IKEA Kitchen layout input please

10 years ago

I would very much appreciate any recommendations. We have a U-shaped kitchen; the peninsula with the dishwasher would have a quartz countertop overhang with seating. To address a couple things in advance that I imagine one would question:

1) We are using all of our own current appliances. Although a few years, they are stainless steel and functional. Fridge, oven, and sink all need to stay in the current general area, give a foot or two.

2) Regarding the small 24" countertop space to the left of the fridge: Why not just have all cabinets on that wall? Answer is, we need a designated prep area for our special needs daughter for med station, formula, syringes, etc.

3) In the corner of the peninsula, we simply put one 24" basic cabinet. Although the program wouldn't let me rotate it as such, we want to essentially face it backwards. Meaning, the door would open in the corner from the seating side of the peninsula and we would put rarely used bulky items.

4) The 18" pull-out drawer to the right of the sink would be for the garbage can. I understand that it would hit the dishwasher; just can't really think of a way around it.

I understand that when planning any kitchen, it's easy to overlook trim and misc pieces (plus this is my first shot). Hence I'm looking for any constructive criticism. Thank you in advance.

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Grace Larkins
Original Author
10 years ago
*Missed a word. Our appliances are a few years OLD. :)
mama goose_gw zn6OH
10 years ago
4) The 18" pull-out drawer to the right of the sink would be for the
garbage can. I understand that it would hit the dishwasher; just can't
really think of a way around it.

Use a 15" trash pull-out, with 3" of filler. I have a 12" trash pull-out and it is sufficient for our family of 5. You'll also need filler between the DW and corner.

You could use a second corner susan, with a 6" slot beside the sink for cutting boards or sheets pans, and have an under sink trash pull-out, although you might need a single sink with offset drain. The DW would be 12" from the corner, so no filler necessary.
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m_gabriel
10 years ago
We are also doing a turned around cabinet on our peninsula so we can use the drawers from the other side, as it is right near our garage entry (in vain hope of keeping papers, etc. from piling up on the counter). You may have already considered this but think about whether you want to give up peninsula seating to have easier access to the cabinet/drawers by pulling it forward to be right under your peninsula overhang. If you keep it in line with the other peninsula cabinets, you'll have to crouch under the countertop overhang to get into it.
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sena01
10 years ago
Can you move the sink to the peninsula?

That would give you a nice stretch of counter for prep in front of the window and both the DW and the trash can be opened at the same time. The entry to the kitchen will be a bit tight, but I think not too bad considering the size of the whole kitchen.

You can consider a standard upper on the range wall, instead of a diagonal corner cab, which a lot of posters in the forum consider less efficient.
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Grace Larkins
Original Author
10 years ago
Moving the sink to the peninsula is a pretty damn great idea. Thinking...