Kitchen Layout Design Dilemma: Which One Would You Choose - HELP!
Our kitchen design company is waiting for our final decisions! but we’ve been stuck on this for 2 months and are still unsure which layout to go with.
We would really appreciate your help in choosing between 3 layout options.
We’re looking for a design that’s beautiful, comfortable, and practical.
🔑 Our Key requirements / Anchors:
- Clean, modern, elegant design is important.
- Cabinet above the sink – to dry dishes
- Electric stove must be near a window
- Built-in oven and microwave
- Counter bar for 1–2 people – a place to sit and grab something quick. (Main meals (dinner/breakfast) will be at the dining table, mostly not in the kitchen)
- Plenty of upper cabinet storage is a big advantage
- No island – we don’t want a central island.
- No visible cooking hood
The Floor/Kitchen Top View Plan:
🏡 Kitchen Layout Option #1
Pros:
- Long marble counter in full view from the house entrance — makes for a beautiful kitchen bar.
- Overall layout looks clean and appealing.
Cons:
- The counter space between the electric stove and the built-in unit is only 35 cm — too tight for practical use (e.g., resting oven trays or hot pots).
- Will be even less space in case we would want a 70cm wide electric stove (instead of 60cm wide).
- Fridge and built-in unit are a bit blocking the kitchen window view when standing in kitchen entrance
Design 1 (multiple angels):
🏡 Kitchen Layout Option #2
Pros:
- Almost all our requirements are met — including the counter bar and proper stove placement.
Cons:
- The entrance to the house faces the fridge and oven unit — which isn’t aesthetic and feels “off” as the first thing you see.
- The fridge location interrupts the natural walking flow between the living room and the kitchen.
Design 2 (multiple angels):
🏡 Kitchen Layout Option #3
Pros:
- Again, most of our key points are fulfilled — including the counter bar and stove placement.
Cons:
- The stove is placed at the center of the back wall, which means no upper cabinet above it — leaving the kitchen’s main wall looking empty/ugly and less functional.
- Overall, this layout has very limited upper cabinet storage.
Design 3 (multiple angels)
Please HELP - Any feedback, suggestions, feel free to brainstorm, disagree, or suggest any solution
We are even willing to do some light renovations to the kitchen walls if that will help us reach the best layout
We’d love to hear what you think
Thanks a lot !!
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Without more information - none of them!
We need more/better information regarding the space. I strongly suggest you check out the Featured Answer to the "New to Kitchen? Read Me First!" thread. To summarize, we need a fully-measured layout of the space under consideration. It can be either hand-drawn, computer generated, or drawn up with computer/app tools.
By "fully-measured", we mean a layout with the widths of each wall/window/door/doorway and the distances between each wall/window/door/doorway labeled tell us why it cannot be moved/changed -- we may have some ideas for you.
Regardless of how you draw it up (by hand, computer, etc.), please be sure all measurements are labeled. (Note: Computer generated layouts often lack key measurements and, sometimes, measure to/from things like the middle of a wall or the middle of a window. Neither are useful. Measure each item and the distances between each item.)
Why don't you want a rangehood? They are far, far more effective at removing cooking FOGSS (fumes, odors, grease, steam, smoke) than downdrafts or windows!
Sitting in front of a wall like you show would be a definite turn-off to me - do you really want to feel like you've been put in a "time-out" to eat (i.e., sent to the corner)? Seating doesn't have to be in an island, a peninsula might also work.
Other questions that will help decide which one is better (if any are)...
- Tell us about you and your family and how you plan to use your Kitchen. All-adults? Empty Nesters? Children (now or in the future)?
- What appliances & their sizes do you plan to have?
- Where are you flexible? Can walls/windows/doors/doorways change (move, change size, add, delete)?
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Also note that the majority of people on this forum use the "English" method of measurements - inches and feet, not metric.
Guy's measurements appear to be in millimeters (mm), so:
- 1,000 mm = 100 cm = 1 meter
- 25.4 mm = 2.54 cm = 1"
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