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Need help with kitchen renovation

13 years ago
Total kitchen renovation...please help me!!!!!!!! New ss jennair appliances have been purchased... 30" slide in glass top electric range, with chimney style vent, 36" counter depth french door refrigerator, 24"
dishwasher....

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  • 13 years ago
    You don't have much wall space, consider narrowing your openings and gaining some of the wall space between them (where your Micro is), that way you can make that wall with pantry and a fridge and a drop spot cabinet in between (as to be all measured, etc). If you have never done kitchen design I would not start with experimenting on your own, getting an experienced kitchen designer will save you money and will show design opportunities that are not obvious if you don't design spaces on a daily basis. The first kitchen I designed in 2003 I made some design calls I would never make after 9 years in the business.
  • 13 years ago
    Thank you Aggie, I have visited quite a few kitchen design companies over the last 5 months and they are all the same; not sure who to go with because I am not inspired. Hopefully I will find someone I can trust and I will be able to post the finished project!
  • 13 years ago
    Are you changing cabinets? Keeping the same fixture placement?

    I like the way your kitchen window is a focal point from entry hall. The new range with new hood could anchor the wall where your refrig is now, and serve as focal point from dining area. So then the decision is where to place the new refrig. Could determine that with measured drawing and specs for refrig, but not without.
  • 13 years ago
    Yes, new cabinets, counter, floor, already have all my new ss appliances; open to all suggestions for colour, style etc etc
  • 13 years ago
    ccwaters - we must've been separated at birth, 'cause that's virtually identical to my thoughts. -- only difference is that I would omit the seating, and just make that a straign cabinetry run on the window wall. I would prefer more space to gaze deep into the recesses of my french door frig.
  • 13 years ago
    Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. My new fridge has arrived and it is sitting on the wall between the two openings and I am having a hard time with its location. My new patio door opens from right to left! What do you think about the fridge being on the same wall as the sink?
  • 13 years ago
    That was my first thought for where it should go, but the opposite wall I think preserves more natural light.
  • 13 years ago
    Per your drawing/measurements, it looks like you have 9' from the wall with doorwall, across to the wall separating kitchen from living area. Are you certain you have that measurement correct?
    If not, and it is less than 9 feet (wall to wall), that could be why you are having hard time with refrigerator.

    If you DO, however, have 9 ft., the new location of the refrigerator may be hard to adjust to because it is just sitting there by itself...no part of any cohesive kitchen design. For now, until you have determined what you are going to really do/change, put it back where old refrigerator was.

    Since your patio door slides open from right to left, you cannot have seating right next to it (will get in way of flow). No big deal, just run contertop all way to doorwall, omitting the small peninsula. This will give you a little more room for uppers.
    You could, in fact, put refrigerator on that wall. But that will leave you only several inches of additional base cabinet space after you account for the dishwasher..... and it will eliminate extra counterspace.

    You have a decent-size space, but it is FULL of obstacles....therefore very limited with how much you can change things around. If you have that 9' I mentioned before, I would go with new cabinets in the design I suggested (no peninsula). Once the refrigerator has a "house" of cabinetry surrounding it, with other appliances in new places, new drawer bases/uppers, the refrigerator won't feel funny. You will have a far more functional space / more-efficient "triangle".

    If, however, you don't care for the subtle galley style of this design (feels too tight for you), put your refrigerator on the patio-door wall, microwave in micro-cabinet above dishwasher.
  • 13 years ago
    The measurements are very accurate; and a couple of kitchen designers suggested this location for the fridge and I thought it was great idea, but I just can't get used to it being there. it is sticking out too far because of the water tubes located at the back. I am scared to go forward with this plan!. Another suggestion was putting it on the patio door wall next to the dishwasher. I am thinking about this but still trying to visualize. I am trying to get my husband to take down the cabinets so I can see what it looks like. He is getting quite upset because I can't make a decision. Stay tuned!!
  • 13 years ago
    As I mentioned before,You could, in fact, put refrigerator on that wall. But that will leave you only several inches of additional base cabinet space after you account for the dishwasher..... and it will eliminate extra counterspace.

    How much room is there from the wall (behind refrigerator) to the front of the refrigerator? Do you still have 4-5 feet between the front of the refrigerator and the front of opposing countertop edge/where range is now? That is critical to this layout working.

    Take a look at the photos below and see if these help you better visualize how your "refrigerator" space could look if you add just 3-6" of extra wall space to anchor it against (though the first photo can be obtained without even adding any wall space).

    Also, this is a big---expensive----decision. Don't feel pressured to move to quickly. "Indecisiveness" can even plague top designers when it comes to them having to design their 'own' spaces.



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