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Kitchen/Kitchen counter help!

5 years ago

Kitchen counter has this shelf that I hate. It's also the only spot for the couch in the living room and there have been lots of hit heads on it. Need help on what to do to get rid of it and have a large counter top that wont injure anyone. Also want to move the cabinets there to open it all up and dont know where to put them or what to do. I'd like to open it all up. Please excuse the messy house.

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Alex Peters
5 years ago
I'm sorry to bother you again, but can you upload more pictures of the surrounding area so I can understand why the couch must go there because it seems to have been intended to be used as a breakfast bar.

From what I can see so far, the quickest fix is to lower the breakfast bar counter to the same level as the bench with the sink on it. This way when you sit on the couch the bench will be lower than the couch so there is no way for anyones head to hit it.
Tom Herman
Original Author
5 years ago
what about moving the cabinets to another area of the kitchen?
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Alex Peters
5 years ago
The windows near the fridge are too low, if you were to shorten the windows then yes that would also be a viable option.

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