Kitchen Design Ideas needed

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

I will be renovating my kitchen soon in order to open up the space between kitchen/dining room and also add more natural light to a very dark north facing house - here is what will be happening:

Wall between kitchen and dining room will be removed (see attached photos, wall circled in red)
Wall between dining room and butler's pantry will be removed (see attached photos, pantry wall circled in red)
A 60x80 left sliding patio door will be installed to the right of the stove so that there is no longer any obstruction in the way of the stove, and that there will be much more natural light coming into the house from the south (house is north facing)
All cabinets except for the ones circled in red in the photos will be intact
Layout will remain the same
No gas or water line will be moved

To scale drawings attached. Given the unusual layout of the kitchen I am seeking ideas for what type of kitchen island to install. In the drawings, I have drawn up a 30"W x 96"L island that will have room for cabinets plus a breakfast overhang at the end. There is a 40" clearance around each part of the island so it is to code.

Is this the right type of island size for the space, or are there better shapes/ideas that I am overlooking?

Note - yes I realize I am losing a lot of cabinets! However we currently do not use the "bar area" cabinets in the picture so we will have that plus the tall skinny cabinet for pantry cabinets, plus the island will have extra storage and we will be adding decorative chests in the dining room to move all the glassware to.

Thanks!

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Beth H. :
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Right off the bat I would relocate that stove. Horrible spot right next to an exterior wall. If you use the right burner, you'll have the handle against the wall and no where to place anything while cooking. NOPE. that needs to go.

maybe switch fridge/stove, or find another spot for it, but against the wall is a no no

can you move fridge or the range next to the slider (where you have tall cabinet?)

I'd also nix the OTR micro and do a built in one in the lowers somewhere. or the island.

for you to go through all of this demo and NOT want to relocate gas line or plumbing seems silly. everything will be opened up.

If you want an island, you will need electrical (code requirement). are you on a slab or riased foundation?

Are you redoing the floor?
Jennie Bielous
Original Author
4 years ago
@Beth H. : this is the layout we have to work with unfortunately. we have lived in the house for a year and the stove being a few inches from the wall has never been a problem - there is plenty of space on the left and also a bit of space on the right. the cabinets will not be removed for the project either, so we're not opening everything up nor are we relocating gas line or plumbing. finally, the walls are also different depths along the slider side of the wall, which makes it difficult to consider putting anything like the stove along the back wall.

if you have any advice for kitchen island layout given the space, that would be wonderful and i appreciate it!
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Beth H. :
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
ah, ok. for some reason I thought you were getting new cabinets!

are you painting them?

so what were your plans for the island to match the current cabs?

and if you do this island, how are tackling the electrical for it?

since you've lived with this, what bothers you?

and do you have current pics that aren't stretched?
Jennie Bielous
Original Author
4 years ago
Correct! We are painting them. The cabinets themselves are in excellent shape. For the island we will be using cabinets that match the base of the rest - raised panel. We are redoing the floor (removing the stick on tile and just extending the hardwood) so it's all the same as the dining room. We are on a raised foundation and have a full unfinished basement underneath.

Since we've lived with it, what bothers me is that 1) there is not enough light coming into the home and 2) the oven door is directly in the way of the door leading to the outside. Having a sliding patio door would solve for both of these problems as it would let in 2x the amount of light and would guarantee that since only one panel would be used, there will never be anyone in the path of the oven door.