prep space size single line kitchen with island
littleswamp
last year
Does anyone have experience of having only a metre between cooktop and sink on a single line kitchen (also 600 on other side of sink and 200 on other side of cooktop). This 1 m has to do some prep and clean up.
Is 1m enough in your experience?
There is also a largish island behind this wall of appliances that can be used for prep but we don’t want a sink in it
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Kate
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