New build design help?

8 years ago

I am looking for some design help on our kitchen. We haven't met with a kitchen designer yet. What we have drawn is just what our architect put down as a placeholder. We want to have a double oven, 36" cooktop and a standard size fridge unless we can get a 48" one to fit in our budget. We have a very large pantry we plan to use for storage as well as a freezer. We would like to have an appliance garage to keep small appliances off the counter. We considered having a door directly from the kitchen into the pantry but don't want to give up the counter space.

We are considering removing one of the triple windows in the kitchen to expand the cabinets/counter.

Thanks in advance to all the experts!

Link to the whole house plan.

[https://www.houzz.com/discussions/preliminary-house-plan-feedback-dsvw-vd~5269902?n=18 [(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/preliminary-house-plan-feedback-dsvw-vd~5269902)

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mama goose_gw zn6OH
8 years ago
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(Not a pro/expert.) I don't think it would be necessary to remove the width of a whole section of window--maybe just part of it, then make the other sections wider. You could then extend the cabinets to house dishes, and switch the DW out of the prime prep space.I realize that puts dish storage a few steps farther away from the formal DR, but it's closer to the breakfast area.

Rather than having five seats all lined up (stadium seating, as one GW member used to call it), move one to the end, to make eye contact/conversation easier. The seating overhang doesn't look as if it's 15" deep, so I changed that on the following plan.

I also switched sides for the oven, and placed the appliance garage between it and the DR entry. You might consider moving the entry up, to put the fridge more in line with the sink, and then adjust the width of the DR entry accordingly.

ETA, have you considered placing the appliance garage on the fridge wall, and making an entry to the pantry from the kitchen? You could keep the door from the hall, or omit it and increase the shelf depth on the back wall. In the following plan I also adjusted the depth of the island, to accommodate two seats on the end. In both plans I moved the island out a few inches to give you a 48" work aisle, and adjusted the length of the island to 9.5'.

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