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Please review kitchen layout

9 years ago

Please help me review this kitchen layout before the cabinet order is placed. It is a new construction home on acreage that we plan to be in for at least 15 years if not forever. It is a timberframe/craftsman style home. We're in our 40's and have two children ages five and six. I am the primary cook and cleaner upper, the kids like to help out and will probably do so more in the future. We don't really entertain or host large family gatherings.

I'm worried the 3" crown is puny and should be 6". I'm also concerned about the distance of the range vent from the countertop, but don't know how to restructure the cabinet heights to accommodate proper clearance? The isle widths aren't shown, but are 45". There is a pantry right around the corner from the fridge.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!



There are changes to the houseplan. Laundry and half bath are reversed and enlarged allowing a pantry on the new half bath side and a back door out of the laundry room. The dining area was pulled forward two feet to allow a built in window seat flanked by hutches.

Comments (11)

  • 9 years ago

    Since you are worried about the hood vent being too low, would you consider something like this? It still has cabinets to the ceiling, add some glass to lighten them up and have only 1 row of cabinets above the vent?

    User thanked lucky998877
  • 9 years ago

    There isn't enough space to shift the sink/DW over and still fit in the single oven. I really wanted to do a single electric wall oven and still have the all gas oven in the range.

    Yes, that hood and cabinet could work. I'll have to look into what vent system that may be, right now I'm looking at a Zephyr Tempest 1.

  • 9 years ago

    Ah yes, sorry, I was looking at the house plan.

    User thanked cluelessincolorado
  • 9 years ago

    Your lay-out seems similar to mine. I gave up on a second sink in the island in order to have more prep/counter/storage space. Do you really need a second sink?

    User thanked gleaner3
  • 9 years ago

    Can you switch the fridge with the wall oven and move the stove more toward the wall oven? I think the seating at the dining room table seems a little too close to the island seating. I’d make the island lees deep.

    User thanked Karenseb
  • 9 years ago

    I'd initially thought the layout above would work, but after the framing went up there is no room for window trim if the refrigerator were on the wall with the sink. Would the island do better with the seating oriented the way shown above? As is on the cabinet designers layout there is about 48" between island seating and dining table seating. Having both spaces used at the same time won't happen often.

    I'd like to keep two sinks since in normal life I often find myself waiting to get to the sink because of other family members occupying it when I'm cooking.

  • 9 years ago

    If it were me, I’d much rather have more counter space then a wall oven, so I’d take that second single oven and put it beneath the counter, then put in normal uppers above. You may value the raised wall oven more than me, tho

    On the island, you are taking a nice 6-foot wide swath of counter and chopping it up into two small 2-foot wide workspaces on either side of the sink. I’d either skip the prep sink, or, if you’re set on it, put it on one side or the other of the island so that you have a solid 4-foot stretch of counter next to it.

    User thanked Matt E.
  • 9 years ago

    I do want the oven at a comfort height, but will probably shift the sink over. Good point about counterspace there.

    Should I rotate the island around for a better isle beside the dining table?

  • 9 years ago

    I would rotate the island like you show it. I would also put my prep sink in the corner...your uppers don't have to stick out 12" like the norm is if it feels tight.

  • 9 years ago

    This is an older mock up with the island rotated. Where should the prep sink go on the island if I go this route?