Bread Oven In The Kitchen ... Help!!?

8 years ago

I posted a design dilemma on a forum a couple of days ago. It had to do with how to design my kitchen. Lots of folks had great ideas, but we kept coming back to ... this beast. The beast is this big ol' bread oven in the back of the designated kitchen area.

We can't get rid of it because it has structural value and would take too much money and effort to remove. We are planning to make the space to the right of the brick oven a pantry. We thought that we may make the area to the left a little mudroom area (per a great idea we received via houzz)

*We plan to clean up the bricks and the metalwork. This includes cleaning up the red plaster & paint you see. We will repaint it red.

*We are not set on keeping the cast iron cook area you see. (Perhaps this could be replaced with a nice piece of granite or butcher block??... to be used for .... or make it into a space for cookbooks?)

*Above the red face the bricks slant upwards. What on earth can be done with this strange angle?

*There is also dead space behind 'the beast'.

*The height from the floor to the bottom of the window is 32"

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miss lindsey (She/Her)
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
I read through all the comments on your other post; you've got a lot of really knowledgeable people interested in your dilemma!

I'm not sure what you're hoping to gain by starting a new thread, but I would suggest that if you want to get useful advice here too you need to post your floorplan :)

Could you turn that back right corner into a baking corner, instead of a pantry? Add a counter top to the brick oven and add storage drawers for all your baking supplies in the small gap behind the oven? Then you could put two wall ovens (or wall oven plus microwave shelf) on the front face of the brick oven. The fridge, sink, and stove top could line up on the wall under the window.
jane_vt thanked miss lindsey (She/Her)
jane_vt
Original Author
8 years ago
I'm not sure! Maybe I should have kept he same thread? I'm new to all this and it seemed like a different question so I thought it deserved a new thread?
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miss lindsey (She/Her)
8 years ago
Honestly, you've got Sophie's attention over on your other thread and she is offering you really positive support. That is not to be taken lightly lol. I would definitely stay engaged over there!!

What did you think about the idea of switching up the room usage? It seemed like a really viable option to me. Maybe you answered that and I missed it.
jane_vt
Original Author
8 years ago
Okay - back to the original posting ;)