Kitchen Layout- Design pictures opinions?

11 years ago

Hello all!

We are in the process of designing our new kitchen for our new home that we are breaking ground on next month. We know the kitchen is really important to us and also resale value- Although we plan on this being our forever home. We decided on Shiloh Cabinets with the inset doors. Our plan calls for a Hidden pantry door which we love. Does anybody have any opinions of our kitchen lay out? Things you would do differently? Would you place the appliances were we currently have them? We are not sure about the upper Cabinets, I am 6ft 3in and I think I would be able to reach them but if not I am not sure we want to spend the extra money on them, although I feel like it really makes the kitchen look complete. We were originally going to do cofferred ceilings but we decided that the 9ft ceilings and coffer would make the room feel small and dark. We are going with White cabinets on the outer walls and the island will be a dark brown, and the floors are going to be fairly dark onsite finished hardwood floors. Also what would you use as your counter top? Right now we have a white granite picked out but I feel like we might have too much white? I really love the look of Marble but not the cost. Would you go with a gray counter top over white? I will attach some more pictures so you can see everything we have to work with as well. Thank you so much in advance for any ideas and opinions!

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degcds
Original Author
11 years ago
Looking from dining area off kitchen
degcds
Original Author
11 years ago
Looking at the cook top and hidden pantry
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degcds
Original Author
11 years ago
Stove, fridge and microwave.
rhome410
11 years ago
The main working area of this kitchen is pretty much a one-person space. Is that what you want/will need for the long haul? No room for multiple workers, and broken-up prep space is why I am not a fan of the cleanup zone being directly across from the stove, but it depends on how you cook and how your family might participate - or not. I have a busy family always working in my kitchen, so I need more separation of zones and you may not.

Also, where will dishes be stored? I don't see anything much available near the dishwasher for that, and I think it's pretty crucial to have those 2 things close to together.
degcds
Original Author
11 years ago
Well, I am the main cook and also the main cleaner in our family, its just 2 of us (both adults) It is really similar to our previous home and we loved the kitchen lay out. We will actually have a Butlers pantry for our nicer china, and previously we had all of the dishes stored to the right of the cook top. but had been thinking about storing them in the uppers next to the fridge, is that too far?? We have talked about moving the sink down, we also elimited the prep sink on the island as it left us with really NO prep area- so we put the prep sink in the butlers pantry (we would mainly us it for ice during parties anyway)
rhome410
11 years ago
If you have experience with that layout and it's only the 2 of you, that's great. This plan looks appropriate to your situation and needs.

I don't know what you have planned for the rest of the island currently, but if you will keep dishes at that fridge side of the kitchen, what about switching the dw to the fridge side of the sink?