Advice needed on kitchen reno design.
Justine Rail
4 years ago
I have recently started a kitchen reno and would really appreciate some advice about the current plan ( this has changed many times all ready). I started this process with a galley kitchen which did not work for us as a family. We took down half the wall to open it up, I had the intention to have a peninsula island but i really like the idea of floating island. The photos show an original plan for the peninsula island intergrated into the galley kitchen and the second photo is potential plans of a
floating island. My question is, does the floating island seem strange sitting in the living room area and on a different angle.
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oklouise
4 years agoJustine Rail
4 years agoI don’t have a floor plan unfortunately. The small room behind is actually the staircase to the garage so i cant open any of the walls up. The living room is about 6m in length and 5m wide (so not very big). I have provided other photos to see if this helps. Thanks
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Comments (41)answering your questions: change the sliding door to a bench height sliding window and use the salvaged sliding door in the western end of the dining room where the best entry position is for the deck, you MUST have a proper legal drains do not consider anything else...the drain pipe for the garage laundry can be on top of the concrete floor, behind the washing machine and through the sink cabinet and/or under built in storage and only needs a few cms not a whole floor and no stepped up area that you would see or trip over.. the laundry can't be in a separate room as there's not enough space for a separate laundry without compromising the size of the garage...a laundry cupboard 80 cm deep is enough for the washing machine (allowing for the drainage pipe) you could use the old line cupboard to store anything you want but it's not cost effective to change, the entry foyer is already as big as in many modern homes and there's generous flatpac biw space in the small study.... the family bathroom is 2380 x 2370 (ie the old study minus 1m for hall way and wall thickness and, arranged exactly as shown to allow for the wide window there should be space for a bath up to 1800 x 750, vanity about 1200 x 500 and shower space 1200 x 800 and leftover space makes the small linen cupboard with the door deliberately opening towards the shower to use the back of the door for hanging racks for towels and clothes....btw i understood your priority was maximizing separate sleeping rooms and minimising costs...my last plan has five separate sleeping rooms plus the lounge with sofa bed totalling sleeping places for at least 10 people plus the potential for bunks in the garage so you need to decide what is most important and where you're prepared to compromise...See MoreNeed advice on kitchen layout for reno
Comments (32)Interesting to see the previous floorplan, but what we need is the width and depth of the current laundry and Wine Cellar. A couple of 3D versions of what I suggest, please understand that my CAD program was produced in 1997 hence thee old style furniture appliances etc, mind you it's still an excellent program which is no longer produced. I had considered having the fridge on the return wall but! if it was done within the current kitchen floorplan it would reduce the length of a lovely big island. Then guessing the size of the laundry, Taking space from the current laundry to fit the fridge on the return wall would leave nothing for a good Pantry without moving walls. So trying to work with current walls and doors and windows and still having separate WIP and Laundry, I suggest the following, when you enter the house from the side door you will be in the Pantry, if you turn left you would be in the Laundry Mudroom, The fridge could be slid across into the WIP but this would require removing the window. Configuration of the Pantry cabinets to be decided by you, but it could be great for appliances, making tea and toast in the morning and dropping shopping (select the drawings to enlarge)...See MoreKitchen reno design help needed
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