Kitchen at the house entrance, remove or keep the wall

5 years ago

We're contemplating whether to remove the walls at our kitchen that is located right at the front door entrance. Initial plan was to move it to another part of the house, but don't have the finances for the complete move. We still want to renovate the kitchen but not sure if we should leave the walls or remove them. Attaching the images, red line is where the walls are right now and another image is the possible design. This is what we will see when entering the house.

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5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

No one wants to stare at the leftover lasagne dish soaking, or the greasy spattered counter, from your front door.

You need a much more functional design than that pictured in order to create value with a remodel. Id duggest working wiyh a good kitchen designer. One who wants yo keep the walls.

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Buehl
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Keep the wall with the range or change the layout. The range as-shown is definitely unsafe, especially since your space is so tight with the table there. You should have at least 18" behind the range if there are NO seats behind it. (If there are seats, then 24", but that doesn't apply in your case.)
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User
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
What is the current layout? I would never suggest having the kitchen on view from your entrance.
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Jacqui Naud
5 years ago
It would be less costly to move the front door to the living room.
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Afirst Letter
Original Author
5 years ago
@Jacqui Naud There is a huge window in the living room that would require to remove it and install a smaller one, so that would probably cost a lot. Not enough space just to make a door opening
Afirst Letter
Original Author
5 years ago
@User there is living room to the left, with a huge window, you can see a part of the sofa. Yeah, we thought moving kitchen will be much easier until we got quote, now trying to work around the current design