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U Shape Kitchen Design

9 years ago

Hi Experts:

I have a 10'6" * 10'6" square U shape kitchen I want to renovate. I really like the following design. My kitchen current layout is exact same except my window is a bit smaller (4'*4'), and it is 30" away from the inside wall. I am wondering if you have any similar drawing or design to share with me? Thanks a lot.

Comments (18)

  • 9 years ago

    You might find more examples searching for G shaped kitchen or peninsula kitchen. Here's one that came up when I searched...

    Türsün Uygür thanked sheloveslayouts
  • 9 years ago

    Thanks Ben. Those terms make big difference when you search.

  • 9 years ago

    I love a G shaped kitchen. There is one here on houzz that I dreamed about but can’t seem to find the pics now.

    When I was trying to make that layout work in my place I came up with the following plan. I decided to put the fridge on the back wall in order to not have my back to the room when at the range. This made the back wall with the fridge my pantry space. I had my dish storage in a drawer.


    We ended up not getting that house so I had to scrap the plans and never finished the details but it is still my wish for one day...

  • 9 years ago
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    There is a Houzz tour of a Greenwich Village apartment on my front feed. Kitchen before redo was 11' x 7'3". They recessed the refrigerator to the right and opened a wall to create the penninsula.

  • 9 years ago

    Beautiful kitchen. Cabinets look like from Ikea.

  • 9 years ago
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    I have a G-shaped kitchen, very similar in size and layout to the first photo. It's very efficient and easy to work in. I live alone, so there's no sharing or traffic involved. It's like working in a roomy cockpit. Everything is just a step or pivot away. Although my kitchen is only 10'x10', a large window over the sink with an eastern exposure makes it feel spacious and keeps it light all day long. I also think peninsulas are just dandy.

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks Linelle. Do you have drawings? Where did you find your cabinets?

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    10x10 can work with a galley, or a G, or an L plus small island, but it depends on where the openings to the room are located as to which design may make the most sense. You cannot remove the kitchen from the context of the home itself. You will have fixed constraints that affect what layout can actually work. You would need to post your exact layout to know if a G would be right for your room.

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks a lot for your comment. The entrance is exact at the same spot with my pic. Please see the pic below:

  • 9 years ago

    Linelle, thanks a lot for sharing your impressive work. It looks super modern now. What is the width of your penninsula? does that give you enough room to put a stool/chair and sit? Thanks

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    Türsün, thank you. My peninsula is 5'x3'. I don't prep there, since my prep zone is between my sink and stove. But it's my prime staging area, plus clutter-magnet.

    This is a photo I just took, no clearing of clutter. There's plenty of room for two adults to sit comfortably on stools. You could do three if you kept things well cleared. I never sit at the stools myself, preferring my kitchen table right behind. But if I'm in the kitchen and someone's over, they always pull out a stool to chat.


  • 9 years ago

    Thanks. You are creative people.

  • 9 years ago
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    My kitchen is the same depth but longer. This is what we did:

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    Türsün Uygür thanked Buehl
  • 9 years ago

    That looks awesome Buehl

  • 9 years ago

    The first plan you posted is dead solid and functional. Pretty, too. ;)

  • 9 years ago

    I found the kitchen that inspired me to move the fridge to the back wall. My thought is that at my house most traffic in the kitchen during the day(not during dinner prep time) is to the sink and fridge so I wanted those in a direct line from the opening in the “G”.

    Here’s the link to the original thread.


    Thread

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    It looks lovely as the whole "wall of tall" cabinets there because that isn't a usable counter space. A fridge in the middle of a cabinet run is not a good design solution. It's considered a major rule violation to interrupt a continuous counter space with a tall object. It does sometimes work if the tall object ends the "kitchen" portion, and the cabinetry continuing is for the breakfast area. You just never want to break up a run of counter space. It's more useful as a single run.

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