Layout critique, please!

14 years ago

Sorry, I tried to get this rotated so it would be easier to read, but it just wasn't working when I attached the link!

The problem with our kitchen is the number of doorways, and they all have to stay. We got this layout by moving the doorway on the bottom, which leads to the dining room, to the opposite side of the wall and closer to the windows. This allowed room for the island, which we don't have now (penninsula instead, and a U-shape with the door to the dining room in the middle of it). The cabinets wrapping around the corner on the right side of the page lead to a family room and kitchen table. This will be a dry bar/serving area.

The island will have a 24" sink cabinet with the trash to the left and the diswasher to the right. The wall in front of the island will have the window with counter space, and then floor to ceiling 12" deep cabinets, with transom/glass top doors at the ceiling. The short wall to the left of the island (top of the page) has the double ovens and message center to the left of the ovens.

Behind the sink is the fridge, a pantry, microwave drawer, and a run of countertop leading around the "L" to the 36" cooktop.

The doorway at the top of the page on the oven wall leads to the laundry room, and the doorway on the left of the page leads to the basement and the other to the entry hallway.

I really appreciate any thoughts, suggestions, comments.

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Comments (3)

remodelfla
14 years ago
So you see the island as a cleanup station and not for prep. If you put the MW up in that location too then you could move your corner prep sink (assuming that what it is in the corner)over right a bit giving longer prep space between your sink and stove. That's where I would do most of my prepping.
You still want double ovens too? I'm not so sure I'm on board with their placement yet... have to think on that one.
snaupal
Original Author
14 years ago
That circle in the corner is deceiving. It's not a prep sink, but a notation for an upper corner cabinet with a lazy susan. It's a one sink kitchen!
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herbflavor
14 years ago
I'd reduce depth of cabs to the left of ovens, maybe eliminate them to the left of window, before the wrap around to family room. And grow the island size in the middle now-maybe deeper and a few inches to left of sink.The kitchen is grand central and with an overhang and a size increase on island , I'd want 2 stools-low profile that can be pushed under, but nonetheless a spot for people to sit with a beverage, chat a few words in a space like yours seems right.The island is just a little too small. I would consider one lg sink for your kitchen because you have different"points" and the whole thing is passageway in style no matter if you have one or 5 sinks-I'd go one big single sink.-just get ice/water on frig.The other design would have been to wrap the 2 main walls in 12 in deep storage and create a dbl island kitchen using floorspace in middle for the islands instead of the wrapping where dbl ovens are and run over by the window which turns to family room. What you have can be made to work nicely and when you pick elements for style, you can do a mixture because of different runs.