For the 9”, instead of a pullout, I might consider a narrow cabinet for cookie sheets, cutting boards, etc. it could have vertical dividers. We have one and it’s very practical. It has just a hinged door.

i worry that wider drawers might hit or interfere with Hardware drawers in the adjacent counter

if you do do a pullout, we use our spice pullout for oils. We put the commonly used in the top , and the Less often used ones under. It’s much like your picture The lower shelf is not super practical. But fine for us.

for the garage I think the 36” lower looks a little nicer. But if you know exactly what you will put there and 30” is better space wise I’d choose function over form

the above is just me. Not a pro or anything

Also for the trash pullout, we love having a drawer over ours. It’s the junk drawer. Bags actually go in the pullout itself (there’s a shelf for it in ours!) so the drawer isn’t needed for bags but we have scissors, rubber bands, and such in there. We also don’t make so much trash so the smaller size is fine.

i assume the uppers to the right of your dishwasher are your pantry? Or do you have a separate room for the pantry?

your range windows are pretty. I’d let the exterior appearance dictate whether they line up with the sink window. I think having the tops line up is more important than the bottom edges. But it isn’t absolutely necesary. I’d personally be cautious about the headers (tops) being different but not rule it out

Congratulations on your kitchen progress. we have empty cabinets , or nearly empty, coming from much much smaller kitchens. It is fine and actually nice. I figure we have room to grow.

I would say get rid of the random 9" cabinet and go with a larger base cabinet. Having a whole cabinet just for oils seems kind of crazy to me.. but maybe you have a lot of oils? Also, you have a ton of uppers on the other wall that could house your cooking oils. I agree that the 27inch garage on top looks a little bulky.

For your question about whether the 30” or 36” tall cabinet should be on bottom, look at how the top of the 36” lines up with top of fridge. I think that makes for a prettier sightline.

In no particular order: Range wall windows look fine. I like the wider pantry and wider base cabinet, without the 9" pull-out. I'd keep the drawers and put the KA on the counter to the right of the pantry, where it will be much more convenient and easier to access, than removing it from a base cabinet for use each time. I'd move the island down another 12", so that it's not as much of an obstruction between the sink and fridge.

Put the oils in the garage area if you want them close. I like the idea of the small pullout for all those bottles, but without it is a cleaner look. Your windows do not need to be the same, since the sink requires that window to be shorter and the range allows you to have more light with longer windows. Having a pantry changes everything. Where you put stuff is more variable with that option. Consider only the items you need “at hand” when cooking as you design this room.

Def line up the doors. I like the wider option. Will your KA fit in that cab if widened? If not would consider a mixer pop up in a lower cab.

Okay! See...super helpful already. I’m scrapping the 9”. It was in my plan, so I was thinking of how to use it, but makes way more sense to just widen those drawers instead.

When you guys say you like the wider garage, you mean like one? Hmmm. I thought for sure this option would be too boxy, creating a “cubby” there in the corner.

The shelves are a good idea? Or would you guys just add an upper? I don’t think I need any additional upper storage, so strictly based on looks.

I think if I widened the garage it would fit the mixer. It was planned to be 27”, but if I widened it it would be more like 36 wide I believe. I didn’t measure everything, but I’m going to do that.

Reassure me that this doesn’t look like too tight of a corner. Or that it won’t block light/view by going wider.l!

This was going to be my only base cabinet. I was planning it just for the mixer. Would you just go with drawers for all bases instead? Is that crazy? What if one day down the line I have something that doesn’t fit in a drawer? Anyone have ONLY drawers?

It would definitely bump up my costs to do drawers there. That’s a 42” double door. I don’t think they make drawers that wide. I’d have to go with two banks of drawers there to fill the space. Hmmm.

Keep that area for the mixer. Don’t waste the bottom part of the “garage” doors for that huge appliance. Maybe your old can be on the bottom or second shelf of the garage?

We redid our kitchen 3 years ago. We ONLY have drawers on the bottom. We love it. After having all drawers (second house kitchen we’ve remodeled for all drawers), I don’t understand why anyone would want pullouts. If something is too tall for a drawer it’s too tall for a pullout. I even keep my Vitamix in a drawer (base separate from jar and jar on its side). I keep my KA in the pantry at shoulder height because mine is very large and that’s the easiest lift for me. And it would be a waste of drawer. If you use your KA everyday find a place on the counter.

Love my mixer pop up- so nice not to lug the behemoth around!

I ran my appliance cab right into the corner. It is deeper and holds everything. Love being able to keep my counters clear, too!

I love your kitchen @Susan Murin! Thanks for posing! I agree...I like the idea of hiding things and having clear counters as much as possible.

Though convenient, I don't think I'll do a mixer lift. Mine is the smaller mixer, plus I don't use it all that much. If I start using it more, maybe I'll make a home for it on the counter, otherwise I think I'll keep it hidden.

I think someone mentioned my pantry. Just to elaborate, my pantry is next to the kitchen and is a walk in. So no food will need to be stored in the drawers or uppers.

You guys have been so helpful already! I think I’ve already made some decisions! For sure not doing the 9”...I’ll just widen those drawers below the garage instead.

A few of you mentioned liking the wider garage better. Did you mean like this? Are you sure doing it this way isn’t too closed in, where the other way allows a more spacious feel? I had already ruled this out thinking it was too “boxy” and heavy, so I’m very interested in hearing thoughts on the wider garage!

Susan Murin, love that--IIRC, I love your whole kitchen. :)

I also love huango's appliance garage which is similar--it's the top left pic in the following collage. I also like stand mixer slide-outs that are at counter level.

@mamagoose

Do you think I should go all the way to the window wall with the garage?

Because my space is so narrow, I do worry it’ll close it in too much. Thought keeping that corner open would give a more spacious feel. Hmmmm....

I don’t need the extra space per se. I know I’ll have empty drawers and cabinets to grow into. So maybe I’m leaning towards choosing the option that looks best?!

Another angle.

Oh, and anyone who’s done their baking trays above the fridge....what are your thoughts?

I’m think I’m just down to now deciding how wide to go with the garage. The narrower or wider one?!

Thanks as always!

I like the open shelves in the corner, so if you don't need the appliance garage for storage, I'd leave it out. Another option, which would also move the fridge down and make the island less of an obstruction, would be to put a cabinet on each side of the fridge, but make the one on the left side-loading, shallow storage. The cabinet to the right would be wide enough for the mixer.

These images were posted on another thread today, but reminded me of your space:

I like the open shelving for aesthetic reasons. But as a short person, I wouldn’t be able to put a microwave in that corner and safely remove hot plates of food. The angle is too difficult. But the open shelves idea seems to lighten up the look.

On storing baking sheets and trays/platters above the fridge: great idea! In one of our kitchen remodels we did this even though I had to go head to head with the designer who was insisting it should the liquor cabinet! In our current kitchen we have one of those fridges with the condenser on the top (a la SubZero) so we placed the tray/platter above the wall oven and microwave.

We like this set in a deep cabinet (over fridge or oven) so the trays can lay deep instead of tall. This is for ease of removal of heavy items (cast iron griddle and heavy cutting boards). I’m only 5’4” and I don’t want accidentally to pull something down in my head!

@ajgemrich Yes! Love it. Figured I don’t use that cabinet for anything else. As long as I can grasp an edge of the pan I should be able to pull it out. Hopefully!!!

@mama goose. Thank you so much!!! The only thing that makes me pause with this option is that I was planning to use the garage to hold the microwave. And also toaster and coffee pot.

I see what you mean about the fridge though. We’re moving it down a bit from where it is now. It’s blocked by the island already. Guess we’re used to it from all these years, but hopefully moving it down doesn’t drive me crazy.

I think I’ve got most of the last few decisions made and will be heading into the final draft. Excited!!!

I need extra help on this one last thing though!!!I can’t decide!!!! I keep going back and forth.

36” garage which leaves smaller shelves (27”) or 27” garage leaving bigger shelves (36”)???

I like the way the larger garage lines up, but worry it’ll be too bulky for the space, causing a cubby like corner.

The smaller garage obviously allows it to look more open and spacious, which I like! But I don’t like how it lines up.

Any thoughts appreciated!!!

I like the wider one

Thanks @susan! I like the look of that one best too. But I worry about it being too big. I forgot to mention above that the cabinet lady said it was “a large intrusion on the space”. That’s what gave me concern!!

I vote wider!!! If cab lady meant 36” will intrude into corner, so what? Better to have a nice visual line with lower cab, and more storage behind door that won’t get dusty or dirty on an expesed shelf, and corners are hard to reach into anyway.

Wider. I'm assuming items on shelves will be more decorative, than daily use items.