Island or no island? Layout help
Kitchen layout ideas? My wife is eager to have an island with 4 seats
Kitchen layout help – island vs. current U-shape
Kitchen layout L-shaped with or without island
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Putting in a new kitchen. Do you have any suggestions on ways we can improve the design? Thank you!
Notes:
The island, as shown here, is not complete. There will be a 12-15" overhang with 3 stools facing the range wall. Overhang will be wide enough to allow island to center to sink window, as there will be 2 pendant lights on island and 1 over sink (all must line up). So finished island countertop size will be around 8' long x 3' wide.
About 38" of circulation space between island and cabinets.
Range hood will be custom built of wood/plaster to fill space above range.
2-tone color (sage green for base, white for pantry/uppers).
Microwave cabinet in island.
Trash pullout in island.
Large entryway goes to dining room.
Small entryway will be arched and go to mudroom/back entrance.
Hi, I'm hoping for some general advice on kitchen layout. We are in early conversations with a cabinet builder, but before we meet he wants to know a lot of specifics that I'm struggling to visualize. This is a complete change of kitchen layout and location, so there aren't really constraints on where most things go. Even the windows could change.
I included dimensions of the space, a to-scale-ish possible layout, and an approximate visualization of the layout using IKEA's online tool. The island on that mock-up is too large, just FYI.
I'm debating whether it's worth having the island at all. We'd like to have the dishwasher in it and have the storage/worktop/seating, but with 42" or higher clearance around it our options are not for anything very large (about 5' wide by 4' deep), and I'm still worried it will cause flow issues.
We love having a wall oven so we aren't looking at options that would take the out of the equation, but open to suggestions anyway!
I've realized I think very rigidly about this stuff and struggle to play around with layout. Hoping to find a kitchen layout that's just fine, nothing is 100%, but I just don't want to hate it or realize we made a really non functional decision that we have to live with every day.
Thank you, your thoughts are appreciated!