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Kitchen Design - Awkward Space

5 years ago

Greetings All!


I would like to remodel my kitchen but don't want to keep the same layout as it there is a lot of wasted space and weird usefulness.


A previous owner decided to add a space onto the house that bridged the existing kitchen to the garage and added a French patio door. The garage door didnt exactly line up to the house, so they "made it work" This caused the no consistent room size that is throwing me for a loop.


That and all the scattered windows and doors has me reeling at how to design this space.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.




Comments (8)

  • 5 years ago

    This wold be for a table at the end of a run of cabinet with all drawers.


    Here's the idea on an island with counter height stools

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    You could exchange the French doors for a sliding version to keep the floorspace open. You could just move the range peninsula on the 'west' side if you don't want any dining space. Although we can't see what's on the wall opposite the garage door, you could gain great storage by taking drawer counters to the 61" window and putting them in the peninsula. You might change to an induction cooktop with more storage drawers and put a stacking oven/micro on the fridge/micro wall. Drawers handle so much more stuff than shelves do and are more accessible.



  • 5 years ago

    Thanks! Interesting idea. I love the info about drawers and I tend to agree with the wasted space.

    There is nothing on the wall opposite the garage door and I am siding the house this spring and can remove the window next to the garage door if there are other ideas that make use of that.

  • 5 years ago
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    Would it be feasible to 'fill in the blank' in the area of the window you spoke of removing? You could extend the kitchen into that space and have the minimum aisles and island with seating. If you need a support post for a new beam, it could go between the sink and range. You'd need to use a narrow base cabinet on each side of the post, but the space in front could be used as a slot for cutting boards.

    Short wall and sink area would stay m/l as is. Normally I'd put the DW on the other side, but when the door is open it would interfere with traffic from the entry. Adding a sink to the island, to make that the primary prep space, would help. This is rotated, and not exactly to scale:

    If another support post is necessary, it could be added on the back of the island, and cabinets rearranged, but only three seats would be used:

    It would be nice to have some counter space beside the fridge, so the MW could go in an upper cabinet:

    ETA, a quick idea using the existing footprint, but it would mean adding plumbing and possibly some imaginative venting if you can't go straight up:


    NKBA guidelines

    New to Kitchens? Read me first.

  • 5 years ago

    I would love to fill that space and make it a true rectangular room, but if you look, the garage door is inset into that external cavity which is why they did it to begin with. It gives me a two car garage but only if I pull one car in and then the other. The first car being stuck until I take the later out again.

    It’s a mess.

  • 5 years ago

    Wow. I love the bottom picture idea! I could make that work.

  • 5 years ago

    I was thinking the garage must have a window, because how could you get a car in there if that was the door? Oh, my.

  • 5 years ago

    Thank you all for the assist on designing this weird space.

    Here is what I ended up doing. 😊

  • 5 years ago

    FYI - A couple doors and drawer fronts are on back order.