New to Kitchens? Read Me First!
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Comments (14)dclee1, Yes, as other poster said some on here love to post harsh comments without content guess they forgot the advice about if you can’t say something nice... If this is your first home it can be overwhelming and easy to second guess all decisions. If you can find a few minutes (hard with small children I know) sit down and with a pencil and paper walk through the floor plan with a typical week day, weekend, summer day and holiday. For example I like the mud room into the kitchen because I most often come in with groceries and they go in the kitchen. Mentally stand at the sink or stove and realize you need something from the refrigerator does it work? Children sitting at the island can you give them breakfast or will the stools be in the way? A glass of milk was spilled how easy is it to clean up? I have done this for our last five homes and have found it helpful. In our current home we have a central vacuum system, but looking at the final drawings I found there was no handy location for the hose storage (architect just assumed it would be in the basement). A little thing easy to overlook when there are so many big decisions, but a big deal for everyday living. There are very talented and kind people here, but we all live different asking others for advice can make your head spin. It is easy to focus on how lovely the new home will look, but if you can find the time to think about its functionality for a few minutes it will be worth it. Good luck to you and your family....See MoreNeed Redesign of Kitchen Space
Comments (1)Welcome Phyllis! I'm sorry about the damage from Hurricane Michael, but maybe there's a silver lining in that you are getting a new kitchen that will be (partly) paid for via insurance? Are you looking to do a full remodel of the Kitchen (it sounds like it based on the Subject of your thread)? If so, we are going to need more information to help you. There is an FAQ thread on the Kitchens Forum that describes the information we need to help you find the best (functional) layout for you. It's linked to in the "New to Kitchens? Read Me First!" thread, but I'll post it here as well. How Do I Ask For Layout Help & What Information Should I Include? https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5500789/faq New to Kitchens? Read Me First! https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5500754/new-to-kitchens-read-me-first Check out the threads above and come on back with the additional information. Again, welcome to the fun of remodeling a Kitchen! (Yes, it can be fun!)...See Morealmost a blank slate for you to design me a kitchen
Comments (30)*sigh* Corner pantries are not "evil" as so many people are telling you. As with anything, it's the design and location that makes or breaks a corner pantry - in fact, any pantry! I have a corner pantry and love it! It's so much better than my old straight reach-in pantry. Why? Because of the way I designed and located it. First, it's on the perimeter of my Kitchen and is not an obstacle to anything in the rest of the Kitchen. Second, the shelves are not too deep -- 12" is the "sweet spot". All my appliances except my very large toaster oven fit on the 12" deep shelves (Blender, breadmaker, toaster, waffle maker, large and small food processors, slow cooker) Ditto all boxes, containers, etc., including large cereal boxes. The Tupperware pantry containers are a perfect fit - both height and depth (they obviously also know about the 12-inch "sweet spot"!) [It was a serendipitous discovery when I decided to use them. I didn't plan it that way, I just planned my pantry the way that made the most sense.] I can line up 3 cans, which means things do not get lost in the "depths". Yes, there is a deeper corner, but I just put large items in there (e.g., my boxes of Costco-size plastic silverware). I do nave 15" deep shelves on one side b/c I was originally going to put an extra MW in there, but when we had to factor in all my Kitchen Designer's mistakes, I lost a lot of length on that wall and could no longer fit the MW (It fit fine when it was closed, but it couldn't be opened all the way) For the most part, I've made do with it using bins and baskets, but if there was one thing I could change, I would change that set of shelves to 12" deep. I can see everything with a one sweep of my eyes and can find what I'm looking for within seconds! (If your family is anything like mine, they put things away as quickly as they can, which means whatever open spot they see first! But, since nothing can hide, I find things without any trouble.) . BTW...there's a pantry thread that discusses all kinds of pantries, including mine. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/pantry-photos-pics-of-pantries-dsvw-vd~2401919...See MoreNew kitchen design....any thoughts? Advice?
Comments (40)Please trust me when I say that I am looking at and considering all suggestions. I welcome any and all advice. As for symmetry, I gave that up a long time ago. I only wanted the same amount of space on either side of the range hood because of the floating shelves I am putting up and I thought the corner would look odd with it being bare. As for the movement of the fridge, I haven't fully decided on that. I am just having a hard time with moving a fridge that close to the patio door, where it opens up into an island, and will stick out 4-6" more than the oven cabinet into the aisle. We have looked at a large fridge panel for 14 years just on the other side of the kitchen (on the wall that has no cabinets in our drawing). I was trying to avoid this because it has always driven me crazy. Even though it would be a "counter depth" fridge/freezer, it still sticks out quite a bit. I maybe should have given this information from the start, but we are not doing a full gut. We do not want to get into making changes to windows or doors. The vent on the floor at the end of the sink run can definitely be moved, right now it is actually parallel to the wall but it will have to be moved perpendicular as the drawing stands now. The fridge and sink are actually moving closer to each other than they are now. I have never once given this a second thought. It has never bothered me. The fridge will be 4 steps away from the sink (and I'm 5'2" with short legs) As for having to get things for grilling from the fridge, I am happier that the dishes, and utensils are closer to the patio door. There is also room to get by if someone is at the stove top, we have tested this out. Having said all that, I am going to do a second plan today with the suggestions of switching the 2 (fridge/oven) and see how it would look and if it makes more sense for us. Wilson853, thank you for the picture. That IS very similar to our layout and I love it. I will be adding uppers on that wall in the new drawing to take a look. I can't believe I have lived in a dysfunctional kitchen for this long. When I think of the reasons we are doing this reno, changing the flow of moving around the kitchen hasn't entered my mind. One because it is not a huge kitchen and two, because it has never bothered me in the past. My must have changes were: -white cabinets and light quartz counter tops -going from a peninsula to an island -having as many drawers as possible and only drawers in our lower cabinets -not having uppers if possible -a spot to hide our appliances (without using a traditional appliance garage-not a fan) -sink moved to under the window -hopefully having the oven and microwave in a cabinet -2 pendant lights over the island -potlights at the sink, above the 2 sets of shelves on either side of the hood and one in front of the tall pantry cabinet I am willing to make some sacrifices if it makes sense for how our family uses the kitchen on a daily basis. Thanks again for your suggestions....See MoreBuehl
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