Tall wall cabinets or additional countertop for kitchen
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J B
5 years agoHi minnie
The yellow part is the area that we are thining of putting tall wall cabinets. It is bext to our oven, fridge.
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Comments (10)Wall mounted ovens are definitely a more comfortable and user friendly position, however, it's not just the height that causes discomfort. You need to be wary of the door too. All wall mounted ovens have doors that open down to create a shelf, which means that you cannot physically get close to the oven shelves. This can create issues for your back when reaching into an oven with something heavier, and the shorter you are the more of an increase risk of back strain. With floor mounted ovens you have the potential of the conventional door side swing option which would help with the problem mentioned above. An ideal scenario would be wall mounted ovens with the slide away oven doors as seen in the Great British Bake Off. These ovens open downwards, but the door slides into the body of the oven, so that you can step up to the oven itself, negating a potential for back strain from stretching....See Morekitchen design: choosing cabinets and countertops colors
Comments (17)Having looked through your idea book, I would say that 70 percent of the pictured have a similar style to them, broadly speaking. Warmer tones, some darker wood / walnut, many of them handleless. As a next step, I would go back to all the pictures and write down the elements that appeal to you, and be quite specific. If there is one picture that stands out to you as having the right overall balance you can use this as a template when planning your kitchen, even if for example it has shaker doors, but you might want handleless. You also need to consider how the kitchen will look against existing elements in the room, and things you might be planning for the living area. Then consider the practical elements, ie pros and cons of different doors, finishes, worksurfaces etc. Some of this will depend on your circumstances, do you cook a lot, want easy to clean etc? There's lots of articles on Houzz covering that kind of thing. Budget will also play a big part. For my part, I went with a handless German kitchen, with a matt finish with a quartz worktop. I cook a lot and have found this combination very easy to keep clean....See MoreNew Quartz countertop sitting on shims
Comments (3)It's an awkward one. No it shouldn't be like that. It's not awful and I doubt the Quartz is compromised, but it's not perfect and if you're not happy then ..................Check for level.by looking at the bottom of all the units, do they line up? The problem is with the units, not specifically the fitting of the work top. It's the poorly fitted units that have caused the problem with the worktop. However, this should have been noticed and checked for level and that they were solid before the worktop went on. So, as often is in these situations it's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. I'm presuming that the reason the fitter used shims is because the cupboard below wouldn't go up any further or it would have been completely out of line with the others for whatever reason? The doors are easily adjusted back to level, but the carcass should have been right to start with. Could this be happening because the floor isn't solid? There should have been no movement, especially not that much? I'm wondering if there was a little bounce in the floor such as you may get on floorboard with boarding over the top and the weight of the quartz affected that? I'd take it back up with the worktop fitter and the kitchen fitter together on site....See Moremix/match countertops with Moroccan floor tiles + ques re cooker hobs
Comments (4)Hi, here are a couple of mixed countertops examples. I like your floor. See if you can take the cabinets all the way up to the ceiling. Looks better, gives more storage space (even if you can only reach it using a stepladder). The floor doesn't limit you on the cabinet colours. See if you can take door samples home and hold them on the floor (vertically, so it shows the colour as it would be when installed). Do the same with countertop samples. Put them all together and make your choice. Or post photos and ask opinions here, if you can't make a choice at all :-) A light countertop will reflect more light, make the kitchen seem brighter. You can mix that with a dark wood. I will see if I can find one of the pro houzzers to look at your dilemma, so they can give you answers to the more technical questions. No promises, but I'll try :-)...See MoreJ B
5 years agoembzop
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5 years agoI think Minnie's right, you have 1m of prep space and that includes any space you want for a drainer for the sink.
I think you need the extra space at the back, not maybe for the prep, which you could do in the 1m between hob and sink, but for the kettle, toaster, coffee maker maybe, preparing drinks etc.
The space is very tight and I think the storage is quite limited.I put the Fridge Freezer in the big grey cabinet, so you could see the difference between it and the rest of the units as it juts out. This i think can be improved upon too:-
I would integrate the Fridge Freezer as the space is small and will look a lot better with a flat profile:-
minnie101
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5 years agoPartially agree with Minnie, i don't think there's the room to have the hob and sink over the back. Sink on the island, with all 600mm units and cupboards, integrated extractor etc, fillers either end
The Fridge I changed to a standard integrated size too. The American one would dominate the room.
I made the oven stack an oven and integrated microwave, so just use your imagination!
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago J B
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