kitchen layout isn't working - please help!!
Hi all
Here's the room I'm working with -work in progress! I'm hoping for a gloss white kitchen look with cabinets and a dark worktop. The Kitchen designer produced a design (attached below). Unfortunately the look really didn't float my boat but I'm not sure why. It just doesn't seem to flow or look interesting. Can I please have some suggestions on what to do? How i should move things around, any suggestions what i could do. The cabinet design hasn't been finalised, I'm torn between having cabinets with integrated handles (so no handles on outside) and those with actual handles. I really like the elongated cabinets look (attached houzz photo) but need to explore how much extra these cabinets might cost, and whether it would look good with the number of cabinets i'm going for, as budget is limited. Grateful for opinions from the community. I'm thinking of maybe even changing the worktop if it'll improve the look. Thanks in advance!
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Comments (15)Thank-you very much for the comments. I hope it will be a great space, but playing around with it and changing the design at the last minute is getting a bit stressful! This is the design that the build company showed us initially - just their initial thought as it how it would look. I found feeling the area where they had positioned the fridge/freezer very tricky. We want a free-standing french larder style fridge and the doors and level of matching with the rest of the units didn't seem like a good fit. The support pillar for the steel that crosses the island in the attachment below has also been a real annoyance. It sticks out 23cm, so it can only really go through empty-ish cupboards. Clearly anything to the left of that steel is difficult to vent. On the design in my intitial post, I was intending to have a dropped ceiling element that stretched just beyond the steel. This would let me have a powerful extractor and exit the flew onto the flat room (hidden by the drop ceiling 'box'). I like the idea you describe of a full wall of units, then island, then table. I guess Jonathan's proposal is similar to that. While I love the efficiency of the "4 double door" hideaway I just don't like the aesthetic, so will need to think about something else. Bringing it back to what we need... Utility room: enough to stash the washing machine, store the vacuum cleaner and hang a few clothes. No need for a sink. Free Standing, 90cm wide fridge, nicely framed either by wall of kitchen units. Waist height oven with an additional "top oven / grill (broiler)" - so at least one full height column. Good size kitchen island with at least two seats. Approx 90cm induction hob, plus a gas domino hob. Powerful, externally venting extractor over hob. I'm relatively open to moving the kitchen/living area to wherever it works best. I'm also not desperate to have the hob on the island (but that would be nice). As far as I know, the builders haven't done anything that can't be easily adjusted at this stage - but I think that will change in a couple of days - and they are planning for the kitchen to be in the old part of the house. As for rooflights - I thought, perhaps wrongly, that it would be light enough with the big bifold doors. It is an east facing room, and the old room had some sliding paitio doors and it felt bright enough. So I have left roof lights out on the basis that - but I'm also concerned about noise. (Cheaper too!). The biggest window we can gave without incurring significantly more cost is 1800mm x 1000mm - I'm minded to be 2 or 3 of these in that middle section. Thanks!...See MoreKitchen diner layout help please :)
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minnie101
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6 years agoHi There, I agree with all of the comments that have gone before me. Unfortunately the look of the kitchen that you have chosen to replicate is a very expensive look. Firstly totally agree with the comment re the fridge and the washing machine, if there was room in the budget for these to be integrated then I think it would make a big difference. The wall units in the Houzz picture are tilting, I have just fitted these at home, they are awesome but they aren't cheap- again if there is money in the budget then I would go for them but they are probably double the cost of a normal door. We have been fitting a lot of Kulman kitchens in our properties recently, they are German, a great quality and more importantly they are good value, they do a good range of handless and nice colours to match. Im not sure where you are based- we always use a local independent supplier but I am lead to believe that Costco are now selling Kullman kitchens so not sure if you could get to one of those or find a local retailer. As to the finish, this is as ever down to personal taste, we tend to stay away from gloss as it is quite specific however it is still as popular as ever.
the attached photo is at home, this was a beck kitchen with a bespoke colour on the base units.
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