Kitchen layout - fridge freezer issue
catherineanns100
4 years ago
Hi
We have decided on a kitchen and have a layout we are pretty happy with. Our niggling concern is the position of the intergrated fridge freezer. Is it ok next to the wall - in terms of being able to open it enough? There is an 18mm end panel. There is also a small window on this wall. I’ve attached a plan and image. The only other change we are making to this is splitting the ovens over two tall appliance units so there’s 3 tall units before the work surface. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks
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Comments (36)Hi all, As usual I’m very grateful for all your input and suggestions and it’s nice to hear some more positive thoughts around an island (although @OnePlan I’d have loved you to say an island would be the perfect solution and we could have ran the idea off into the sunset, haha only joking, kind of). If I do commit to the island I may have to increase the walkway space to the right wall and have an open ended island towards the end, kind of like what’s in the picture below, so I don’t require so much of an overhang which could free up an extra 100-200mm but obviously make my island narrower. I’m not 100% sold on the island idea but it is my preferred choice, but your comments do open my eyes more to the fact it may not work and gets me thinking about other layouts. Is1068 I certainly will let you know, hoping to get the ball rolling come the new year all being well. CWD thank you, I forever search for images my planned layout but it’s hard to find that narrow room with island (that should set alarm bells off already as there’s a reason for that!)....See MoreWhere should we place the fridge-freezer? And other kitchen dilemmas.
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