Sink and range on same wall - kitchen remodel layout help!!

3 years ago

Hi! Still planning major kitchen remodel… we’ve been wanting to live with our current kitchen for longer to really know what works and what doesn’t. Right now we have a major issue with our island / fridge set up because you can hardly open the fridge if anyone is sitting at the farthest seat on the island. We are unwilling to lose our kitchen table despite having a dining table not too far off the kitchen.

So here’s where I’m at: I think the only way it will really “work” without blowing out any walls is to put the sink and range on the same wall (where the sink is now), and move the fridge to the back wall (where the range is now). What do you think of my rough sketch for the sink/range wall?

For reference: the width of the kitchen is 14 feet so right now we have 2 feet deep cabinets (sink wall), 42” space, 3 feet deep island, 42” space, 2 feet deep cabinets/fridge wall. I’m proposing to keep the island the same depth but maybe reduce the depth of the cabinets on the current fridge wall to gain more space around island.

The length of the kitchen (all the way from the French door past the kitchen table) is 18.5 feet. I’m also proposing to add a small banquette and smaller table to replace the current kitchen eating situation (I would have about 5.5-6 feet on that wall for it).

FYI: we already plan to replace the windows on that whole wall so current window placement is irrelevant.

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artemis78
3 years ago
Even with that change, you won't have enough room for seating at the island if you want to keep the cabinets on the refrigerator wall too. Do you need the island seating with the kitchen table right next to it? The easiest way would be to put cabinets or shelves where the knee space is instead. If you really want the island seating, you'll need to reduce the cabinets on the wall there to 12" or so, which will give you a 53" aisle--still very tight (and less than is recommended) for seating, with a not terribly useful depth for the pantry cabinets. It seems like a big cost when the kitchen table is right there.
Francesca Colasanto
Original Author
3 years ago
Good points. The island is used 99% of the time by our kids and their friends so it’s useful for that purpose and I’d rather not lose it. My thought was to have double ovens where the very last tall pantry cabinet currently is and then just have 18” deep pantry cabinets all down the rest of the wall. When you walk through the kitchen there’s a dining space and long wall that we plan to make into a dry bar and more pantry cabinets so technically I don’t need the pantry cabinets IN the kitchen but I can’t picture the space without any cabinets on that wall.. hmmmmm……
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artemis78
3 years ago
You could play with 15" deep pantry cabinets and a 30" deep island, which would give you 25" sink run-42" aisle-30" island-56" aisle-15" pantry. It will still be tight, though, and you'll need to figure out where the other appliances that are there now would land.
Francesca Colasanto
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you!! The thought of a 56” aisle is dreamy lol.. I would love a much deeper kitchen but it’s the first house we’ve had an island in so I don’t have a big frame of reference for the aisle space. It does feel cramped now that’s for sure. Thanks again :-)
cat_ky
3 years ago
I would not want my stove on the wall where my sink is. I would leave it where it is now. I also do not like the seating part of the island. Those stools, if someone is sitting on them, are in the walking path from the door, and also in the way of the refrigerator, which is actually in a good spot. Have you thought about a full range, rather than having the oven separate, and leaving it right where it is.
Sally T
3 years ago
Right now, we have 41" between the island (seating side) and the pantry wall. It's totally fine. Do you need that seating area? It seems redundant with island. I would extend the island further, make the windows near current seating area narrower, and extend sink wall of cabinets. Is the current range vented to the outside? If not, I'd put it on the sink wall for easy ventilation. We're putting the range on the sink wall but my wall is longer than your cabinet wall - 136"
lharpie
3 years ago
The problem is best prep space is between stove and sink - this space is now small with dw in the way. imagine trying to cook and clean up as you go? or one person trying to cook and another clean up? i’d want 48” aisles too so would nix the counter seating. the kids will sit at the table if it goes. or limit to 2 seats with one on narrow end?
Francesca Colasanto
Original Author
3 years ago
So here’s our dining area (when we moved in they were using it as a sitting area). It’s just a little far from our kitchen so nobody sits there except for meals and the kitchen table is used for people to sit and talk to me while I cook, homework, paying bills etc. The island is mostly for food prep or our kids to randomly sit at to eat casually - it’s much less or true seating if that makes sense. But it’s true that the island seating isn’t ideal with the fridge there which is why I was hoping to move the fridge… and here we are! There must be a better way…….