I need layout help - sketch attached

oceanbaby_2008

18 years ago

So we need to completely redo the kitchen in our new house. I've attached the layout. The kitchen itself is not a room of it's own - it is between the dining room (on the top of the page) and the family room (on the bottom of the page).

On each side of the kitchen is a doorway - the one on the right leads to the walkway between the dining room and family room, and then a doorway to a hallway connecting two bedrooms. This doorway theoretically could be sealed off. The one one the left is open to a walkway connecting to stairs going down, and the entrance to the master bedroom, as well as the front entrance of the house. This doorway cannot be sealed off.

The front entrance of the house is at the top left. The 3'1' x 6'3' rectangle near the dining room is two closets, which theoretically could be knocked out.

Phew, sorry that is so long, and I hope it makes sense. Our goal is to have the kitchen open to both the family room and the dining room. But we don't want to lose all our cabinets, and plus we would need someplace for the fridge.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk115/oceanbaby_album/gHouseKitchen01.jpg

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Comments (6)

remodelfla
18 years ago
Are the total dimensions of your kitchen roughly 12'1"L x 9'W?
bmorepanic
18 years ago
Do you think you could sketch the entire floor plan? And redo the existing kit/din/fam showing windows and the two doorways labeled?

When you say dining room, are you referring to the 12'4" by 12'1" area on the top right? or is the space for the kitchen 33 feet long not including dining room and fam?
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oceanbaby_2008
Original Author
18 years ago
Yes, the approximate dimensions of the current kitchen is 12'1" x 9'.

Yes, the dining room is the area on the top right (12'4 x 12'1).

There are no windows in the kitchen. The doorways are on either end of the existing kitchen.

I'm sorry it's not the most professional sketch - it's the best I have so far.

Our initial plan is to knock out the wall between the kitchen and the family room, and put an island there with either the range or the sink. (We would use a range with a downdraft if we put it there.) But we also want the kitchen open to the dining room, and the only way to do that and not lose all our upper cabinets is to do a cutout in the middle. I just don't like cutouts very much, and I'm curious if there is some other way to accomplish this that we haven't thought of.
bmorepanic
18 years ago
Photos of the current area? Take a picture of a piece of graph paper with the windows and doors?

With the design above, you have a three foot aisle. No pantry, no upper cabinets.

Is going from the family room to the dining room a frequent activity? Is family room another name for living room or do you have one of those also and where?
Buehl
18 years ago
OK...something to get the discussion started!

Take down both walls & closets & take 6" off both the DR & FR...

Put up a wall b/w the left hallway & Kitchen with ~45" hallway & ~4-1/2" wall

36" Lazy Susan in corner

12" tall cabinet on right wall for utility (broom, etc.) OR it could be a message Center OR Other

BUT...if you take down closets, do you have a place to hang coats for family and guests? Perhaps at least one should stay to provide needed coat room + block off the DR from the foyer. So...

Thoughts? Comments?
Buehl
18 years ago
The aisle b/w the range & island is ~39"

The other aisles are ~42"

The range is protected and the island isn't that big, so a slightly smaller aisle, I think, will work.