Should I close this entry from dining room to pantry?

last year

Should I have the builder close off this entry from the dining room going to pantry? It will give me more room in the pantry and I could have a larger space for my fridge on the other side of wall. As of now, a fridge was going there as well as a small amount of counter space for my coffee maker that has its own water source. I am thinking the counter space won’t be large enough, and if I close off this entry, I can have them turn the water source so that it faces the pantry and put a countertop/cabinet there for my coffee maker/coffee bar. The microwave will also be in the pantry and I don’t know that I will like having to walk through the kitchen to get to the dining room. This is my first build and forever home and I want to get it right. Any thoughts and opinions are greatly appreciated. (That small door to the left in the pantry is for grocery loading from the garage and that whole wall will be counter space/cabinets.)

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alanalinette
last year
It sounds like a good idea but it would be helpful if your plumbing fixtures were included in the plan.
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PPF.
last year
Your attached image is really small. Try again with one about 3 times larger.

Show your kitchen and pantry layout -- cabinets and appliances.

Where are you in the build -- already framing?
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Mark Bischak, Architect
last year
"This is my first build and forever home and I want to get it right."

Normally details like that are worked out during the design process. Is the builder designing the house? This might be your 'first forever home' with more to follow.

"That small door to the left in the pantry is for grocery loading from the garage and that whole wall will be counter space/cabinets."

Is the garage labeled "Dining" or did you mean the other left?
bpath
last year
Show the proposed layout of the kitchen. And the proposed placement of furniture in the family room.

How do you plan to use the pantry besides food storage?
worthy
last year
This space seems more of an oversized butler's pantry--a walkthrough to the dining room. But with a door to the exterior? In that case, the entry is needed..
bpath
last year
Oh, that’s a second fridge?
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Mark Bischak, Architect
last year
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Consider foregoing the door from the garage to the pantry. The logistics of it and the cleanliness of it may not work as planned.

Consider rearranging the spaces to create better spatial relationships.

Consider moving the steps further from the latch side of the door to the garage.