Kitchen Island design conundrum
rebecca meyers
13 days ago
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Please help with this L shaped design conundrum
Comments (4)You are right! The kitchen is 12' x 12'- I had subtracted the 4 foot stairs in my mind, to 12' x 8'. So embarrassed. So I spent this morning checking the measurements-pretty sure it is correct now. robotropolis: to the side of the 36" refrigerator is a 3" plaster wall which helps incorporate the 4" square spiral stair case the previous owner installed. Ha, someday you could replace it with an elevator. AnnieDeighnaugh and smaloney-great pick up by you both, thanks. I hope the dimensions make more sense now. The kitchen sink/range run at 144" is cramped. Thankfully it is not limited by distance to the corner wall (48" is the narrowest, range directly across to corner wall edge by opening to the pantry) nor to refrigerator (82"). There are 3 doors: one to hallway by the stairs, and a pass by kitchen route from back door to the dining room. I did want to make the pantry sink a clean up sink, separate from the prep sink. If I replaced the current DW location to the pantry base area, this could be accomplished and I still am giving that serious consideration for precisely what you noticed, smaloney. Thanks. Here are the new photos with updated measurements. Kitchen 12' x 12': Kitchen stairwell wall: L Corner wall dimensions: Pantry: I started a "help with kitchen/pantry design" thread before this (and have updated it's photos too). I understand it is best to keep it all on one thread, but this "L" corner wall, like them all, is truly design challenged....See MoreIsland conundrum
Comments (8)The spacing looks inordinately tight for seating. I don't think you really have room for it. You need at least a 60" aisle to have room for seating with a working counter behind it and you don't look to have anywhere close to that. For an aisle with seating with a major traffic path through it, like you have to the bathroom, you'd want closer to 72". Can the bathroom go elsewhere or be accessed from the other side of the wall? Most people really find a bathroom opening to a kitchen pretty distasteful. Also, you say that your island won't have a prep sink, but i think you should reconsider. A prep sink added to this kitchen will give you much better function because you fully separate the prep and cleanup functions. Right now, you'll spend most of your time in that corner between the sink and the range. At least there's a nice window! But if you want to face friends and family, you need a water source on the island....See MoreDesign conundrum -- can this kitchen be saved?
Comments (20)>>>It looks like one of those walls and doorways go to a hallway with more doors...is that correct? Yes, that door goes to the mud area and laundry, which I would like to combine into one large space, but that's a whole 'nother thread. There is one 36" passage into the family room which I would widen massively by removing those high, glass-fronted cabs and the pass-through counter beneath. One door into the dining room. And opposite that, in the back of the kitchen, unseen, is a door into the sunroom/office. No way to get rid of that one, either. I believe I am stuck with all the doors. For good or ill, this kitchen is definitely the heart of the home. Though I would definitely change the swing on that door to the dining room. Or remove it. >>>Is there a corner pantry also? I believe it is actually rectangular inside, but I did not open it. Honestly, I was so dejected by all that needed to be done, I sort of emotionally shut down too soon. When we drove up, it was pouring rain, and water was puddling 3" deep against the front steps and running down the porch's light fixture due to (one assumes) a bad roof. Matters did not improve inside. But in hindsight, I realize the house has tremendously good bones. I am trying to decide if I am up to the challenge before driving our realtor crazy running back and forth. This is so hard. We desperately love our current home. Every room is perfect. Our neighbors are perfect. But we are not in the ideal location for our retirement years, and we have no downstairs bedroom for my mother (or, eventually, for us) and no place to add one due to restrictive covenants. Still, these are first world problems, for sure. That is important to remember. Thanks, everyone, for your views....See MoreKitchen seating conundrum
Comments (18)i think you should eliminate the peninsula seating. I also have young kids in a small house and I appreciate that it has only one place for eating, our dining room. Kids can sit unassisted in a regular chair at a table sooner than they can safely sit on a chair or stool high enough for a countertop. I also wouldn't want children making messes with food in multiple places. Our dining room contains only a table and chairs, so it is relatively easy to clean before entertaining. I do agree that visual separation between the kitchen and dining room is nice. Perhaps you could have a pony wall, a wide cased opening, or double pocket doors? I recently added a pony wall back during a kitchen remodel after demolishing all the walls, and although I felt foolish at the time for redoing what I had just undone, we were still in the framing stage and it didn't cost much for a design I prefer....See Morerebecca meyers
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