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Kitchen layout/flow - Suggestions/Comment please

11 years ago

Please take a look at my kitchen layout/flow and any suggestions. Thanks!

Comments (7)

  • 11 years ago

    Couple of notes: the small sink is a wet bar and small drinks refrigerator. It is not intended to be a prep sink. The large refrigerator is at the bottom of the page. The room above the wet bar is a sun room and the room below the refrigerator is the dining room. Thanks for your comments!

  • 11 years ago

    I would shorten down the island so that I aligns with the perimeter run of cabinets.

  • 11 years ago

    Could you post the layout with dimensions? What's the box at the bottom of the range wall? What's on either side of the fridge? Where will you put the trash?

    A layout of the whole first floor would be helpful too. I'd like to see how the dining room relates to the rest of the house. Is this a remodel or a new build?


  • 11 years ago

    Among other dimensions that would be useful - the aisle widths. And are you planning a 2-tier island?

  • 11 years ago

    Thank you for the comments! Attached is a full layout to see and is a new construction. The island will be the main eating area and don't intend to use the dining are much. Initially I don't think we are going to do a 2-tier island unless cost is significantly less for the slab we may entertain it. I don't have any dimensions on there but will make some changes and post again.

  • 11 years ago

    You didn't ask, but I have some comments about the rest of the house.

    Which way is north?

    All the jogs in the front will make for a very expensive build, and I don't know that you gain a lot from them. If you could straighten out the guest room/study/entry/dining room wall, you'd save a ton.

    What is your climate? You have a tiny closet at the rear entry, and no coat closet at the front. No raincoats where you live? We live in coat/boot/mitten country, and I like having a bench near the doors, for putting on boots and shoes. You don't have room for that at either entry.

    How many people will live in the house? What's in the basement?

    Do you need both a full guest bath and a powder room? Your garage entry looks cramped, and could benefit from some more space - but the laundry room is huge, and you could steal space from it.

    The master bath doesn't have room (as drawn) for 2 sinks. You have no storage in this bathroom for an extra towel or roll of TP. Do you plan to put that in the master closet?

    The closets in the laundry have a lot of inaccessible space, the way the doors are drawn. Where will the washer and dryer go? It's best to have the dryer on an outside wall, so it can vent directly outside.

    You devote a lot of space for a dining room you don't plan to use much, and the study is tiny. What are your plans for that room? If you will spend much time there, I'd steal space from the generous guest room for the study, or move the entry and stairs to the right and steal from the dining room.

    Now, for the kitchen. The way the rear of the house is configured, you won't get much direct sunlight in the living areas, even if they face south. I would definitely plan for skylights or solar tubes in the kitchen and great room, and spend plenty of time working on a lighting plan.

    Most folks here are big on using drawers as much as possible. My favorite advice for kitchen planning is to figure out where you are going to put things in the new space: potholders, plastic containers, cooking utensils, pots and pans, glasses, dishes, spices, small appliances, etc. Things should be near their point of use.

    If you have more than one person in the kitchen, you may be bumping butts, if one is at the stove and the other at the sink - but aisle width may solve that.

    Will you have a microwave? Where will that go?

    With the range on an inside wall, it will have to vent through the ceiling. Make sure your vent hood has a large enough fan to get the air outside - and provide for make-up air, if necessary.

  • 11 years ago

    I have a setup similar to yours, and find that I do all of my prep to the right of the sink. While you do have a long counter, you don't have easy access to a sink, and you don't have anything to look at except the wall. I like not feeling confined when I work, so if you are like me and think that the island is the place to work, I would suggest pushing your DW and sink to the left to give yourself more room. I also wouldn't have a second tier chew up any of the island prep space on the right of the sink. I might consider doing a prep sink on the island and the cleanup sink elsewhere (and I will leave "elsewhere" to someone more talented than me in the layout department).