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Help not quite right kitchen design

5 months ago

I have these 2 kitchen designs but something isn’t quite right with both of them. would like a tall oven but the tall oven in the picture feels like it’s in the wrong place the one on top being a microwave so the oven is still low and beside the oven is a door (the door can be seen in the other design with the low oven) how can we make it better?

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Daisy England
5 months ago
Plan number 1 is better IMO.

l don’t like to see microwaves in wall units because l think they are positioned too high especially when lifting out hot liquids such as soup. I knew that was a Howdens plan before l got that far down the page because they always plan them there. Remember they are sales people not designers.

The position of the oven and microwave in the tall tower on plan 1 are correct insomuch they cater for standard doors.

The wall unit to the left hand side of the hob looks smaller than the drawer pack on plan 2. That drawer pack is so small you’d struggle to fit in a cutlery insert suitable to hold adequate bits and bobs. Again the symmetry on the wall units on the other end don’t seem to line up.
monique price
Original Author
5 months ago
Good point I’ll ask them to remove the little cardboard for wider drawers thank you. And microwave being too high also makes sense
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I agree with 'Kitchens and Baths', you are leaving yourself precious little counterspace to accommodate 2 side-by-side wall ovens? Can't you stack them if you need 2? Also, a warning, I wouldn't be taking anything out of those ovens and "turning to the island" with them...not with a quartz countertop!! You'll have that whole end all scorched...unless you are quick and accurate with lots of trivets! But your "open shelving" is going to look like a pinched-in forgotten corner pantry...you really need more space for them too , if it is going to look right. Right now as it is, 2 feet of them are all but beyond reach (over the lower countertop) and then a mere 2 feet worth of actually OPEN, available space you can reach, then the monster of the floor to ceiling cabinet will be in the way. It will be like reaching around into a closet. I would seriously reconsider this design BEFORE your electrician shows up--and before you order all those (expensive!) cabinets. But as for the island 'crowding' the walkway--it looks as if your drawing says 1.2 meters? That's plenty and more than enough, even for running boisterous kiddos, you're fine there. Best of Luck.
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Jonathan
5 months ago
Like Daisy I prefer the plan with the oven and microwave stacked. I wonder if you gain enough to have a turn in the hob run and if you would be better having a straight run….. the benefits being you put the tall unit in the corner and have a room that feels more open, you have more elbow room each side of the hob, you can have wider pull outs and drawers. Consider if instead of the turn you could just have a deeper worktop around the hob in order to gain more work space.

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