Help design my kitchen layout before my builder and husband kill me!
I'm lucky enough to be building the 'dream house' and have a great big area for kitchen/dining and will have a separate utility room for washing machine and tumble dryer. But I am in a panic and am running out of time to decide on my kitchen layout! I am not imaginative and can only come up with a bog-standard layout of sink under window, hob to the left, wall mounted oven/microwave on adjacent wall. I tried to get my 'triangle' but that area will be way too crowded if I try to fit the fridge freezer and a larder up in that part of the room too. Has anyone any amazing ideas on how to make this an amazing fancy pants kitchen?! I love the idea of a breakfast bar curving round towards the patio doors but not sure if that would work? (Or where I could get it from) We are thinking of having the dinner table and a comfy chair in the area near the patio windows which frees up the rest of the space for kitchen units. CAN ANYONE TURN THIS INTO A DREAM KITCHEN FOR ME?!?!?!? Pics and plans attached. Please ignore disgruntled looking husband and toddler ;-)
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PRO9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoHello RN,
For some reason the image doesn't expand and my poor eyes are having trouble seeing what's on the plan... Any chance you can upload another then I can give you some advice.. For now though I'll give you some images as food for thought....
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PRO9 years agoOK, I normally do gardens, but here's my take..... You kitchen is very similar to ours, which we've lived with for a few years now. Based on our experience, I'd move the sink to be opposite the cooker, with dishwasher adjacent and a ready-use plate rack over/adjacent (most people use dishwashers these days, so having the food preparation area by the window is more meaningful). You might also want to think about swapping the sink and cooker sides, since the route for dirty plates is from the dining table to the peninsula, to the dishwasher/sink. The peninsula is too narrow - this is where everything gets "dumped", so more surface area, creeping round the corner, will be much more useful: also, instead of a rounded end, a square end with cutlery drawers etc. would fit with the route of flow from kitchen to table. Agree with Ash that moving the door to the utility would work better - clear route of flow from dining area to the door without going into the more confined kitchen space. If you have an american style fridge-freezer along the bottom wall, say, you might want a second, under-unit fridge near the food prep area, for things you use all the time (thus preserving the traditional "work triangle"). Oh, and make sure you have a little spice cupboard right next to the cooker!
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Here's the back wall.
The lower cupboard behind the door houses the underfloor heating manifold. Left of the fridge is a pull-out unit, and on the right is a cupboard with pull-out drawers. Note that american style fridges can't stand flush with the units because of the way the doors are hinged - annoying, but that's how it is.The dishwasher is below and left of the sink (suits plumbing). Oh, and if you have a fridge with an ice/chilled water unit, remember it needs a water supply!
Glad you like it :-)
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