Please help- layout for double island kitchen

6 years ago

I would love your thoughts on this layout for our kitchen. We are removing some walls to open up the space and I am struggling with how it will flow since we were limited in which walls we could remove. It was important to us to have an eat around island that was close to the family room since we do a lot of casual entertaining. The load bearing points are the corners next to the stove and the fridge in this pic so we can't change those. I am thinking I will add a prep sink across from the stove since the main sink is so far away. I have never done anything like this before so any advice is appreciated! Thanks!

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mama goose_gw zn6OH

6 years ago

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Your new plan is ridiculously, totally, unworkable, and the plan to add a prep sink to the island is not much better. I'm sorry, I'm not usually so blunt, but I think you also recognize the problems with this plan. I like a separate clean-up zone, but that's just too far.

Here's a quick and dirty re-arrangement, keeping all the appliances in the same room. It also puts the cooktop in a more protected location, with no traffic passing by, but I don't know if it can be vented from that wall. Also, there might be a bottle-neck when unloading the DW, so maybe someone else can come up with a better plan.

Another version, if the door to the DR on the left is flipped. It gives you a second work are to the left of the fridge, but dish storage would need to be in the primary prep space::

I also did another quick plan with the DW and sink under a new window in the left bottom corner, but that might put everything too close to the front door for your comfort. In this plan it would be easy to make all the counters extra deep (gray lines), for more counter space, and more storage, if it's in the budget to have custom cabinets with deeper drawers. You could have a standard-depth fridge, for more cold storage, too, and a deeper reach-in pantry:

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thinkdesignlive
6 years ago
Please post your existing plan
Erin
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you!! Here is the current plan. The existing walls are also noted with the lighter, dotted lines on the new layout!
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laurafhallen
6 years ago
I'm no kitchen designer. but your sinks are too far away from the fridge and stove.
Erin thanked laurafhallen
Louise Smith
6 years ago
The islands look intrusive, not helpful.
Erin thanked Louise Smith
User
6 years ago
Hire a kitchen designer. That one of the top 10 dysfunctional wastes of 160K that I’ve ever seen. You’d do far better to leave the darn walls alone.
Erin thanked User
Erin
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks so much for the feedback!! Looks like we need to go back to the drawing board!
thinkdesignlive
6 years ago
Erin when I said post your existing plan that would need to show current layout of kitchen (with appliances) as well as rooms noted as to what they currently are. In the plan you show the round dining table - is that the current dining room? Is there an attached garage to the left? Laundry room? Also, photos of current spaces to show window heights, etc....that would at least get you comments that could direct you better.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
6 years ago
Back to the drawing foe sure . Totally unworkable kitchen and never a sink directly across from a cooking area and especially not a prep sink. BTW bigger is not nessessarily better in kitchen design some of the most functional kitchens are smaller but well designed.You go wih the one you have and you better get roller skates because making dinner will be a workout. The originlal that you posted needs meaurements clearly marked all windows, doorways marked.