Counter depth or full depth Fridge based on layout

12 years ago

I have been settled on a counter depth fridge all this time with a possible separate undercounter fridge or fridge drawers for extra produce and drinks, but now that i am expecting baby number 3, i was wondering if i should go with a full depth and pull out the surrounding cabinets/ counter to make it look more like a counter depth. I don't know if it is possible (and i don't think I can recess the fridge into the wall)

I am posting a rough layout of where i had wanted things placed with measurements of aisles (i think a more current layout has the peninsula a wee bit shorter). I am meeting with the cabinet maker this weekend. I could change the layout and put the fridge on the wall where the pantry/micro and wall oven are in this drawing. Then I would put the wall oven on the same run as the range.

Thanks for any and all input

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annkh_nd
12 years ago
Making the cabinets deeper on the fridge wall would allow you to put deeper upper cabinets there as well - not a bad thing.

I do have other concerns about your layout, however. Where do the doors go? It looks like your cooktop is in a traffic path, if that door in the lower left is used much. So is your wall oven.

Switching the peninsula to the other side - extending from the bottom of your drawing instead of the top - helps to direct traffic to the other side of the island - but creates a whole new set of problems, like trapping the fridge in a corner.

Where will you keep dishes and glasses? It doesn't look like you have any space near the DW.
phillyfeet
Original Author
12 years ago
You're right - there are some definite issues with the layout and i've tried to come up with the best that i can based on the traffic flow. Unfortunately, because of the addition we are putting on, there will probably be a lot of traffic along both walls. The only way around that would be to put the range where the clean up sink is. That would solve a lot of issues, but venting will be the problem here - my husband doesn't want an island hood.

Here's a picture from the architect's drawing which shows all the many doorways! It is a ranch style home and the bedrooms are down the hallway seen on the bottom right hand corner of the drawing
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sjhockeyfan325
12 years ago
I don't actually see the cooktop location as a problem, because I think traffic will go through the two doors and straight out toward the family/dining area. I do however think the three seats at the peninsula will be in the way, no matter what you do.

As for the fridge, yes, I'd probably give up a few inches of that aisle to have a bigger fridge and deeper counter (although in general I actually like CD fridges better - less room for stuff to get lost).