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Kitchen Layout Advice - Double oven, cooktop & symmetrical design

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

We are building our dream home and this is the current kitchen layout we have planed. I wanted to get some opinions on the design before we commit to it. What do you think about this layout? Without changing anything I prefer to have in a kitchen, is there a way to make it better? Please give your reasons along with your suggestions :) Thank you!


Things I don't want to change:

1. Symmetrical kitchen design.

2. Type of the appliances.

3. length of the island.


(please ignore the overhang, this is just a draft I made for ease of communication with the builder.)



(current plan is to have the fridge at the place in the 3D view)


colors: cyberspace + white 2 tone cabinets. Biano Venatino countertop 7' x 4'. walls: repose gray. flooring: evoke vinyl brooke.

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  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Your design has all 3 primary work zones crammed into one small space with a lot of wasted (and expensive) counterspace along the wall. [Primary work zones: Prep, Cooking, Cleanup]

    • It makes it difficult for more than one person to work in the Kitchen
    • Creates a bottleneck around the cooktop b/c everything is crammed into that area. This is the area that should be the most protected from traffic, not the area with the most traffic
    • That bottleneck also is an issue when someone is trying to go from the cooktop to the sink for draining boiling water, etc. -- tripping over/dodging others in the aisle b/c everything is on that aisle.

    .

    If it were me, I'd:

    1. Move the sink and DW to the perimeter
    2. Put a prep sink in the island
    3. Have dish storage on the wall around the sink & DW

    .

    Now,

    • You can have someone cleaning up/loading the DW or unloading the DW while someone else is preparing a meal (prepping and/or cooking)
    • Dish storage is right next to the DW. This means that someone can be unloading the DW or setting the table while someone else is preparing a meal.

    .

    Something like this:

    Note: Since all or the key measurements are missing, I had to estimate the overall dimensions and island size.

    [Select/click on an image to see a larger version.]

    The MW sits in an alcove in the tall oven cabinet in the first layout. It's a single wall oven mounted at the correct height (vs neither quite right in double wall ovens or the bottom right and the top too high). I would include a pullout tray beneath the MW alcove and above the oven for convenient landing space. (See the "options" layout for double ovens and MW drawer instead of MW hanging from the cabinets (which is aesthetically less pleasing)).



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    Work Zone Map:



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    Some options:



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