Island proportion to kitchen size
Fin
7 years ago
hi,
Please excuse the poor sketch, I'm moving a kitchen and knocking a wall between 2 rooms so it's hard to visualise this, my question is if I turn the double doors opposite the proposed island to pocket doors is there sufficent space between island and door entrance, I'm looking at 1 metre between presses and island and then approx 1.1m to 1.2m from island to doors depending on fittings for the pocket door.My options are to decrease island to 1m deep, not too keen on this, move the island slightly closer to the presses, 95cm instead of 1m therefore giving me more space on the sitting side to the door. I will have no sink or hob in my island as this will be my prep space and place to feed 3 kids. Any advice welcome,
Thanks,
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Please excuse the poor sketch, I'm moving a kitchen and knocking a wall between 2 rooms so it's hard to visualise this, my question is if I turn the double doors opposite the proposed island to pocket doors is there sufficent space between island and door entrance, I'm looking at 1 metre between presses and island and then approx 1.1m to 1.2m from island to doors depending on fittings for the pocket door.My options are to decrease island to 1m deep, not too keen on this, move the island slightly closer to the presses, 95cm instead of 1m therefore giving me more space on the sitting side to the door. I will have no sink or hob in my island as this will be my prep space and place to feed 3 kids. Any advice welcome,
Thanks,
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PROThe Myers Touch
7 years ago
Claire Nicholson
7 years agoHi!
We just went through a very similar process and after hours of staring at plans and masking taping the floor, I enlisted the help of an independent designer (Gina from Create Perfect on here) who created 3D renders (images) of the room using the exact dimensions. She was even able to do me a YouTube video of walking around the space so I could get a feel for it!
Ours isn't fully installed yet (going in as we speak) but the island is in position and her sizing and flow of the room is perfect!
For what I imagine you'll be spending on a kitchen, a couple of hundred pounds investment for me, was worth it a million times over and stopped us making some very expensive mistakes!!
I've attached a few of the images so you can see the quality of what you get.
Good luck!!!
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7 years agoClaire Nicholson
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PROJuric Design
7 years agoThat's more then enough space between the island and bifold door,
and the island and the sink, not to worry.
For your peace of mind, the island can be moved around before the final stage of installation, so just stand in front of it and check the distance, open the doors especially the dishwasher door and see if you can move around comfortably.
If you are happy then let them finish the work.
We had to move this whole island with the quartz as the ceiling lights were fitted slightly to the left.
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7 years agoClaire Nicholson
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7 years agoClaire Nicholson
7 years agoHere you go, hopefully this is all the measurements you need and you should be able to equate the diagram to the photos but if you want any others just let me know
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