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16 foot one wall kitchen

4 years ago

Looking to put in a coastal 16-17 foot one wall kitchen on a 21 foot wall (10 foot island). should i start at ine end of the wall or place in the middle?

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  • 4 years ago

    Need more context. New build or remodel? Please post floorplan. The answer to this question depends on what is around it. Have you thought about how you're going to place furniture in the adjacent spaces?

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    4 years ago

    Post an actual measured layout of the entire home where you propose this design. Something that large needs a really big home to be scale appropriate, and function. This can be much smaller, with the sink on the island, and be a very efficient workspace.

  • 4 years ago

    This is the best picture i have right now. 10 foot island with sink. stove in middle of design with tile backsplash and arched black paned tall (18-24 inch windows on each side. upper and lower cabinets each end. 10 foot ceilings. windows across front of beach house. 10 foot dining table can go in front of front windows if kitchen is pushed down or can be parallel with the island.


  • 4 years ago

    Dishwasher and trash also in island.

  • 4 years ago

    Its a remodel with an expanded living, kitchen and dining area. high pitched ceiling. going for the white, black, and natural wood look.

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    I see the appeal of this type of layout- sort of a modified galley. However your drawing doesnt seem to be to scale- looks like only 3 feet between island and wall cabinets. i would make that 5 feet (particlarly if you keep the sink and stove back-to-back), or 4 at the tightest.

    Its hard to tell if that will push the island too far into the line of the front door.

    Are you planning to have seating at the island?

  • 4 years ago

    Where your coffee bar is should be cabinets and part of the kitchen.

  • 4 years ago

    What is in the odd corner space between the coffee bar and the kitchen wall? Unless that's a doorway, I would start the kitchen wall in that corner, and make it an L with island. Otherwise you just have an awkward corner that will gather dust. Plus moving your kitchen wall up to that corner will give you more useful space on the other end.

  • 4 years ago

    Thank you for the advice!

    This drawing needs to be made to scale.

    working in that this weekend. Planning four feet between island and kitchen.

    was thinking of centering kitchen on wall so the decorative kitchen windows will be more centered with the living space.. agree that it leaves dead space in the corner next to the coffee bar.

  • 4 years ago

    Is "coastal" a typo? I don't know what it means in the context of a kitchen.


    I have a similar layout although my "coffee bar" is a baking center with wall oven and microwave.


    Sounds like you have windows on the range wall so placement of vertical elements will be important visually. Will you have a refrigerator?



  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Something like this. Notice all measurements are included - the widths of each wall/window/door/doorway and the distances between each wall/window/door/doorway are clearly labeled.

    Taken from the "New to Kitchens? Read Me First!" thread (Featured Answer):



    ETA: If all measurements are included, it doesn't have to be to-scale (although it does help!).

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    What's the length of the wall that has the "Coffee Bar"?

    I would consider stopping windows 27" to 30" from either end of the Front and then running cabinets wall-to-wall. I think it will look much nicer than abruptly stopping the cabinets 3 to 5 feet from the window unless you put in a door or similar to make it a natural stopping point rather than looking like it was a mistake or you ran out of cabinets.

  • 4 years ago

    I honestly think the wall needs to be end to end and include the coffee bar. What you’ve created so far is odd. Also you need some kind of entry way or people are coming right into your living space. Where is the table going?

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    It's really a huge kitchen relative to the overall space, and you want a very large dining table too. If you want some comfortable living room, you need to find some way to shrink the kitchen/dining space. One option would be to start the kitchen in the back corner, and make it and the island a little shorter, then dining table in front of the right front windows. Another option would be to make a one-wall kitchen along the entire back wall. Then run your dining table parallel. You could still make an L shape for a coffee bar on the back wall, or even a U with counter on the back wall and in front of the lower right windows.


    The back of that room is going to be dim. Can you add natural light with clerestory windows, skylights, or solotubes?