low windows in kitchen dilemma

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I am renovating my kitchen. I have a lot of windows in the space. My front window is almost the whole width of the wall (88” wide). It is 35” from the floor to the sill. (Shorter than the average countertop by about 1” but that again is just to the sill. Looking for ideas or inspiration on how to put my sink in my front window when the window is low… I am planning on flipping my kitchen and removing the dining room. (I have another one) and using part of the current kitchen as a butlers pantry.

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JAN MOYER

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@ Robyn S

You have three posts dating back to January '25 on the same kitchen.......

You posted this below, virtually impossible to read.

Someone...........gave you this suggestion?

Add to this

You have an outsized wish list, INCLUDING A SINK in front of a window?

"Some of the things I want to incorporate into my plan are :
Breakfast/coffee pantry, pantry for food with pull out drawers, closet for vacuum/broom, cleaning supplies, large island with seating.
The design the designer sent is missing a few things. There is a window at the front of the house that takes up almost that whole wall. It is 83” wide and sits 33” from the floor. So does the window on the corner next to it. So he has lowered the cabinets to that height from beyond the stove.
Also, there won’t be a door heading to the storage/laundry room where you see it in the picture. It will be an opening. This heads to my backyard but there’s a small room with fridge and freezer on one side and washer dryer on the other. Takes up the whole space so no room for pantry back there unfortunately. The sink is located in front of the window to the right of the dishwasher. I feel like the wall they are putting the fridge on may stick out too far and being this long it also shortens my island and leaves a large gap of floor space that will be unbalanced I think.
Also, under the front window, should there be something there? Should the cabinets continue even though they will be shorter? Should it be a window seat? Or left empty?
I am removing the big wall and they have designed a small buffet/hutch type thing to bring everything together but I don’t love the design they have there. I like the idea of putting them together. The bookshelf is too narrow to put it there unfortunately. Any idea for that space? I considered moving the fireplace into the space. It is only 11” deep and it would fit in there.
Looking for your professional ideas/opinions on how to make the best of my space and help with my kitchen design.
I will include the new plans in the comments as well as more of my current pics so you have a better idea.
I don’t know if I love the placement of the stove, dishwasher or fridge. Above the dishwasher they have my “coffee bar” but I want it to be a full pantry to the floor. Not with the dishwasher there...................

You have plans from a "designer"......from the earlier as all this stuff below.....!?

You need a fully accurate floor plan of the entire living floor.

You need a budget.

You are talking a bout a VERY expensive reno. Maybe you don't have the help you need locally. Maybe it's a cabinetry sales person and not an independent KD.....

But here on Houzz? You have to stay in one thread, with that very accurate full measurement. : )

You will make yourself crazy, accomplish nothing, you will be spinning if anyone would see the other two threads.....as I looked and found them.

The sink won't work in front of the window as is. That would mean CHANGING the windows.

It may be time for an architect, with a very PRO kitchen designer at your site together with you, and a consideration of how much whole house remodel you are willing to undertake, and within what budget.. Not every instance of every kitchen can be a crowd source on Houzz: )

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Suki Mom
last month
Standard kitchen countertop height is 36" from the floor, so a standard countertop and sink will not fit under the window.
eam44
last month
You would have to choose a deeper countertop because your cabinets would stand proud of the wall a few inches as you need to fir it out (red) to install the cabinets (yellow). You would see the back of the wall build-out from the window (blue) so that has to be finished properly. I’ve seen this done in historic homes whose façades cannot be changed. Your house isn’t in that category, is it? Because by far the best way to deal with this is to get a new window.
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Rainbow Colors
last month
The sink DOES NOT GO in the breakfast area. You are trying for a 250K something too large and fancy for the home you actually live in. Get real here. The kitchen you have is already a pretty good layout. And it does not need to take over the breakfast area in order to be functional. You can do a standard 80K like for like replacement if you absolutely cannot stand what you have. But what you have, with the wood cabinets, and the white counters, is right in style. Only the backsplash is horrible. Change it, add lighting, and pause. That's a 7-10K change, not a 250K change.
Buehl
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If you removed the sill, how far off the floor is the window framing? Not trim, the framing. I wonder if you could forego the sill and have it be counter-height. If it's at least 36" off the finished floor, you could do that.

Another option is to replace the window with one that's at least 36" off the floor. That's what we did when we remodeled the Kitchen in our previous home. We had windows in a bay that were 22" off the floor and replaced them with windows 36" off the floor and had counter-height windows -- we loved it!
Buehl
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This is what it ended up being (a very, very old pic when we were still working on the Kitchen).
dan1888
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Another vote for replacing the window(s). For visual impact, fixed insulated laminated glass picture windows at counter height will be the least expensive. Using those window walls will save on backsplash and not require upper cabinets. Could be a wash overall. And greatly increase the functional possibilities.

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JUDY GRAHAM
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Float an island with sink and dishwasher, your back to the window, leaving a walk around space. Depending on need, there is room for a bench height cabinet under the window, which could add storage for the bigger appliances.
acm
last month
Agree with Rainbow Colors, although maybe I'd remove the cabinet ensemble including the desk and build a set of full-height pantries on that wall.

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