PLEASE help my wife with her new kitchen.

10 years ago

Passing on a message from my wife:

"Please, help me with my kitchen design!

There are going to be 3 windows along the back of the house instead of 4 each being 2 ft. I love the idea of my kitchen sink looking out those windows, but for some reason I am stuck on having my sink and stove back to back and I know for sure I do not want my stove in the island. I have thought about having a prep sink in the island and that would keep a sink and the stove back to back if I were to have my stove on the back wall between the sink and refrigerator? Or maybe my stove where the refrigerator is, my sink down closer to the stove and my refrigerator where the dishwasher is located on the plans? And then I have a desire to have a double oven! Where do I put that? We do have a large walk-in pantry, so there isn't a need for a ton of upper cabinets, but would like to have 1 or 2. The small area just before the pantry I would like to have be a desk, which to me is a must, and I think that would be a good spot for one. We have been waiting a long time for our plans and am so super excited but now that they're here, I feel very overwhelmed. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!

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dekeoboe
10 years ago
You would be better served if you post this on the kitchen forum.

Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen Forum

This post was edited by dekeoboe on Sat, Jul 6, 13 at 15:28
ibewye
Original Author
10 years ago
Done. Thank you!

Here is a link that might be useful: My wife is requesting your advice on her future kitchen.
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lavender_lass
10 years ago
I would not put the desk there, because your seat will be blocking the pantry entrance. What's behind the wall where it says 4'2" by the hall entrance? If you could push that back a few feet, that would be a great place for a desk!

I'll go check on the kitchen forum to see where you are with the rest of your plan :)
virgilcarter
10 years ago
Your preconceptions about kitchen design are in conflict with the actual footprint and type of kitchen shown in the plans. Either your preconceptions or the kitchen design need to change.

You would have a much more functional kitchen if you eliminated the trendy island and extended the base cabinet line on the right downward to intersect with the free-standing column and then leftward for about half the distance between the column and the desk wall.

That would give you sufficient counter top space for all your appliances, including separate cook top and ovens, and some seating area, if that's truly important.

Wherever you decide to locate your cooktop, you will need a vent hood to deal with odors and grease.

There are plenty of situations where trendy islands simply don't work very well. This is one of them.

Good luck with your project.