Me again...I am trying to include a sketch of my planned kitchen. We have made some changes since this one was done, but I would appreciate any feedback about the layout you could give me.

Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful:

If your change that left corner to a blind corner, you could fit in the dishwasher. My current dw is on an adjacent wall 18" behind me when I'm facing the sink. Its not great, but still works okay. The problem was installing it: the hoses all had to be run inside the corner cabinet. My new kitchen will have the dw next to the sink!

I think it would be awkward to have to turn around from the sink to load the dishwasher.

Thanks...you guys are quick!

I think the DW has to be next to the sink, no exceptions.

I think you'll have to put it next to the sink. With some creative cabinetry the space in the corner can be used...if you happen to have a closet or a place for a door in a neighboring room you can even knock a hole in the wall to get into that space for seldom-used items. That sounds worse than it has to be!

There are a few exceptions to having the DW right by the sink, but you don't have them! The main U of your kitchen is so nicely laid out that I think sacrificing the easy access to one of those corners is worth it.

You could get the blind corner with the pull-out inserts to make it more useful too. Haefele has a nice set-up.

Your plan looks similar to the kitchen in our new house.

Thanks for all the feedback. I will look into ways to access the blind corner in order to place the DW next to the sink.

i agree that dishwasher should be next to the sink. sometimes people consider turning the U into a galley kitchen, to save the expense and annoyance of blind corner units...don't know if this would work for you...or you could put shallow cabs (12" used as bases) across the base of the U which would minimize the difficult to access corner space. sometimes you can't avoid blind corners...
kren

Ok, I'll disagree. I think the dw would be fine there (given that I DON'T KNOW how far away a dishwasher can be before you have to run it its own plumbing).

When the door was open, it would be close enough to one side of the sink. The only issue I see with the dw in either place is IF you store stuff that comes out of the dishwasher in the upper left-hand cabinets (whew!), you wouldn't be able to reach the upper cabinets or open the doors of the lower cabients when the dishwasher was open.

If our postions were reversed, I'd be considering the 18" miele as a mitigation for the issue(placed on whichever side did not store dishes) - or seeing if the beverage center could become clean-up-beverage center that has a sink.

Where do you plan to store your dishes? Ideally the DW would go near there. You do need a sink nearby for water in & out, & there is a maximum distance for hoses--check the DW manual.

You do not need to locate the DW near a sink. My kitchen is shaped like yours and the same size, without the island or the beverage center. My dishes are kept in the cabinet between the stove and DW. That cabinet is where the built-in oven used to be.

My Maytag has its own plumbing that has nothing to do with the sink. It is installed just to the right of what looks like a cabinet next to your stove. There is no cabinet above my DW, just a beautiful wooden top we use as a sort of sideboard when we're using the dining room. It is an excellent arrangement for us, and a very workable kitchen. I could use more cabinets, though! The door to my garage is where your bev. center is. Oh, to have that bev center!

Sherry