Hello,
I’ve been following this forum for a while and have already gathered some interesting information. Today, I’d like to kindly ask for your experiences and expertise 🙂
We are a young family and are fortunate to be able to build our own home. The floor plan for our dream house is basically tailored perfectly to our needs, but the access to the pantry/storage room is causing us some headaches.
Our original plan was to hide the entrance within the kitchen cabinetry, so you would enter the pantry through the kitchen units. However, this passage needs to be 80 cm (31 inches) wide; otherwise, we won’t be able to get our freezer in and out. One kitchen builder doesn’t see a problem with this, while another says the door will sag over time and recommended two 40 cm (16 inch) doors instead. Personally, I don’t find that visually appealing or practical, having to open two doors all the time.
Also, I’m not sure if this door—which won’t fully close tight—would let light through or how it would handle possible odors from the yellow bag trash bin. The yellow bag could of course be taken out to the garage, but you have to consider everything, right? 😉
I’ve now tried out a few alternatives: one without a wall projection and with the door at the front, one with a wall projection and the door at the front, and one in the same place as originally planned but with a standard interior door. I’m attaching pictures of the current floor plan and my alternatives made with SweetHome3D. We don’t want an entrance to the pantry from the hallway since groceries have to be carried to the fridge anyway 😉
What do you think would make sense? How have you solved similar issues?
Looking forward to your creative input
Best regards,
Jessica
I’ve been following this forum for a while and have already gathered some interesting information. Today, I’d like to kindly ask for your experiences and expertise 🙂
We are a young family and are fortunate to be able to build our own home. The floor plan for our dream house is basically tailored perfectly to our needs, but the access to the pantry/storage room is causing us some headaches.
Our original plan was to hide the entrance within the kitchen cabinetry, so you would enter the pantry through the kitchen units. However, this passage needs to be 80 cm (31 inches) wide; otherwise, we won’t be able to get our freezer in and out. One kitchen builder doesn’t see a problem with this, while another says the door will sag over time and recommended two 40 cm (16 inch) doors instead. Personally, I don’t find that visually appealing or practical, having to open two doors all the time.
Also, I’m not sure if this door—which won’t fully close tight—would let light through or how it would handle possible odors from the yellow bag trash bin. The yellow bag could of course be taken out to the garage, but you have to consider everything, right? 😉
I’ve now tried out a few alternatives: one without a wall projection and with the door at the front, one with a wall projection and the door at the front, and one in the same place as originally planned but with a standard interior door. I’m attaching pictures of the current floor plan and my alternatives made with SweetHome3D. We don’t want an entrance to the pantry from the hallway since groceries have to be carried to the fridge anyway 😉
What do you think would make sense? How have you solved similar issues?
Looking forward to your creative input
Best regards,
Jessica
I like your original idea of disguising the door as a cabinet door. That would be my approach as well.
Is it possible – just my opinion without any expert knowledge! – to have the 80s-style door held closed with magnets and install a sealing strip inside the frame? This way it would be mostly and sufficiently airtight.
Is it possible – just my opinion without any expert knowledge! – to have the 80s-style door held closed with magnets and install a sealing strip inside the frame? This way it would be mostly and sufficiently airtight.
The distance from the sink to the stove is far too long.
The stove is too close to the corner.
There are way too many tall cabinets. You already have a pantry.
I would prefer the last version. Enclose the first three tall cabinets and leave out the last one. That's how we implemented it.
The stove is too close to the corner.
There are way too many tall cabinets. You already have a pantry.
I would prefer the last version. Enclose the first three tall cabinets and leave out the last one. That's how we implemented it.
AMNE3IA schrieb:
The distance from the sink to the stove is way too long.
The stove is too close to the corner.
There are far too many tall cabinets. You already have a pantry.
I would prefer the last version. Box in the first three tall cabinets and leave out the last one. That’s how we did it. The kitchen will not be built exactly like the floor plan, but more like the 3D renderings. I think the distance from the sink to the stove is quite normal there. I’m attaching a draft from a kitchen designer. You can see it quite clearly. The two kitchen designers also implemented the kitchen very similarly, just not the pantry entrance.
RotGrün schrieb:
The floor plan for our dream home is basically perfectly tailored to us, but the access to the pantry/storage room is causing us some headaches.Most stories here about completely turned-around and upside-down designs begin with exactly this kind of introduction, basically saying "everything is perfect." Do you have the courage to present the entire house to the critical forum members?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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