layout of kitchen

18 years ago

Here is the layout of our kitchen to be -- although the island has become somewhat thinner and a little shorter. Also, the two ovens are not exactly next to each other, there is a slim cabinet for pans/trays in between them. Although not on the plan, there will be two-shelf pull out in the corner near the ovens. We'd really appreciate feedback and comments -- thank you very much!

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sweeby
18 years ago
It looks nice -

My one concern (though I don't see an easy way around it) would be reaching around the corner to load the dishwasher. I'm imagining it might be a bit of a PITA, but then, I'm short...
alku05
18 years ago
I know the current island shape looks great in an overhead layout, but to be honest, in a real kitchen you don't notice the island's shape as much as you notice it's storage and functionality. In your space, a traditionally shaped rectangular island would give you much more storage and better placement of the DW. Sweeby is right; filling a DW located where yours is in relation to your sink will be a PITA.
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jejvtr
18 years ago
Do you have plans that have dimensions - It's hard to give opinion w/o knowing measurements, clearances -
auchmedden
18 years ago
What do you think of swapping the sink/DW area with the cooktop? It looks like there is an outside wall so you could look out the window from the sink. (Can you move the window?) Then you could keep the island shape without any awkwardness.

I love the shape of your dining room!
brooklynreno
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks everyone for the comments -- we unfortunately don't have any plans with measurements but I think the long wall with cabinets is about 17 feet. The placement of the DW/sink is my one big concern. We had the island taped out in masking tape so we kind of pretended to load the dishwasher -- it was about a half step over from where the sink would be and didn't seem so bad. We didn't want the cooktop on the island because we have small kids and didn't like the idea of cooking so close to them sitting at the island. However, now I'm a little worried about having a drying rack out on the island and having that look kind of yucky too. Auchmedden -- there actually was a window more in the middle, but we moved in further down the wall! The existing window looked directly into our neighbor's house, so we moved it to get more cabinets and have more privacy. Speaking of DR shape -- do you think it makes sense to put the DR table in the bay window area? Right now the DR light fixture is in the center of the room (so the table would go below it), and we were thinking of moving it and the DR table away from the center and toward the bay area for more usable space.
twoscoops
18 years ago
Hmmm....how about if you straighten out the sink side of your island and angle the ends? This might eat up (!) too much of your bar seating...but I like how the angles on the island compliment the angles of your DR. I'd be placing my table in the bay area as long as there was enough room to manuever, I think it would look cozy. Good luck!