Pictures - Help please.. Pretty Please, with sugar on top

15 years ago

Hello all you wonderful kitchen people, I need your help!

We are going to be building a house, and I think I FINALLY, for real, know the layout. I drool over some of the kitchen here, and what really catches my eyes are kitchens with a window or two.

Background, my kitchen I currently have, is an interior, and just dark. No real light flows into the area so I really want some beautiful sunlight, that's why I moved to Florida 16 yrs ago!

Okay, so I found a plan that gives me an outside kitchen, with an area for a window :) and a bright sunny breakfast nook. My problem is before I can move forward with drafting my plan to build, I must decide on where the sink, frig, stove, etc are going to go, as it will be build on a slab.. and there is no changing my mind!

I have played around with this one design all day, and now I humbly bring it to all of you here for feedback and critique.

The original plan calls for the cooktop in the island, and the whole back wall is pretty much open.. (I'll post a picture). I'm not sure I'm doing a good thing by closing off the kitchen, actually - I like both open and closed floor plans which makes things a wee bit harder to decide! LOL

So, here is the layout I came up with using a $39.00 program. The cabinets and real design can come later, I just need to decide on where to put things so that drafting can start and I can move forward.

THANK YOU
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Here is the stock plan from the designer. I am aware the room is a little smaller, as I want to tweak the whole plan to reduce the sq. footage.
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rookie_2010
15 years ago
I like your layout better, the first one is yours right?
I'm not one of the good layout people around here but I will say that I think you would benefit from a small prep sink in the island across from the range since the island is right in between the cook top and sink.
You did a great job with that layout program!
61tinkerbell
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks rookie! I'm still playing around, here is take #2.. I moved the cooktop to laundry room wall, and oven to wall near great room.. and left it more open.

I'm not sure if I like it so open.. or maybe I don't even want an island..!!? (oh my..) It seems like in plan 2, the stove is far away..? We are down sizing, and I want the kitchen to be pretty. The most used appliance will be my microwave! LOL

KITCHEN LAYOUT #2 {{!gwi}}From Drop Box
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rhome410
15 years ago
I answered your other post, so I'm not sure which one to stick with. This last plan has the stove in the walk through area, which will be inconvenient for the cook and maybe dangerous for cook and those walking through.
sparklekitty
15 years ago
Where you room will or will not open is a personal preference. Think about - if and how you entertain, who you entertain and how frequently (especially if kids or grand kids are involved), and how much access do you want to different rooms. My MIL can watch (and unfortunately hear) the TV from her kitchen. When we visit with all sibs and grandkids her open kitchen to living room is a nightmare to me. But this is one week in the year and I know that she and her husband, who are alone or with one or two visitors at a time, love to be all in one room.

I grew up with a larger eat in kitchen. With your layout you will have that. If you open to the living room those in the kitchen will have access to the LR and vice versa - sound, noise, smells. That would not go over well in our house. But, because of a tight house floor plan, we did open the kitchen to the dining room AND added an island with seating. I love cooking with friends and kids around the island. I know others hate that. If we didn't have island seating, anyone visiting would be on the other side of the room in teh dining room or uncomforably hovering around the kitchen.

So - layouts are about your life style, sound/noise/smell access and views (i.e. seeing beyond the room to something nice and/or making the space seem larger become of the opening.

One thing I will suggest - if you have a nice view and can afford it but in a large window or two medium windows (or more if you don't mind losing the uppers.) We put in a two large windows with a transom over our sink and love it.
61tinkerbell
Original Author
15 years ago
rhome410, thanks for the link, I found on my double post! I totally see what you mean, and what I didn't realize, is that this layout is almost exactly what we currently have! The island is in the way to the sink, and sink to stove is a small walk around. Guess I need to think a little more on this.

Sparkle, lot of food for thought! We are downsizing and I did some measuring, and this layout - the kitchen is still pretty big. (larger than my current one!) obviously, I need to play around a bit more - I'm anxious to start the ball rolling, but don't want any mistakes!