help with kitchen layout

3 years ago

Hi all,

We are planning to merge the utility and kitchen in our home to have a slightly bigger kitchen with a small sitting area just for the four of us. We have a covered side passageway which is perfectly fine to be used as a utility. The garden facing wall in the kitchen has just a window at the moment. We are planning to have an extra door to have quick access to garden from the kitchen. We are also thinking of having either a bow window or an oriel window with window seating plan but can't seem to decide whether or not to do it. The adjoining living room has a bay with french doors and I am not sure who it would look aesthetically having a these two right next to each other.

I have done some amateurish design and would be really grateful for the forum's views on it. Am I trying to cramp too much in too little space. Thanks for your help.

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OnePlan
3 years ago
Hi Abhi !
From a saftey point of view I’d suggest a change of position of cooker... on the end there by a busy route to the utility pan handles could easily be knocked . Similarly crossing this route with hot pans to get to the sink is also dangerous. Maybe move the utility entrance down - and centralise the cooker on the right wall and put the sink into the top wall or the island so it’s closer to cooker ?

There are lots of elements to kitchen design, and like a Rubik’s cube, each change has knock on effects !

NB. If your utility is only 1m ish wide, putting laundry appliances into there will block the passage and you won’t have sufficient crouch room in front of the appliances either.
pjdklm
3 years ago
I completely echo OnePlan’s comment re: safety on the hob/sink positioning. Imagine trying to cross a doorway with a hot pasta pot if you have unpredictable kids or dogs running about.
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abhi
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks oneplan and pjdklm. Excellent point about the job being right next to the utility door. I do not envision kids would be using that door much but stil a very good point.

Sorry the only measurement that’s not accurate is the utility. It’s 5ft wide and we should be able to use it. We are going to use the washing machine 3-4 times a week so can manage.

I also forget to draw the window above the sink which is already there. The sink is at the same place where the old utility’s sink is currently. I can possibly try to swap the window above the sink and the door and that would help me in bringing the hob and sink together on same surface.

I am thinking of walling off the window completely as the old utility area also has a skylight but need to check again by blacking out the window and see the impact first.

Wife is dead against a sink/hob on island and anyhow I am afraid it will get too congested.

What are your thoughts about the rest of the plan? I really need some professional advice but oneplan you guys are not free until March and I want to get the work done ASAP as waiting to get the work done before we move in.

Thanks again

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