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Help with kitchen layout!

4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago

I worked with an Ikea kitchen designer to come up with an initial concept but have since been playing around with the design. Do any of these look good? Any suggestions for improvement??

FYI, on the wall adjacent to the kitchen is a bar/coffee station flanked by two tall pantries. There is a small wall (as seen to the left of the image) that separates the kitchen from the rest of the main floor but this is otherwise an open concept.

Edited to add - kitchen dimensions are 20'2" x 18'10" and that little wall you see is 5'10" .









Comments (14)

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Is it a remodel or new built? I don't love the fridge placement. Show all the dementions in the kitchen and people might help you come up (I think ) with a better design.

  • 4 years ago

    Added the dimensions. Agreed, the fridge placement is odd...We had it along that small wall but then it made the corner feel crammed.

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    windows have to stay as is?

    no where else for fridge?

    I don't like this idea, you're blocking the light from the window.


    I'd move the stove to the left so it's next to the window like this one. (and I hope you aren't doing that SS chimney vent. I hate those things unless you're doing ultra modern)






    would you be doing open shelving at all?




    Can you put fridge on the sink wall, close off that window, and move window to stove side with sink under it? try layout like shown here:


    Jessica S thanked Beth H. :
  • 4 years ago

    @Beth H. : we *might* be get rid of the window that's currently nearest to the fridge but not the other one -- that looks out on our big backyard and I want to be able to see my kids playing.

    We do want to have open wooden shelving and I wonder about an under cabinet range hood?

    I'm still not sure where to put the fridge though...

  • 4 years ago

    What is rhe width of cabinets on the right side of DW?

  • 4 years ago

    Those cabinets are 30"

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    under cabinet range hood? you don't have a cabinet over the range.


    here's one version w/the SS hood. (you could do a vent hood insert w/a custom built hood)


    another version w/the L open shelving


    something like this


    or even this if you like the metallic look


    many way to do it








    plaster hood


    neat and simple to do (you get the insert first, and then build the cover/hood around it)


    If you didn't have that window off to the left, you could position your fridge like this. is it possible to move that one window further to the right, closer to the stove?



  • 4 years ago

    Post a 2D plan with all dimensions including doors and windows.

  • 4 years ago

    Move the fridge to the corner with a small broom closet adjacent so you can open doors fully. Shift the window if necessary. Add a prep sink in the island.

  • 4 years ago

    @anj_p which corner?

  • 4 years ago

    I like anj_p's suggestion, but if you don't want to remove or alter the window, there is just enough space for the fridge on the short wall. Use an appliance garage in the corner so that the corner isn't 'crammed'--it just disappears. Also, I agree that you need a prep sink on the island.

    Pic of huango's appliance garage:


  • 4 years ago

    @Jessica S I mean the other side of the window from where it is now. Or as mama goose suggested along that short wall, as long as your fridge is counter depth or built-in. Definitely with a prep sink though. I had a similar layout in my last kitchen - mine was smaller, and the sink was too far away from the fridge.

  • PRO
    4 years ago

    The fridge in the middle of a wall is a hard no for me. It's visually and functionally a bad idea. Your best option is the fridge at the left end of the long counter. Adjust the window location if necessary. The little counter extension along the small wall won't be used much if at all and is unnecessary.