Kitchen Seating Area

14 years ago

Can you please tell me how many inches the kitchen counter top hangs over the cabinets for the seating area. Is it 12" or smaller?

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Architects Rule, PC

14 years ago

Well, if you take into consideration that many people pull there chairs beyond the edge of the counter-top while seated and or eating it is then clearly obvious an average person of 6' or someone smaller with long legs will not be comfortable. I would agree that you could situate your chair/legs at an angle to gain more room for your legs under the counter but it's not the most desirable condition. I still say 16" works best if space permits..........that's my final answer :-).

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Mary Faulkner
14 years ago
The standard is 12", however you can make the overhang as wide or narrow as you want it to be.
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Kin Bolz Architect LLC
14 years ago
12" is minmum but works fine.
zozo125
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks. We are doing a large "L" shaped island with a higher tier seating area on the long side of the L. I would like to have the lower tier be accessible for seating (right now in our plan it is not) but not necessarily look like stools needed to be there. I thought this might be a nice modern clean design solution. The overhang looked smaller than 12"- maybe 10" which is why I was curious. Thanks for your input.
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Architects Rule, PC
14 years ago
When designing seated counters we usually use a minimum of 16" if the space permits. If you take a chair or stool and place it in front of a wall, then sit on the stool. You will quickly realize what you need to sit comfortably.
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Kin Bolz Architect LLC
14 years ago
But the counter top overlaps your knees so you don't need 16", 12" is perfect. If you have tons of room then yeah, go 14 or 16.