Corner stove and layout critique

9 years ago

A kitchen designer I like has provided the attached design to me. A couple of inaccuracies in this computer rendering are that the window is large, but not that large. The counter space is 15 feet long, and the window is 9.5, so there should be 33 inches of space between the window edges and the kitchen boundary, which are shown as 12". Also, the ceiling is higher and steeper - it has exposed rafters which rest on an exposed horizontal beam above the window at a height of 9'8", and is sloped at 45 degrees. So, if I have cabinet tops at 96", then the lowest point of the ceiling would be 20" above the top of the cabinets.
This is just an introduction to my main question: I would like to replace the stove with a cooktop in the corner, turned 45 degrees, with a hood replacing the cabinet shown next to the microwave. The location of the stove and microwave would be replaced with a 8' high cabinet, with a wall oven and microwave. However, I am having difficulty finding an appropriate base corner cabinet for under the cooktop.
There are very few upper cabinets, but there is a separate pantry, and the island has storage space.

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nhbaskets
9 years ago
I will let the experts weigh in on your design, but I wanted to share photos of the two corner cooktops I have had, one from my previous house and the other from our new home.

In my old kitchen I had a 36" 5 burner Electrolux Icon cooktop in a base cabinet with doors and two pullouts where pots and pans were stored.

I really liked the corner cooktop so did this again in our new home. This time the base cabinet is drawers, a GW favorite, and I do prefer these over my previous kitchen. Sorry I don't have a better photo of the base cab. Need to take photos for my reveal.

Hope this helps!
lisa_a
9 years ago
You don't have enough room to do what you want to do. A 30" cook top in the corner requires approx 45" - 48" of room along each wall. A 36" cook top would require even more wall space. You're 2" shy of the minimum required for a 30" cook top but even if you could find that 2", it's still a bad idea: you'd have *no* counter and elbow room between cook top and wall oven/MW column. See the link below for information about corner cook tops and ranges from Kelly Morisseau, CMKBD in the Bay Area.

You've got oodles of counter but I don't think it's divvied up well. If you'd like our help suggesting additional lay-out possibilities, read the information about requesting lay-out help in the thread at the top of page 1 and post again.

Here is a link that might be useful: A reader asks: A cooktop or range in the corner?

This post was edited by lisa_a on Tue, Feb 3, 15 at 0:54
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WoodArt
9 years ago
We have our stove on a 45 and love it, much easier to work in the kitchen. Our island is also at 45 with the seating on the back of the island. I would also move the refrigerator closer to the door to give you a little bit more space