Kitchen design help
muscatnana
4 years ago
Water leakage destroyed kitchen floor and parts of old kitchen units. We will get help from our insurance company to repair and replace floors and some help with kitchen units but not all. We think we will take this opportunity to redo the kitchen...no choice really. I dont want to have over wall cupboards and would like an Island If it will fit. Im really looking for design ideas that make the kitchen Work. I have a dream to have a falcon range cooker and open up the old timber walls behind the boards. Its an old farmhouse so would like to keep that feel. Our budget isnt huge.
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Comments (0)Hi all Moved on to thinking about kitchen replacement. Not a fan of the subway tiles and the cabinets need replacing. I was thinking of adding a breafast bar between the double doors and tbe window would this crowd the space especially as I want to also have a dining table in the space next to the kitchen? Also any suggestions for high quality but not too expensive cabinet sources etc. what would you do withthe dpace. Definitely needs more lighting as well. No extension planned for now....See Morekitchen design help needed!!! must have: island & log burner
Comments (12)Hi Hayley. I think I would use the garage as a living room - it will be such a nice space with the exposed beams, and putting a fire in here will make it amazing! So, I would make the kitchen and island similar to the below - you will then have space to have a walk in pantry or utility room (or even just other storage) behind the kitchen. If you are wanting/able to move the boiler, then this would open up more space, but would also cost a lot more. If you went with this sort of layout, there is a few ways you could configure the full height kitchen units. I think its important to have both an island/breakfast bar, and then a free standing table, as i feel the image you shared above from Wren, there is a bit of a disconnect between the kitchen and the island. Let me know if you have any further questions! :)...See MoreKitchen Design Help
Comments (0)Hi All i had a kitchen design done (see below) and was wondering if this is the best layout for the kitchen. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help!...See MoreNorth-facing Kitchen Design Help
Comments (4)Some brief responses to your various questions: 1. Need a cover panel here but IKEA cover panels have a max height of 240cm – we need 260cm so there will be a join ideally in line with the wall cabinets – any alternative solution to this? If you were able to identify the matching board, it might be possible to buy a larger panel through a different route - many are up to 3m long if bought from a panel distributor or the manufacturer. But that will be less likely with Ikea, assuming they are making their own. 2. 400mm height wall units – proposing to have these opening vertically – good/bad idea? Hmmm, I'm in two minds here. I don't like side opening for short but wide doors, but your top boxes will be a nightmare to use if they are top hinged because of height. You could consider pinning the top box doors to the ones below & side mounting, such that they all open together. 3. Corner is currently inaccessible with the drawers – trying to maximise drawer space over cupboard space – is this a good idea? No, a bad idea - a lot of waster space. Go for a corner with pull out Le Mans. Will be similar price to the drawers, but you get to use the corner totally. Could reconfigure with 600mm drawers but thought a 400mm cupboard to access space in the corner would be unusable. Basically, is having more drawer space a better idea? As above, use wireworks - they were designed for a reason! 4. Extractor – gone for an integrated as wanted to have no break in wall units – good or bad idea? Good idea - we do plenty of these! Consider also telescopic options and be SURE to check installation dimensions to be sure the extractor you pick will fit the wall unit - not all do! 5. Proposed a small shelf to the rear of the worktop which would be tiled as we are reducing the amount of worktop compared to the current, and wanted to maximise useable space for small items that would usually clutter up the worktop e.g condiments, kitchen roll, etc. Any thoughts on this? Anyone ever seen this, and if so, what depth/height would you suggest, and did it work/look good in reality? Yes, I've seen this done and it can be useful & effective. BUT we would normally step all the base units off the wall by that full amount, in which case you need to ensure the design of wall units takes this into account where you return around corners! 6. Kitchen is 4.8m wide, and due the cabinet widths of IKEA, will always have about 150mm to fill along the width. Do you think where we have shown the filler panel is the most suitable location, or would it be better behind the oven (bearing in mind the wall units need something to attach to if we were to have the filler panel here)? Personally I hate to see any wasted space in a kitchen. If you have at least 150mm width, I'd consider doing a full height wine rack or cookbook shelves instead. A competent fitter will fashion something for the price of an extra fitter panel or two and an hour or two's time. 7. Worktop depth – as far as we’re aware, Minerva (with the integrated sink) only comes as 650mm deep. However, IKEA cover panels are max 600mm deep (needed for fridge and oven units), meaning our fitter would have to shave 50mm off the worktop. Is it doable for a good fitter? I very rarely do this, but I must urge caution against using Minerva. It is one product we used for a number of jobs a few years back, but now we wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. We've seen multiple problems with batch colour matching, stains, heat, and crackling of sink bases with hot taps. The company was not good at supporting putting issues right, and we came to the conclusion that we were not comfortable offering it to our clients. There are better alternatives out there, and a good fabricator and keenly priced quartz will get close in price. While you can remove 50mm from the worktop, the product will get through blades rapidly, and it is harder to work with than laminates. We really would recommend proper fabricators for such products. 8. Currently proposing this as open as only 200mm – would a 200mm pull-out cabinet be practical given the position in the corner? No reason why not. A good German kitchen would probably offer you an 800x800 L shaped carousel unit as one way to handle this "tight" corner. Or if you can stretch to a 300w unit, I would. - What colour of units would anyone recommend for a north facing kitchen, with a dark grey stone floor, and would you recommend matt or gloss? Possibly a steel or Spitfire blue or light green. I'd consider woodgrains too. Gloss or matt is a very personal choice, though certain colours can look better in one or the other. We have been going back and forward between green/grey (BODARP) or white, but is one too dark, and the other too stark? If white is too stark, a Limestone or Taupe might suit you. - Microwave – integrated or not? Could replace the double oven with a single oven and combi microwave oven. Single plus combi is a popular option - have a good look at the Samsung options which are jam packed with additional cooking features like Air Sous Vide, Air Fry and steam. Alternatively if you only use a microwave infrequently for relatively modest amounts (a plate, say) & reheating, consider a wall unit mounted one. - Considering going for push open for all wall units – what are thoughts on this? Anything with a push mechanism will need periodic adjustment and some mechanisms are better than others. German handleless wall units are better designed with a "finger space" rail so need no tip-on mechanism - Base units/appliances – would we be better with handles or grooves? Personal choice! If going handleless, you really can't beat true German kitchens or the Omega "flat" rail system. - Lighting – would warm or cool lighting work best in a north facing kitchen? Neither - pick "natural" (in between) at about 4000 Kelvin. And finally, interesting to hear people’s thoughts in general please? The design is a little lacking in symmetry for me and is quite "fussy", but given the limited unit options from Ikea, I kind of see why it is as it is. Be aware that IKEA use their own slightly strange "grid" system, so all sizes are pretty unique to them and them alone. Their carcasses are very basic, and I see more than the average number of customers looking to change IKEA kitchens a lot sooner than most other brands. If budgets are tight, you can get a good looking kitchen for not a lot - but with some careful design from an independent studio whose suppliers have more extensive ranges, you will probably get a much better looking kitchen that lasts longer for not a huge amount more. We could probably design a tidier layout that used far fewer overall units, but which delivered more usable space - to give an example, using German units, you could do extra-high wall units as single units, so no top boxes or triple-stacked units required! Hope that all gives you a little food for thought. I would certainly do your homework and look at reviews for Minerva - only 1.9 stars on Trustpilot. Feel free to ask anything else and I'm sure we'll be happy to give our thoughts! Caldicot Kitchens...See More
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoInteresting space and not something I would expect to see in the UK.
These days floating wall shelves are very popular rather than lots of wall units, and are available in all sorts of styles; for example:-
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By the way, I question the insurance companies stand on the kitchen replacement. I would expect them to cover all of the units to a comparable value of the existing. Afterall it is almost certainly not possible to match the existing wall units that have remained.
Having a mismatched kitchen is hardly reasonable and so they should cover full replacement of all units and this is what I would be pushing for in your position.
muscatnana
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4 years agoPerhaps find some sturdy cabinets you can transform with a kitchen worktop? Find some pieces that work really well together and paint all the others the same color?
rinked
4 years agoVery curious to know the size of the kitchen :)
I was just fantasising what would fit in there.
Do you use it for dining too?
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