Please help me to get this right, at second pass !
clevertricks
7 years ago
I had posted this kitchen photo a month ago and though its still the same, we have had one change: of closing the doorway adjacent to the radiator and moving the radiator to the end of the worktop run. So, now, we have the potential to get a full U kitchen.
At the moment, dishwasher is under the oven (a 45cm height microwave
combi oven, which we wanted). To its left is the fridge-freezer.To the right is a larder
cupboard.
From the rather unanimous feedback on my last post, have decided to get rid of the breakfast bar/table. We are considering moving things around to hopefully get it right second time! I would be very grateful to get some ideas here please.
Want to move the sink on the run of the dishwasher (have already discussed with the builder about moving services ).
Please see my rough sketch on our initial thoughts. Since we are planning to go the effort and expense of nearly redoing the kitchen, really keen to get it right this time !! So, please share your thoughts. Thank you.
Also, any software recommendations to visualise a kitchen please
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whizzywig
7 years agoHi clevertricks - you've got a lovely bright kitchen! I can understand why you want to shuffle things about though, it doesn't look as if it flows well at the moment. Are you planning to add some more units or just re-use what you have?
My suggestion would be to put the sink and d/w under the window simply so you don't have your back to the table while washing up.. And maybe the hob where the oven is now.. I've done a quick sketch of how it might work in this arrangement which I hope is of some help. Good luck with the re-work!
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