Kitchen Layout Conundrum

5 years ago

Hi there! We just moved into an older house and are hoping to remodel the kitchen soon. The room itself has an odd shape due to the exterior of the house jutting inward in the middle. We know that we want to:

1. Knock out the overhanging cabinetry and stove fan above the peninsula

2. Knock out the cabinetry next to fridge and re-do that wall with a new fridge in the middle (french doors) and cabinets around and above from floor to ceiling

3. Keep the sink where it is

4. Replace oven (the current one is a smaller sit-in model), countertops, sink, faucet, and reface or redo existing cabinetry

5. Get ride of that awful hanging lamp by the window (that's where the old owners had their dining table)

We do not want to:

1. Move any exterior walls (because brick haha)

2. Change any windows

I am mostly perplexed by how to make the kitchen bigger while keeping all my storage space. I think if we move the fridge to the middle of the wall and surround it with cabinets, the cabinets will not jut out as far, leaving the entrance a bit wider. But I'd like to do something with that peninsula. We could move it out a few feet so the edge meets the window frame and we could add additional cabinetry on that other side. Or we could leave it where it is and simply put more cabinets underneath with a larger countertop that would extend to create an area for bar stools. It gets tricky with that window because the counter height is above the frame.

I've attached photos for reference. Would love to hear any thoughts or ideas! :)

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
This might help you this client had a B&B so needed the extra laundry space

Removing all the over head cabinets was ahuge improvement in bot looks and function and almost all lower cabinets being drawers is a huge plus. I aslo used true pullout cabinets for pntry space so much nicer than a walk in pantry
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mama goose_gw zn6OH
5 years ago
Don't you need a vent for the range, or were you thinking about using a downdraft? I like the idea of making the peninsula deeper by adding drawer base cabinets on the back, but the range is in a terrible location. Could you move the range to the blank wall and vent it through the roof? Maybe re-use the drawer base beside the fridge, on the peninsula, and make the peninsula shorter in length?

I have reservations about replacing everything else but keeping the cabinets, unless the boxes are in excellent condition.
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J Whitty
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5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
@mama goose_gw zn6OH Thanks! I think you're right—we should just replace the boxes, too.

I'm definitely considering putting the range on the blank wall. However, I'd definitely need to move the peninsula further out to the window because that move would make the interior of the kitchen very small. And I can't put a pantry to the left of the fridge because that's a doorway to another part of the house. But I could box the fridge in like the photo you included with the cutting boards on the side. I like that idea a lot.

My other two thoughts. I could

1. Move the range to the middle of the peninsula (no hood) and still extend peninsula out with the extra cabinetry underneath

2. Put the range almost where the dishwasher is now so I could add the hood and vent directly outside. It's a little bit tight right there since opening either dishwasher or oven means no one can pass through to the basement door, but how often do we leave either of those open? :) I could then move the dishwasher to the left of the sink and push the peninsula out so dishwasher can open. Moving plumbing isn't my first choice but then at least two appliances are on one wall and I'd have a free peninsula as workspace.