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Help with small Kitchen & Pantry layout please

9 years ago

I would like help with my small kitchen & pantry layout. I am open to all ideas. It is a very small kitchen and I do need lots of storage.

We are a family of 5. (parents, 2 teens and 9 yr old.)

One person does the cooking. two people do the cleanup.

Daughter loves to bake.

we cook 6 days a week

Kitchen table is also used for homework.

No dining room in the house

brick chimney is located in the pantry.


Changes we can make:

change window width/height

would like to remove door going into pantry, instead just have an open entry. The door takes up too much space.


Would like to have:

butler style pantry ( since I would like to remove door going into pantry, I would like the pantry to have clean lines)

dishwasher

thinking of having microwave inside pantry.

thinking of having coffee station in pantry

table that will seat 5 people ( was also thinking of maybe doing a built in bench seating if space will not fit table)

storage

ventilation hood

would love a french door fridge with freezer at the bottom( if fit is a problem, my second choice would be bottom freezer with single top door)


Comments (8)

  • 9 years ago


  • 9 years ago

    How big is your living room?

  • 9 years ago

    Livingroom is 190"W x 131"L

  • 9 years ago

    Where is the water supply? Will there be gas for a stove?

  • 9 years ago

    yes, there will be gas for stove. The water supply is on the right of the pantry door, along the 24" wall space. We have an open basement and can move it if necessary

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Your space is a wonderful challenge.

    I'm wondering if you could demo the pantry entirely and put in a hyper-efficient one-wall kitchen across the exterior wall. (eta: I'd put the trash pull-out to the right of the sink; it's wonderful to wipe the prep counter straight into the trash bin and your primary prep counter would be around 54" wide. If you're doing Ikea Sektion, the 18" wide trash/recycle pull out is my favorite as it holds two large bins perfectly.)

    For seating, perhaps a narrow farmhouse table (32 inches wide) with bench seating that tucks completely under to keep the aisles as clear as possible when they're not occupied. Being so close to the sink the table could double as a seated prep space.

    For increased storage, your 82 inch window would need to be reduced to around 36" but there's clear space on the porch end of the room for adding a large window or widening the doorway for a patio door.

    I've been watching a lot of "Escape to the Country" on You Tube and I've fallen in love with the eat-in kitchens so common in the UK, which kind of inspired this idea...

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I'd move the pantry opening towards the chimney as much as possible or totally get rid of the wall b/w the pantry and the kitchen.

    Here's what I'm thinking.

    Edit: I have trash under the sink.

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Those aisles are very narrow, but with such a challenging space maybe
    the rules have to be overlooked. The kitchen aisles in my older home
    are similar, although the appliances are arranged so that it works
    better. I was working on a variation of the above plan, without altering
    the pantry (1)--bengiesbride's plan has emboldened me ;), so I'll post it. The work area can be flipped, so that the DW opens into
    the long aisle (1a), but in that plan the dishes could not be loaded directly to
    the upper cabinet. If the trash and DW are flipped (1b), the DW can be
    unloaded to the upper cabinet to the right, and there is a little more
    prep space, but the DW is in the prep space. The sink is more centered on the window in that plan.

    Plan 2 uses
    bengiesbride's suggestion of removing the walk-in pantry, but instead of
    the one-wall kitchen, I drew a peninsula with a backsplash to contain
    splashes, and the built in seating the OP mentioned. The pantry is
    recessed into the long wall, protruding 6" into the kitchen--if it can't
    be reframed with a header, you can work around individual studs. I have
    a similar pantry in my kitchen, only 6" deep. It's more work initially,
    but it holds a lot of canned goods and boxes.

    Click to enlarge

    New to Kitchens? Read me first.

    NKBA guidelines

    Cindyandmocha's pantry--scroll down in this thread for more info.

    ETA, another 'out of the box' idea. The shallow cabinet could have by-pass doors to hide the folded table, and it would add extra storage for canned goods or hanging utensils a la Julia Child.

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