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Need more layout help please! Ikea kitchen

15 years ago

We are so close to starting demo, but just can't seem to get our layout set. It's sooooo frustrating! We need some more eyes and advice, please fellow GW'ers.

Our main problem is that we know we would really like to get a speed oven (30"). We only have 2 walls to work with in our kitchen. With our range, we really would like to have enough counter (landing space) around it and not make it too crowded. We need to have a pantry as well, so it feels like our only option for the speed oven is to put it in the island. We'd rather not have an oven so low but don't know what else to do. Will we regret it? Hate it? Can you see anywhere else in the kitchen we can put it, that maybe we are missing?

Here are a bunch of screen shots from the Ikea planner, hopefully they can help you.

Here is the layout with measurements. The island will be L shaped but IKEA doesn't have a great way of showing one solid piece for that so you just have to pretend that it's all nice and not a mess like in the pic.

{{gwi:1785709}}From Kitchen - BEFORE & inspiration

We have a new Master Series Bertazzoni range and would like to give it the space it deserves:

{{gwi:1785710}}From Kitchen - BEFORE & inspiration

The right wall looks blank in the photo, but it is where our china cabinet and family photos are. We hope to eventually have that be a Stage 2 remodel and have a built in china cabinet/bar area, but that will be a couple years down the road. We can't really put anything on that wall now, as we won't be able to complete it so it's really an all or nothing, which is why we can't put the oven on that wall.

{{gwi:1785711}}From Kitchen - BEFORE & inspiration

Another view from up top

{{gwi:1785712}}From Kitchen - BEFORE & inspiration
{{gwi:1785713}}From Kitchen - BEFORE & inspiration

Here is the link to the actual IKEA planner if you are able to access it.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Here is a link that might be useful: IKEA Planner

Comments (6)

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Can you put the oven into the pantry stack? No reason (with some Ikea hacks of course) you can't keep food above and below an oven. Or perhaps a tall oven cabinet next to the dishwasher? You've got so much counter space it seems silly to bend for an oven!

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    some of the flaws are software-driven and some are because you haven't figured out your major zones and traffic flow yet. Using freehand kindergarten crayon sketches you could overcome both these flaws. This means I'm telling you to step back from the planning tools and focus on the big picture, broad strokes, area per area, general area, rough thinking. Many layout quandaries are worsened when people start using software (cabinet fantasizing software).

    You have 52" aisle at your tightest spot facing the fridge door, so the other aisle space must be very wide. In some circumstances, aisles can be as little as 36", and 39", and 42", and when the aisle is slender one can enjoy pivoting or standing in the center and being able to reach to both counters, transferring things from one counter to the other. This is f.y.i.; my writing this out is not a recommendation to move your island over.

    Since I cannot see your house, its normal traffic flow, I cannot comment about what to consider. Two doors are shown. Guess what they hide.

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Do you have 30" to the right of the DW? Or can you make 30" in that area by putting the DW on the other side of the sink.? Are windows set in the wall or can they be moved? If you were able to put a full pantry also in that space to the right of the DW and include your oven in it then it might also give symmetry to the two walls by balancing out the bulk of the fridge on the end of the other wall.
    Just a suggestion.
    Does the island really have that funny cut-out corner or is that a software design issue.
    If you wanted to expand (not move ) the island you could continue the leg that is towards the fridge another few inches to give you a 48" aisle. What is the aisle at the other leg going towards the sink?

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    The range seems rather far from the sink and rather close to the fridge. Does the sink really need to be way over there? I know sinks at the window are very common, but they're not obligatory. (Alternately, does the range need to be over on that wall?)

    Also, you get an illogical flow with this setup. Most food that you cook comes from the fridge, but a lot of it needs to be washed or otherwise prepped near the sink (the trash is usually near the sink, so meat gets unwrapped and the wrappers thrown away, etc., over there). So a more logical flow would put the sink somewhere between fridge and range, instead of the range between fridge and sink as you have here.

    What do you plan to use the island for? You could perhaps put the sink and trash pullout on the island, and then the range around the corner on the wall that currently holds the sink, to get the more logical flow. Of course, for that to work, you need to pay attention to Davidro's comment about not having humongous aisles.

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Probably just not seeing it but, beyond the software issues, what is the advantage of the L shaped island? It looks like it is fighting the space.

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    My guess is that you don't want to move windows, doors, plumbing etc.
    I would orient the island so that you have a long island facing the sink and the window. That way, the view from the island is through the window, which will be pleasing. Another option is to put a square shaped island, then you can sit on two sides of the island.

    L shaped island does not look good, (IMHO) and it will not function well because you will be squeezed in the L.

    I would move the sink to the left of the window as you look at it so the distance from the sink to frig is reduced.

    Is your window drawn properly? That is a rather low from the ceiling window. Did there used to be soffits that you are taking out? If you are taking out the soffits and not raising/enlarging the windows, I think it will look odd. You may have to spend some money and raise the window appropriately....

    I have a similar L with a center island. Frig/range then to sink. It actually works quite well for me. I don't need/want the water source on the island.

    The skinny uppers next the hood does not cut it. It needs to be balanced with long horizontal shelves perhaps...

    I have my speed oven mounted under the counter on the island. It works fine for me. This is not so popular here, however. Kitchen design is a balance of esthetics and function. What functions you accept may not suit another user. Pay attention to what functions/esthetics are important to you not what others think are important to you.

    10 years ago, the rage was the two level island. I loved my 1 level island then and I would not budge from the position. Now, one level is more popular I also LOVE my island without a sink on it. Again, not a popular choice. But this works better for me.....

    Another option for your kitchen, since it is so big is to fill the left side wall (where the frig is) with solid wall of cabinets/frig/pantry/wall oven. Then you have the island and 17 ft counter space to work with. This is a popular European plan. They often fill one of their walls completely.