Kitchen Plan advice/ideas help!
Hey everyone, just working out my configuration for my kitchen.
The first picture is what I am thinking so far, with the dimensions of whole walls, wondering if I leave as is or whether I put the sink on the island, or flip the kitchen to face the living (below), or something else.
Thoughts?
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oklouise
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Comments (10)Thank you to you all for your comments and feedback :-) Oklouise - i agree, not much benchspace which i didnt like. I really, really want a big pantry as ive lived with a bottom corner cabinet as my pantry for the last 7 years and its been painful! Thanks for taking the time to rework the plan. Siriuskey - thanks for the compliments! The 3ds are just done in the free version of sketchup, but my partner is a professional draftsman so he has some expertise! The cooktop is just 600 wide. We love the french doors, and know they are probably not the most practical but i think they will give the place the real beach house feel we want. Dr Retro - thank you for your constructive criticism. We have totally reworked the layout, your comments were very practical :-) We do currently just have a single bowl sink in there, unfortunately without putting the sink out on the island i think thats all we can fit. I am trying to squeeze a lot in there.. Currently live with a single bowl and find it ok and also getting a dishwasher so i think ill survive. See below for new ideas roughly planned last night.....Definitely more conventional. Again, any comments appreciated...The dishwasher is between sink/cooktop and there are drawers/cupboards in the inside of the island/peninsula......See MoreLove some advice on kitchen plans
Comments (7)Thanks Kate, I was getting rid of the curved wall in kitchen- creating a straight wall (hoping to shove a vacuum cupboard in the space created. The bottle holder doesn't hold enough - so I was thinking of getting rid of it for larger cupboards and making the island wider - cupboards on the other side. I don't think there is enough pantry, even if I use drawers for some items and am concerned about how the pantry doors will open in the space. We have an eight-seater dining table in dining area but the family space is a bit odd as it has double doors to outside living/pool. Thank you so much for taking the time to look at this. I've added more plans...See MoreHELP :) Advice on kitchen plans and how to start our reno??
Comments (15)Thank you @oklouise for your detailed response and proposing a plan! Just a couple of responses and questions regarding what you've mentioned: - Agreed that we need a proper plan in place before doing any big kitchen renos. I've been doing research all day and have better understanding of how complex the process can be. I think a complete DYI kitchen will be out of the question for us, so we will shop around for builders and a cabinet makers to get a better feel of the costs involved - Agree with leaving the 70cm wall, at least on the side where the fridge is. Spoke to my partner and we will amend our plans - You mentioned that you like the stove location but think the kitchen is too shallow to have the stove and kitchen there. Can I ask why? I've seen a couple of examples where stove & island is 1 meter apart, which seemed to work. - We unfortunately won't be able to have the dining table in front of the stove, as we won't have enough space to accommodate quite a large couch & TV in the remaining living space :( I'm still gravitating towards having an island, as I prefer some separation between kitchen & living space Cheers, Xenia...See MoreFloor plan help and advice please
Comments (2)Hey OKlouise...unfortunately we are not sure the the approximate dimensions as yet but since posting this I have spoke with our designer and she is making some big changers re the flow of the house. Once the new plans are back I will re post with all the above info. Thanks for taking the time thus far....See Moreoklouise
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3 years agobest aspect also depends on local climate and what's on the other side of the fences but my initial thought was to have base cabinets with pantry drawers the full length of the wall under matching kitchen and dining room windows (maybe a servery window on the north side of dining area?) with or without wall cabinet and/or open shelves with the sliding glass door off the dining room (nb the opening should be centred to avoid having to navigate around furniture and the island could be 1500 x up to 900 (preferably 750) but this way has much better circulation space all around the room and all the rooms are a good size for a small family and would not want to be closer to the fences on either side ....better to put any savings into extra insulation, DG windows, solid core doors, paving, pergola, driveway, landscaping etc
and i'm wondering if the master bedroom would be better with combined wiw and biw but need dimensions to share my ideas
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3 years ago@oklouise Ah yes this lays thing out more clearly for me thank you!! Interesting idea to extend the bench and definitely helpful advice with the bench space and window entry points.. Melbourne climate, Other side of the fences are the backyard of surrounding properties on each side. Backyard is only 3700 to the fence but probably put alfresco on one corner haven't decided if I do it roofed with a skylight in it or to do a pergola after the build for more light.
With the Master I know WIR eats up space so I wanted to do the R wall as cupboard robes all the way across and then just use WIR for extra space, wasn't sure how to change this around. Entry to ensuite was going to do sliding door, toilet has a dwarf wall to kind of hide it.
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3 years agoleave alfresco till you live in the house for a while but adding furniture inside helps suggest the best floorplan options and my suggestions would be to combine the wiw and biw in the master bedroom and have a full wall with door on the ens to keep steam out of the wiw ..there's already plenty of other storage so lose the small linen near the garage door in favour of a more shelves in wiw and increasing height of all cabinets to the ceiling provides extra storage without losing floor space and the extended bench in the dining room would provide plenty of pantry drawers so you could move the RA to the narrow pantry and have a more generous linen cupboard next to the bathroom, the laundry has been reversed to keep overnight washing noise away from bed (but sound reducing insulation can also be added inside all walls) the front entry would be more versatile with a couple of small lounge chairs, bookshelves as well as a desk and the long hallway will make a great display wall for some colourful artworks
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