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Please critique my kitchen plan

4 years ago

Here is the plan of my New kitchen. Please critique it with these in mind.
I cannot change the size or
Location of the windows. I am
Keeping my large refrigerator. I don’t want range on my island. The location of dining in sunroom will remain. We are opening up the wall into the formal dining where we actually have a bar and pool table currently. That need or need not be as in you can tell me not to open it to the back and it is doable.

Comments (12)

  • 4 years ago

    Additional pics

  • 4 years ago

    More pics

  • 4 years ago

    I think it looks pretty, light, open and inviting. I love the corner sink to make a large prep area. Some people might tell you that's awful. But I've lived with it and love it. I found it helpful to have a raised triangle behind the sink to prevent splashes from getting away from my clean-up reach, and it's nice to place things on to keep the sink area free to wipe after each use. I also loved the lazy Susan in the corner cabinets. I could store anything in there! And I love the design for working. It has enough space but not too much that you'll feel like you are going on a hike.

  • 4 years ago

    This wall has been removed/made into a pony wall in the new design. Alternately it can be extended a bit albeit with some loss of light into the kitchen.

  • 4 years ago

    Do you have specific concerns with any part of the plan?

  • 4 years ago

    Island looks to be out or proportion and too large. Aisles surrounding it are too tight. Refrigerator appears to be in an odd out of the way spot too far from the action in the kitchen.

  • 4 years ago

    @millworkman, what do you think is an adequate width for the aisles?

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    4 years ago

    Sorry I cannot read the meaurements for the most part .

  • 4 years ago

    BG, your other thread said that there is another story above the kitchen. Do you know which way your ceiling joists run? Locating your options for a short hood duct run seems like the place to start. Especially since your other thread indicates you like to cook with heat, oil, and spices.

  • 4 years ago

    @mcarroll16 That’s right . It’s moi. The avid cook! :)
    My joists run like this

  • 4 years ago

    Ok! Well, there's one argument then in favor of putting your cooktop in your island. Not my top choice, but it lets you run a duct through your joist cavity.


    One other idea: what about squaring off the cabinet intersection where you have the sink, then putting your range in front of the window (the window that looks out at your yard, not at your entry)?That would allow you to vent the hood directly out the wall. Super-short duct run, maximum capture. Sink in the peninusula where you currently have the range, dishwasher to the right of that. Or sink and dishwasher in the island.

  • 4 years ago

    I can't read much on the plans, but think I would put a pullout pantry where the fridge is and move the fridge left of the DW, which might need to move right of the sink with a drawer right of it for dishes and silver for easy setting of the nearby table.