Kitchen Design Advice

3 years ago

Hi,
I'm planning a kitchen renovation and will pretty much have a blank canvas once the building work is complete.
Any advice on the proposed layout and is there anything I've not thought about or doesn't look right?
Thoughts and feedback will be greatly appreciated.

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Daisy England
3 years ago
Personally I hate straight corner base units. They are such a struggle to get into the far end without kneeling down and scrambling around. I would always plan for a 900L given the available space in the corner then you have access to the whole of the corner. You can have separate doors to open or hinge them together making them open as one.

I also think that a 600mm drawer pack is next to useless. Too narrow to store any substantial saucepans in. Aim for an 800mm.

Regarding the end panels don’t have Tongue and Groove design. It just dates a modern shaker look kitchen.
Fi T
3 years ago
I’ve recently had a complete kitchen renovation done and I would recommend a 1000mm 3 drawer base unit under the hob rather than a cupboard. A corner carousel is definitely better than a straight end corner unit. Would also suggest a full height pull out tower unit if you can fit that in along the back wall. Replace any cupboard base units for drawers, it’s a far better use of space and access to things.
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Jonathan
3 years ago
Personally I don’t like this layout for several reasons.

The main one is that the peninsula cuts the room into two narrow halves- in my opinion the remaining 2.4m on the far side of the peninsula is not big enough to be a dining area. I suspect this is the reason your kitchen designer hasn’t drawn in a dining table and chairs.

I also think the main working area in any kitchen is the area between the kitchen and sink and in this kitchen it’s tight.

I wonder if the wine chiller would be better elsewhere so that there is more storage around the hob. Perhaps it could go near a wall cabinet where the wine glasses are.
Jonathan
3 years ago
Alternative
pjdklm
3 years ago
I think Jonathan has a good idea in running the kitchen along the back side of the room. It neatly removes any issues with the hallway door bisecting traffic flow, and allows you to have a long run of countertop.
HE5675
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks for the comments everyone.

Daisy and Fiona - You raise some good points about drawer size, storage and the end panels.

Jonathan - Thanks for taking the time to produce an alternative drawing.

I should have mentioned that the 2 windows at the front are quite low and at different heights (75cm and 70cm) from the floor, which would be too low for a sink, there is also a supporting pillar in the middle. I've gone for the sink on the back wall because it is higher (105cm) and the services are already there.
Jonathan
3 years ago
In your position I would be looking again at the building work you are doing and asking if the expenditure gets you a space worthy of the time and money spent.
sunshineband34
3 years ago
So is the door on wall B the entrance into the kitchen from the rest of the house? I would be tempted to change the peninsula into an island. That would enable you to walk through to the dining area without walking around the peninsula. You could bring in the island closer to the units on the wall I think than the peninsula currently is (you only need 1m circulation space) and so your dining area would be a bit wider. It also gets rid of one of the corner units mentioned above. Makes a bit more use of the space in the bottom half of the drawing as well. Would be worth getting drawn up in any event.

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