Kitchen layout advice!!
Hi all,
I would be very grateful if you lovely people would cast an eye over a provisional kitchen layout plan. My husband and I are renovating our Victorian terrace and whilst we are lucky to have a fair space to play with, it‘s all very new to us. We haven’t used any professional planning services as we are hoping to buy through DIY kitchens so have made use of their online planner.
Although it’s not clear in the pic the sink is a double belfast that will be in the unit opposite the range cooker. We are planning to have open shelving over the units on the right instead of wall cupboards to keep the space feeling light and open. In the bottom left there are 2 units to represent a kitchen table as we want to use the space for entertaining too. The freestanding cupboard in the bottom right is to be a larder cupboard and the freestanding one on the right is for crockery
Please let me know if you can see any obvious issues or improvement that these 2 newbies might have missed.
Thank you in advance!
Comments (8)
rinked
4 years agoIt might be you have overlooked the needed space for a dining table?
Where is your current plumbing? (especially drain pipe) And which walls are external, just the ones with windows in them?rinked
4 years ago
By centering the sink (and range) in front of the window you'd create some more workspace on your countertops. I added a bit of wall on the 40cm corner, imagine some niches with cookbooks there, for example. Large units next to it. There's about 300cm between fridge and wall for dining. Extendable table could be placed sideways occasionally. Upper cabinets on the cooking side, none on the washing side. Extractor hood built into a either clasical or modern chimney hood (or cabinets). Freestanding cabinet could be anything (I'd place a sidetable for mostly decorative purposes) or left out completely.
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4 years agoFlo Cole
4 years agoThat‘s good to know oneplan, thank you for the tip.
Another possible layout we had considered was this one below, as the square section at the back has a higher sloped ceiling and skylight so thought it might be a nice nook for eating in. However I can’t seem to find space to fit a larder cupboard (we cant use right up to the front wall on the right as there is a step down into the kitchen
PRORoger Connolly
4 years agoHere is a suggestion to shift the circulation route to one side and place a dining table at the end. This could make the kitchen more comfortable to use if it is not also a corridor. The dividing unit could be a narrow cube shelf unit and possibly add some shallow shelves on the right wall for some of the kitchen items. Is there any possibility to move the kitchen door opening to the right to provide a C shaped kitchen.
rinked
4 years agorinked
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoAlternative layout:
Plumbing moved, range and sink+dw on one side. Tall units with boiler, micro/steam oven, fridge freezer, storage. Washing machine with drawers next to it where coffee machine and toaster could go. Round dining table (diameter here is 100cm). No freestanding cabinets. Also no cabinets in the dining area, as cabinets aren't flexible and space is tight. If more counterspace is needed, downsize sink or range.
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