Need help designing awkward kitchen
I need your help if possible me and my wife have been debating the layout of the kitchen for months. Open to any ideas! We are knocking the wall out between the kitchen and dining room (I have coloured that out on the plan) . The ceiling will be flush there as they are recessing the steel beam. The issue we have is how do we layout the kitchen from there? Don't mind changing location of toilet or anything. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Carolina
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
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rinked
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoOk, so I just found out there's a massive difference between the real estate floorplan and the actual measurements you gave..
And does the new kitchen area have a crawlspace or slab subfloor? As in: Can the soil pipe be laid inwards within budget&construction limits? And do you want your backdoor to stay in that location or could it be moved towards the top wall?And how 'finished' is your livingroom? Any chance of moving the door towards the dining?
By moving around a bit with kitchen cabinets, toilet and such, I get the idea you'll get a lot more 'bang for your buck' by extending the current kitchen-toilet-area either outwards or sideways. What are your thoughts on that? And last but not least, where are the best views to your garden (is it facing N/S/W/E)?
rinked
3 years agoThis could work, but there'd be little garden view from the kitchen and the kitchen is still a thoroughfare.
Kev
3 years agoKev
3 years agoI was thinking maybe something like this. Small utility and cloakroom/wc in dining room extension, the stud wall sectioning that will hide the drop beam.
Next knockout wall in kitchen extension seperating kitchen and w.c. Block up door and recess units in this area. Maybe a corner pantry?
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3 years agoStill playing, haha :)
No idea where boiler and washing machine could go in this one. Do you have some upstairs space left?
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Hi all, thanks so much for all your ideas. We are still playing with the layout of this, we are finding it quite difficult to be honest. We like the open play feel so want it as open as possible. Above is the current layout, but we have concerns over the toilet location being straight onto where the utility part of the kitchen is. Do you think thats a problem?
Kev
2 years agoWumi
2 years ago
I’d switch out the dining area for the utility/toilet, with the toilet coming off the utility. Don’t really want a toilet coming off the kitchen!
You can then have an L shaped kitchen and eliminate additional traffic through your work triangle. Leave the back door and place dining in front of patio doors. Could you block up the door leading to the living room? Is it necessary?Kev thanked WumiJackie Davies
2 years agoHi Kev. Good luck with it all; it can take a bit of wrangling with designs before settling on one; I know from experience of designing our own kitchen layout. I think you have quite a few different design layouts in this thread and ultimately only you can decide. If I were to comment with a design it would be to submit my original one.
As for commenting on your latest design, I think it is problematic when you consider the ' working triangle', and the juxtapositions of functions. Your fridge freezer is bang next to the entrance to the room, which is a hazard, your loo door is almost opposite a cooking utility (oven), and your island makes the only gap to the diner and exit a two way transit.
I would consider how you move around the space and where the most foot traffic is. The idea that the loo opens onto the utility is ok if the utility is separate from the kitchen, that's why in my design I instated a wall between the utility and kitchen, as thought moving the loo might add expense. Others have suggested moving the loo. It all depends on your budget. It seems you have a lovely big space to work with, so hopefully all of the ideas on this thread will help and you could take it to a kitchen designer in the shop for their expert views too. Good luck. (My original submission below).
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2 years agoActually, I had modified it to knock the out a door to take wet washing out to the garden without having to trapse it through the kitchen.
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