Kitchen design 2 layout options...where should sink go?

10 years ago

Thanks for all the help so far. Here are two options for a kitchen layout (second image in the next post)- both are very similar layouts but the main sink and dishwasher(s) (I think we will go with two) are in different locations. In one, the main sink and dishwashers are on the island. I like this since the sink is central to everything and I can watch the kids while I prep and clean. Also I saw some pics of a kitchen like this and it looks nice and is symmetrical. The negative is that it would be across from the cooktop (sink and dishwashers) so it might be too crowded for someone to be cleaning while another is cooking (though we made 48" aisles). The other option is putting the main sink and dishwashers on a different wall. This gives a separate area for cleaning which is nice but then it is far from everything else (we would then have a prep sink but it still seems far from the kitchenette area) and the dishwasher would open into a traffic aisle (though the aisle is to the dinning room which wouldn't be used a ton). What do you think?

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sarahbr2
Original Author
10 years ago
Second option
catbuilder
10 years ago
I'd move the refrigerator over to run with the wall ovens. Then you can offset the sink and cooktop. I don't like your 2nd option. I would feel like I was working in a hallway with that setup. What's going in the space labeled kitchenette?
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sarahbr2
Original Author
10 years ago
We did originally have the refrigerator there but the logic for putting the refrigerator on the pantry wall was that we could get a full size refrigerator and recess it in the wall to make it appear counter depth. I am not sure if we can do that on the wall oven wall since there are stairs going both up and down behind it. We might be able to make that whole wall of counter/cab deeper to do this but I am not sure how that works? Wall ovens are a standard depth I think so we would lose the space behind them? Here is a sketch of that (in this one I also cut the pantry to try and squeeze in a wind over the sink). As far as kitchenette- that's where the kitchen table will go...
rhome410
10 years ago
Much, much, much prefer option 2 with the separation of zones and the dishwashers flanking the main sink. You have a lovely, big space, why do everything in one spot, with workspace, workpaths, and storage overlapping?

We tried separated dishwashers in our last house and it was so inefficient. We have our cleanup area on the side wall of our kitchen now, with dws flanking, and it's great.

In this plan you still have the view of your family as you prep at the roomy island. With the kitchenette right there, do you need the island overhang on that end?

I would move your ovens to the left end of the stove run, and dedicate the sink wall to cleanup and dish storage.

Here is a link that might be useful: my kitchen zones and workpaths