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Help to finalize C-shaped kitchen layout

9 years ago

Hi folks. Need help in finalizing the layout for the kitchen layout.


Some thoughts that we went through.

1. Want to keep fridge next to the bar counter ( and so moved the wall oven/microwave to the opposite side; have seen most people try to keep the towers together).

2. Bar counter (wine cellar is under this counter) can't be moved as well as the dishwasher.

3. One thought is to remove the extra cabinets next to the drawers on the wall oven wall and push the kitchen inside by 3 ft; those extra 2ft can be taken by a closet facing towards the hallway (so kinda taking the space shown by pantry now).


Look forward to thoughts/comments.



Comments (6)

  • 9 years ago

    Sry, Island will have cabinets on one half (both sides); the other side will make up the breakfast nook/bar. The "bar" area counter depth is 18" as suppose to the rest. Dining table is further away so we are not worried about that.

  • 9 years ago

    There's a lot to comment on here....

    1) The kitchen sink is the most heavily used workspace in the entire home. Access to it must be unimpeded. Yet you have a very narrow 3 foot clearance directly in front of it....and the 2 access paths are little wider, plus both can be blocked when appliance or cabinet door are open. One solution is to make aisles wider...at least 3'6", preferably 4' in front of fridge at least.

    2) Recommend a pullout for garbage and recycling....close to sink and prep area

    3) This is obviously a sketch without reference to exact available sizes of cabinets.....when you hand this to a planner/designer, be prepared to find you need to change layout to make best use of actual available components

    4) Can't tell what's happening in many places.....above counter level, under cooktop, island, and especially in the bar/wine cellar area.....so can't comment there

    5) Having just 1 window seems marginal, especially since you have 2 full outside walls. Have you considered adding a window for more light and views and a more spacious feel? It's straightforward when you have the kitchen all torn up anyway

    6) This is a fairly big kitchen....so you may not need all the upper space as cabinets. More and more people are finding the trading solid uppers for windows can be a big improvement

    7) I see that both corners have lazy Susans. I understand these are sometimes needed in legacy kitchens, but since you're laying out a new one from scratch (I think), I'd do whatever it take to avoid designing in even 1 lazy Susan, let alone 2. They're such a poor use of space, and hard to clean. This kitchen can be laid out so every square inch of storage has perfect unobstructed access

    8) A good kitchen designer could take care of all the above issues for you and I believe it will be a net savings even including the designer's fee

    Good luck!

  • 9 years ago

    If a long side of the island will be used for seating, it definitely needs a LOT more clearance. Even when people are perfectly seated and tucked in, they'll extend out 16-18". When they push out, they'll go to at least 24". My double door fridge extends out 16" with 1 door open. So at 36", you may find the fridge door hitting chairs routinely, and you'll definitely spend a lot of time sidling past chairs, pushing in chairs, and begging people to scoot their chairs in.

  • 9 years ago

    I would strongly suggest you post in the kitchen forum and let the kitchen gurus there help you to create a truly workable kitchen.

    Just to start your aisles are too narrow. For a one person kitchen, you need a minimum of 42" aisles and for a kitchen with more than one person cooking you ideally need 48" aisles. Realize that that is not cabinet to cabinet, but counter to counter.

    Additionally the kitchen will be crossing zones. When we cook, we normally take food out of the fridge and/or pantry and bring it to the sink. At the sink we wash what needs washing and then next to the sink we prep the food we'll be cooking. That is normally done between the sink and the cooktop. From there we bring it to the cooktop and oven to cook.

  • 9 years ago

    OP - I agree with the others that you don't have enough space between island and counters. We have 1200mm (47 1/4 inches) in our kitchen and that's ideal for two people working in the same kitchen.

    Also, I think the island is a barrier to efficient kitchen use - you'll be spending a lot of time walking around it as you move between ovens and cooktop, between pantry and fridge, and between all of them and your prep zone.