Pls Help w/ kitchen layout, Wonky bump out

9 years ago

Hi GardenWeb! My husband and I are renovating our kitchen area and I need your help. I am so excited to ditch my 32 year old appliances! We will have an L shaped kitchen with a 5' nook on another wall to almost make it U shaped. One of the walls has a 12" bump out so that makes the corner cabinet/countertop a challenge. I forgot to put the island dimensions as drawn are 6 ft x 7 ft. I'm not sure if it will all fit because of overhangs, but mainly concerned what to do with the corner. (I know someone will suggest the main sink in the island, but really, really want to avoid that!) Aisle space around the island is 42" on 3 sides. I'm also trying to keep the large fridge - I have 4 kids and cook nightly, and usually for 8 ppl. Thank you!

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mama goose_gw zn6OH

9 years ago

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You could turn the trash pull-out to open toward the clean-up sink, but it would still be convenient to the prep and cooking zones. I like being able to swipe all the crumbs and debris from the counter directly into the can, but you'd need to push it to the end of the island. That would also allow you to have a wider drawer base for dishes.

I can reach all the way across my 36" island to clean, when the top is clear--which isn't often these days :[ --so test your reach. If you want to make the island less deep, you could opt for a 12" trash pull-out. I have only enough space in my kitchen for a 12" pull-out, and I find it sufficient for our family of 5.

BTW, I use the basic Paint program to move around all the little boxes.

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sheloveslayouts
9 years ago
I'd try putting the fridge to the left of the range. Make the island only one base cabinet + 15" overhang deep with a prep sink.
baoh
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks benjesbride! I've been flipping the pantry and fridge back and forth. It probably makes more sense to be near the range. What are your thoughts on the 18" base cabinet in the corner?
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sheloveslayouts
9 years ago
I think it's a good solution :-)
mama goose_gw zn6OH
9 years ago
If you are planning on having two dishwashers, I'd suggest placing one on each side of the clean-up sink, and making that run in the bump-out 27" deep, with a 15" deep cabinet in the corner. The island, as drawn on your plan, is 6.5' x 7', but I made it 6' x 6.5' plus overhangs, which will give you 48" cabinet-to-cabinet on the clean-up sink aisle--the extra three inches will provide space for the overhangs (1.5", although I prefer 1", especially in a small kitchen).

I think you can get by with the narrower aisle between the pantry and island, if the fridge is moved to the range wall, as per bb's suggestion.

The dish storage on the island has moved back, with a trash pull-out on the corner of the island, convenient to all zones. You can also store dishes in the 15" deep base cabinet. Prep space on the island is 42+", on the left, with landing space and an 18" cabinet to the right of the prep sink.

BTW, you'll need a DW return panel for the DW on the end, to support the countertop.
baoh
Original Author
9 years ago
Wow moma goose, thank you. I really like that design! I'm trying to think if the lack of trash at the clean up sink would bother me, but could possibly put one under the sink or in the 15" cabinet. I'm pretty sure I can fit our daily dishes in 30" drawers, but will need to measure. (and I'm impressed with your computer skills :) ) Do you think having an upper cabinet over the 15" cabinet will look okay?
cpartist
9 years ago
A 6' x 6.5' island is too wide in both directions. Mostly our reach is about 30" so the question is what will you do with the 12" in the middle of the island and how will you clean it?
baoh
Original Author
9 years ago
I'm loving the feedback, thank you so much cpartist. I was planning on storage underneath, in the middle of the island. And for the top I was thinking "finally, counterspace! Even if the kids leave their backpacks, homework, snack dishes I'll still have S P A C E!, lol. I never once thought about the cleaning issue. I'll have to give the size some thought. The room is actually quite long, about 30 ft., so I was also thinking that it would take up some floorspace.