Kitchen layout problem
Lyn
11 years ago
I have to remodel my kitchen because: the worktop run is fragmented into two parts (L shaped to the left and straight run to the right) with too much space between them (almost 6 feet), the lounge is to the right but is accessed via the door you see into the hall.
Blocking off that door gives me a kitchen 3mx3m or almost 10 feet square. I'll knock an archway into the lounge but nothing more as there is a chimney on the wall. Now what?
Keeping an L shape (ahead and left) will allow one wish- a tall fridge freezer top right but it feels like there's a lot of wasted space & too small for an island.
Going U Shaped and under counter with fridge/freezer visually widens the back run but is that wide enough to take a 90cms (3 feet) range in the middle or would it look crowded?
Either way, where do friends sit drinking coffee while I cook?
It's too hard for me to work it out! Any help gratefully received...
Blocking off that door gives me a kitchen 3mx3m or almost 10 feet square. I'll knock an archway into the lounge but nothing more as there is a chimney on the wall. Now what?
Keeping an L shape (ahead and left) will allow one wish- a tall fridge freezer top right but it feels like there's a lot of wasted space & too small for an island.
Going U Shaped and under counter with fridge/freezer visually widens the back run but is that wide enough to take a 90cms (3 feet) range in the middle or would it look crowded?
Either way, where do friends sit drinking coffee while I cook?
It's too hard for me to work it out! Any help gratefully received...
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PRODesign & Decor By Shelley
11 years agoLyn
11 years agoOK - but it's an embarrasing mess :-( These pictures are taken from the door you see, looking back to the exit outside which awaits a new internal door. There is a 'boiler room' and 'larder' which could be joined up to make a long thin utility room for the washing machine.
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mmilos
11 years agoLyn
11 years agommilos
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Design & Decor By Shelley
11 years ago Lyn
11 years agoI've thought about that. Problem is a boiler sticking out in front of a window doesn't look good AND here in UK the room gets cold with only one door between me and the weather. At best I'll connect the boiler room to the larder = knock through the rough yellow stone wall and block up the pantry access door from the kitchen side. Fit new interior door infront of outside door- where floor changes from red to blue. I'll be back later but have to eat now. Thanks :-)
Lyn
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Design & Decor By Shelley
11 years ago lefty47
11 years agoLyn
11 years agoHi Guys - thank you all.
I just got CAD email from new designers (see below). I guess this is going to be the best compromise.
Shelley - The yellow brick wall room is a pantry accessed by the narrow (24") beige door that you see. The plan is to remove the beige door and brick it up, then make a 26" wide access through the yellow brick wall. When the new internal door is fitted (where red floor changes to blue) this will section off a kind of porch/utility room between the kitchen and back door (glass door thru which you can see a handrail). It will house the washing machine on the pantry side and tumble dryer opposite, below the boiler.
New Plan - nice but no fridge above worktop height or coffee bar for chats. I'll have to talk to friends thru the archway I guess, but no problem. I don't need that much storage space so might replace a cupboard with a freezer.
Lefty - good idea but Ikea are 53 miles away (1hr 40min) and I doubt they'd knock walls down etc.
What do you think, guys? Half glazed door to section off the porch? Anyone got a suggestion for lighting? Shall I get low wattage recessed ceiling spots? Should I put two 14" doors thru to the lounge or just leave it an open archway?
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11 years ago mmilos
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11 years agoShelley - thank you, I will.
Mmilos - leave the space between internal and external door and make it into a utility (see pics and my drawing below) There's no extra window on the mock up but my window is huge and the mock up shows it in a different style.
GOA - thanks for your input. I live in a bungalow with no staircase but space is tight. The top picture shows a door to the side of the cooker which leads into the hall. I propose blocking this off and converting it into a cupboard from the hall side. The cooker in the CAD is more or less in the same place as it is now. Everyone seems to have agreed that I should open up the hatch (or shoot) and make it into an archway which connects to the lounge. I like this idea as walking lounge, hall, kitchen, hall, lounge every time I want a beer is tiresome!!!
Lyn x
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