ᐅ Kitchen Planning – Opinions and Feedback

Created on: 17 May 2020 12:15
H
Hamburch
H
Hamburch
17 May 2020 12:15
Hello everyone,

I would appreciate some critical feedback on my kitchen layout.
Attached are rendered images and the floor plan of the living and dining area.

The goal was a modern kitchen without a high-end focus for a two-person household.
The color is light gray and the countertop is matte granite in a cloudy anthracite tone.
I definitely want to keep my side-by-side refrigerator, even though the next one will probably be a French door model.
The dishwasher is located in the lower left under the oven (which includes a steam function).

The island measures 2.00 x 1.00 meters (6 ft 7 in x 3 ft 3 in). The distance between the kitchen row and the island is about 1 meter (3 ft 3 in).
The initial design sketch showed a wider island, but we adjusted it on site because it would have been too bulky.



Open floor plan of a house: kitchen with island, dining area, living room and bedroom


Modern kitchen with light fronts, island, built-in oven, refrigerator and window.

Modern white kitchen row with sink, oven and side-by-side refrigerator.

Modern kitchen island with gray drawers, black countertop, in empty room with wooden floor.


Modern kitchen island with black countertop, gray base cabinets, MUPL on the right.

Floor plan of a kitchen with island, base cabinets, and dimension lines.


Modern kitchen island in a bright room with wooden floor and large windows, 3D render
bauenmk202017 May 2020 12:26
Are the rendered images from the kitchen showroom? How deep is your side-by-side refrigerator? (In the picture, it looks like it is about 60cm (24 inches) deep – the same as the kitchen cabinets.)

Otherwise, it looks okay, but I’m not a kitchen specialist. To me, the countertop space seems a bit limited. Is that a fully integrated coffee machine (next to the refrigerator)?
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saralina87
17 May 2020 12:27
Hi
Our planned kitchen looks quite similar, but in our case, the island is attached to the wall (due to space constraints).
I like the style, but there is one thing I would still change:
The wall cabinets have a different depth than the tall cabinets, which makes sense because otherwise, you would hit your head on the sink – but I didn’t like how that looked. So we solved it like this:


Modern kitchen with island, white cabinets, concrete countertop, and large glass windows



Basically, only the tall cabinets are offset, one row set back further than the other. It feels “calmer” to me. I also really like the shelf as a little extra space for decorative items.
H
Hamburch
17 May 2020 12:28
bauenmk2020 schrieb:

Are the rendered images from the kitchen showroom?

Yes.
bauenmk2020 schrieb:

How deep is your side-by-side refrigerator? (In the picture, it looks like it’s about 60cm (24 inches) deep – the same as the kitchen cabinets.)

No, it’s poorly integrated. It’s a standard size, 71cm (28 inches) deep.
H
Hamburch
17 May 2020 13:29
Specifically, I have the following questions:

- Does the kitchen harmonize well with the overall space?
- Is the layout of the pull-out drawers practical?
- Are narrow pull-outs missing, as are common nowadays (for olive oil, etc.)?

On the backside of the island, I was considering (milk) glass doors, but that would interrupt the continuous half-height line that visually lightens the block.

P.S. This concerns a ProNorm Y-Line.
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saralina87
17 May 2020 13:32
Perhaps a silly question – why is the island oriented the way it is? It almost seems as if it’s designed to face the television...?