Kitchen Remodel - Layout\soffet Question
We are remodeling a 159” x 357” kitchen using semi-custom cabinetry. 10ft ceilings. We’ve come up with the following design - attached below. (The red squiggly mark is where we plan to remove a wall and open up the space to a small family room.)
1. I’m wondering if the 24”depth of the oven cabinetry and parallel pantry cabinet will make the kitchen feel too ”tunnely“/stop your eye too much when looking the long way into the kitchen?
2. Our designer has recommended only taking one wall of cabinetry to the ceiling (the oven wall) and making the rest 8ft with a soffet built above. Thoughts on this? Should we do the soffet or leave it open (or take all cabinetry to the ceiling)?
3. Along the wall with the red squiggly, the cabinets will only be 15” deep (base)/12” deep (uppers). The cabinetry is currently 6’ wide and will be used for a coffee\wine bar. Will it seem overpowered by the opposite wall with 188” of cabinetry (oven wall) ? i wanted to open up as much of the wall as possible, but don’t want the coffee bar to seem over powered and more like an after thought.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoWhere do the different doors go? ‘B’ goes to your family room, but what about the rest? Also, are you keeping the corner pantry?
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoAssuming the sink and DW are on the island, if you move the fridge to be near the breakfast area, and more easily accessible from the family room, you'll have a better work triangle. Omit the shallow cabinets in favor of walking space behind the island, and a wider work aisle, and put a deeper coffee area in the corner. On the other side of the door, you can have tall pantry cabinets, or a less expensive framed, reach-in pantry.
I left the island at ap 10', but you could easily make it 8' long and still have sufficient prep space.
Even though it puts clean-up and dish storage at the opposite end from the dining area, I like the separation of zones in this version:
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PRO8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHere's an example of a similar sized kitchen project we did 2 years ago. It's more than doable but I think your current deisgn needs more thinking through. In this project the primary cabinetry occupies the exterior walls. To help break up the potential tunnel effect the cabinetry beyond the island towards the eating area was cut back in depth and designed to be more decorative, not primary work area. The main wall separating the kitchen from the living room was opened up, which also helps to reduce the tunnel effect. This kitchen was slightly narrower than yours so the right side decorative unit was sunk to be flushed into the wall thus providing the necessary walk through clearances.
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