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Looking for some feedback on our kitchen layout

9 years ago

Hi all,

We're trying to finalize our floor plans and we're looking for some feedback on what we have currently. Thanks in advance for any help.

Layout here: http://i.imgur.com/ItEC6cb.png


Comments (10)

  • 9 years ago

    @emilyam819 - Local designer helped with the plan. Curious as to why you wouldn't do an upper cabinet in the corner. We were thinking about putting a lazy susan there. Thanks for the comments.

  • 9 years ago

    Will you have a sideboard or buffet on the long dining room wall? It looks like you wil always be walking around the dining table to get to the family room, which looks like an add-on. I don't see a way to widen the dining room without making the master closet too narrow to use, but can you remove the stub walls to the FR to make it easier to get there?

    In the laundry room, consider moving the sink more to the center, so that you can have a more reachable corner cabinet like in kitchens.

    Dont you need a guest closet by the front door?

    Ryan thanked bpath
  • 9 years ago

    A corner upper cabinet has a small opening and it looks weird when it only has an adjacent cabinet on one side. You can do an easy reach corner cabinet or just have a wall cabinet run into the wall.

    Ryan thanked emilyam819
  • 9 years ago

    I agree that the family room entrance and dining table looks tight.

    Ryan thanked emilyam819
  • 9 years ago

    @bpathome - We don't plan on having anything along the long dining room wall. We'll need to consider how tight that will be. We initially had a guest closet but removed it because our current guest closet doesn't get used.

    @emilyam819 - Thanks for the alternative ideas.

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    If you put the sink and DW on the short wall and included a prep sink
    on the island, you'd have a plan where a helper could load or unload
    the DW, or gather dishes to set the table, while you are prepping or
    cooking. The clean-up sink could share plumbing with the PR. The dish
    mess would be hidden from view from the LR, and the hood would be more
    of a focal point.The PR window could be adjusted so that the three windows are equidistant:

    ETA, if the fridge was moved down ap one foot, the windows would be equidistant without moving the PR window:


    Ryan thanked mama goose_gw zn6OH
  • 9 years ago

    I think your fridge will block the view to and from the family room. Move it to just inside the kitchen door (from the mudroom) and move the range and sink over accordingly. This puts all your food storage together, pantry and fridge.

    Ryan thanked bpath
  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I like MamaGoose's second layout.

    I don't think the refrigerator will block the FR view b/c there's a wall there that continues past the refrigerator.

    As long as you don't haven't any seats on the short end of the island on the DR side, I think you will be OK with 51" or so b/w the island DR table. I'd prefer 54", but 51" will work. I would not go any less b/c that is most likely going to be a busy aisle going to/from the Family Room and the Mudroom & the rest of the house.


    It looks like your island is sized nicely with at least a 15-inch overhang + the 1" for the decorative doors/end panels on the back of the island cabinets.

    Aim for aisles around 48" to/from the items that stick out into the aisles the farthest (e.g., refrigerator doors/handles, counter edges, etc.). Don't measure them cabinet-to-cabinet - that's incorrect.

    Ryan thanked Buehl
  • 9 years ago

    Thanks for the great feedback everyone. We're not huge fans of putting a sink on the island, but I agree it makes for a nice work triangle.