaller block, one boundary dimension was under 4m (!), and we managed to achieve 3 and 1/2 bedrooms (one being a study/mezzanine/guest) so maximising options/function and ultimately value. the key to it is not wasting a single square inch and it comes down to deftly managing the planning, understanding exactly how you want use the spaces, maximising zoning and minimising any wasted "passage only" planning. I'd be getting the kitchen set-up exploiting the length rather than say approaching it from the back and squeezing it's proportion - plenty of planning tricks possible here.........also without understanding your particular preferences as suggested above you may want to consider consider the laundry/pantry combo as it can work well, but some of those things are ultimately personal....I could go on and on with planning suggestions for certain details but knowing these projects there's a fair bit involved here in order to achieve a comprehensively considered front to back, internal/external solution/resolution....... to best protect and maximise your investment (which for this will be significant, whatever particular version/option/layout) my advice is to seek professional design advice/process. It's (presumably inner) Melbourne, most likely a heritage scenario and ultimately it will involve a delicate balance between your budget, your particular requirements/priorities and negotiating the natural constraints involved here (physical/council/code).....and with full respect to the general concept you've presented (in my opinion) this one involves proper assessment of your conditions and clarification of/working through your particular goals before getting into fine detail resolution (which is resolved appropriately in due course) first things first, what is your budget and what are you specific (prioritised) requirements......that's the critical and fundamental information......I always endeavour to comprehensively understand how a client wishes to live (and also the particular context) and practically the budget limitation before providing specific/accurate advice one way or another.......These are exciting projects and it's a great opportunity for you (& assume family?!) - best of luck with it!! Hope this helps in getting your thinking focused appropriately at this critical early stage :)...See Morefloor plan help please
Comments (7)Building/designing to budget is one thing, building/designing cost effectively to maximise value is another. It's not just about size, although of course this is a variable. What exactly are you endeavouring to achieve with your home? What are the outlooks, where is north? I'm guessing this a family residence? This is a fantastic opportunity for you, however I'll suggest that it would be money well spent for you to engage professional to assist you finalising your design. If you are on a rural allotment I'd encourage you to embrace the space and context and capitalise on the design opportunities that are not usually present on the more standard suburban allotments. Here's a design I did years ago for a rural context, a linear design/arrangement that maximise the views and natural light. A home's floor plan is complex and challenging to resolve, as it must balance/negotiate numerous requirements/functions/practicalities in context to a particular budget. One tip/pointer I'll give you if you're dead set on DIY'ing is try this: start with the furniture, and bring the built/fixed elements in after. You can't design space until you know how it is to be used, where a bed will be placed, where the dining table goes, how the living room is to be arranged, where the TV goes, if you have a fire or not, where the outdoor table & BBQ are to be positioned etc........This forces you to think about HOW all the different spaces/areas will be used, their relationships and come at the design from the angle of really thinking about your home is to be EXPERIENCED and beyond being just a collection of square spaces arranged together, walls doors, windows and cupboards etc Hope this gives you some food for thought, and ultimately with all this, the big decisions are always yours, that being what exactly you want for your home and how much you have to spend. Getting those two fundamentals to come together is certainly easier said than done - best of luck with it :) PD...See More
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5 years agoI love those benches I have used one as sewing/desk with trestle legs, love it.
The following is my idea with timber bench tops and using your cabinets,
This would work if you could run the plumbing across to the left,either inside or externally.
,I have moved the sink to allow you to use the 80cm cabinet as your dish rack, the window won;t allow this. Or you could just swap the sink and cooker and use other shelving for the dish rack
Back wall R-L 60cm cabinet,cooker,60cm cabinet 800 void for sink,60cm cabinet.fridge.Wall, using the 80cm x 42cm as plate drainer with timber open shelves on both sides, extraction is a simple ceiling extractor fan.
I have added a narrow 60cm Island which uses both 40cm at both ends,like the sink there's a void which can have a couple of stools andr rubbish binscan be placed under the sink cheers
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5 years agoposted this on my blog. Its a kitchen made up of recycled, cheap, durable and reusable materials Budget Kitchen Design
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