Kitchen Design feedback please!!!

5 years ago

Looking for feedback on design/layout & happy to answer questions.

We have a weird layout in our downstairs, so we only have so much to work with. We weren’t able to get an island without making major structural changes, so we opted for a peninsula “behind” where our longest wall of cabinets is. We do not have it in our budget to remove walls or beams, so all walls are staying.

The peninsula cabinets will be built off an already existing half wall to save on demo. Behind peninsula is our living room which is small so we can’t really borrow any space from it.

One addition: We plan to add a 12” deep sideways pantry cabinet to the left of fridge. Just haven’t gotten updated design yet. And we are going to put a small pullout trash under sink cabinet for cleanup.

DISCLAIMER: We don’t have a great aerial view of the space with this layout, so the first picture is a SIMILAR layout but gives you a good idea of the space we’re working with. I REALIZE THEY ARE DIFFERENT

Welcome all thoughts.

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M W
Original Author
5 years ago
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M W
Original Author
5 years ago
Anyone?????
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mama goose_gw zn6OH
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I'd prefer that the DW not be in the prime prep space between the sink and range, but with the locations of the windows, I don't think that can be changed. The fridge is too far from the sink--NKBA recommendation is 9' maximum between appliances. I like a side-loading pantry, for convenience, but I would put the fridge beside the beam, and create a coffee/snack/serving space to the left of the fridge, with MW in an upper cabinet, or a drawer model. That will keep snackers and grazers out of the work areas.

That reduces the trash pull-out to ap 15". I flipped it to the left of the range, to make it closer to the sink area, but instead, you could put the trash to the right of the range, in the prep space. That would be ideal, but not as convenient to the fridge and snack area. Or, if you have a second pull-out under the sink, keep the trash next to the fridge. It just seems that it would be awkward trying to use a trash pull-out under the sink, while scraping dishes to load to an open DW.

Since you would lose the side-loading pantry, could some of the shallow cabinets across the room be utilized as pantry space?

NKBA guidelines

ETA, an idea to put the DW to the right of the sink, with dish storage on the same side of the room. In this layout, helpers can unload the DW, or gather dishes to set the table, without interfering in prep and cooking tasks.
M W
Original Author
5 years ago
Interesting thoughts thank you! I was worried about it being too far from sink but I wanted to create a long run of counter space since I don’t have an island. But let me think about it! And yes we were planning on putting a small rollout trash in cabinet under sink