ᐅ Hillside House in the Southwest Palatinate – Our Home Construction 2.0

The current plan only includes a built-in dishwasher at an elevated position.

I don’t find the dishwasher’s location very practical in relation to the sink and trash bin.

Also, I have to admit, I’m not really happy with the room layout featuring a country-style kitchen, but I don’t have a better suggestion at the moment. It might also be because I find it less ergonomic when the island and sink are not directly opposite each other, but instead placed on adjacent sides of the island’s narrow end. You should also consider where you want to work, so you have a mostly straight workflow towards the cooktop.

In general, pay attention to the handle alignments, for example, a flap cabinet in a tall unit with a hinged door above it. The hinged door should have its handle centered as well. This may sound unusual at first, but you usually know which way the door opens, and it looks much more balanced. There is an example in another forum regarding the kitchen from Menorca. You might want to look it up.

The green kitchen looks very stylish! With the large window, the color will really stand out in a cool way.

In the Studio 3 design, I don't like the two wall cabinets at all. They look very outdated.
I would skip those and use only base cabinets and tall cabinets.
Combined with the farmhouse-style front, that would be a really cool kitchen!

Glass display cabinets at base cabinet height with children? Bold choice. Our boys even managed to dent the refrigerator with a skateboard, and an oven door glass didn’t survive the learning tower.

kati1337 schrieb:

Studio 3: Overall the most visually appealing and coherent design. All appliances except the cooktop are Miele.

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I like the layout of the third studio the best. At most, I would consider adding some glass-fronted upper cabinets. Since the kitchen, in my opinion and based on previous assessments, "does not dominate the space," I don’t really see a risk of visual unrest from colorful accents or the like in the cabinets.
The Miele appliances are a plus for me as well, although I can’t judge whether Miele is still as good as it used to be.

Green is one of my favorite colors, and I’ve always fancied a green kitchen, but I’ve never found the right shade of green within an acceptable price range. (The “kitchen green” from Ikea is too dark for me.) The green in your photo looks too dull and lifeless to me.

To help you and other forum members better understand the value of my opinion, ;-) a black kitchen would have been “absolutely never” an option for me…no black furniture, tiles, or the like at all. I even cover the black TV surfaces—which I find like black holes—caused by marriage compromises, with large-format pictures that have to be removed before watching. 🙂

A sink like that I really like, we have one too and find it super easy to maintain. The window behind it doesn’t open well for us either, but I’ve never really wanted to open it?! If we want to open something, there is a balcony door nearby that I prefer to use. How about you?

kbt09 schrieb:

The current plan only includes one dishwasher elevated.

I don’t think the location of the dishwasher is ideal, especially in relation to the sink and waste bin.

Also, I have to admit, I don’t really like the room layout with a country-style kitchen. I don’t have a better suggestion at the moment. Maybe it’s because I find having the island and sink not directly opposite each other but rather placed on an L-shape across from the narrow side of the island less ergonomic. You should also consider where you want to work so that you have a mostly straight workflow towards the cooktop.

Generally, pay attention to the handle arrangements, for example, a flap compartment in the tall cabinet with a door above. The door should have its handle centered. That might sound unusual at first, but you usually know which way the door opens, and it looks much more harmonious. There’s an example in the other forum with Menorca’s kitchen. You can look it up.

In the Studio 3 plan, both dishwashers are elevated and placed right next to each other.
The layout for a country-style kitchen is indeed not ideal, which we realized along the way. Overall, at the time we were creating the house plans, we didn’t think enough about the actual kitchen layout. We knew there was enough space for the kitchen, but how exactly to arrange it and how poorly it fit my country kitchen preferences wasn’t clear to me. And this is already our second build. Well, everyone makes mistakes somewhere.

We will still take care of the handle arrangements. As I mentioned, since the redesign happened near the end of the appointment, the planner didn’t finish the plan properly. But yes, it shouldn’t stay like that.

aero2016 schrieb:

The green kitchen looks super stylish! With that big window, the color will really stand out!

I can’t help it, I also find it very stylish. Part of me thinks—even if the color isn’t trendy in a few years, I’d probably still like it. I especially like those little drawers a lot.

aero2016 schrieb:

I really don’t like the two wall cabinets in the Studio 3 plan. They look really old-fashioned.
I’d skip those and only use base cabinets and tall cabinets.
That combined with the country-style fronts makes a really cool kitchen!

I actually like those right now. 😀 That’s one of the details that, for me, defines Studio 3. I don’t know why— I had this discussion two years ago too—but I love wall cabinets. I find them incredibly cozy and country-style.

Snowy36 schrieb:

A farmhouse sink like that—
I think it’s great, we also have one and find it super easy to maintain. The window behind it doesn’t open well for us either, but I’ve never felt the need to open it?! If we want fresh air, there’s a patio door nearby that I prefer to use. What about you?

It’s the same for us. Thanks for your feedback on the farmhouse sink. Would you choose it again? We’re planning a 60cm (24 inch) one from Villeroy & Boch. I can’t do without Villeroy & Boch anymore; I loved the sink in our first house like nothing else. The surface is so great, I sometimes just stood in the kitchen and stroked the sink like a maniac. 😀

Myrna_Loy schrieb:

Display cabinets at base cabinet height with kids? Brave. Our boys even managed to dent the fridge with a skateboard, and a learning tower damaged an oven door.

Kids can be so different. I think mine hasn’t really broken anything significant so far. Except for a few marks on the old wooden staircase from his experiments throwing around small toy cars.
But the kids are usually only in the childproof areas of the house without supervision. When they are in the open living space, we’re always present. So far, our son hasn’t been very interested in the furniture, at least not destructively.
For me, that’s just the risk of living with kids. No risk, no fun. 😀

Pinkiponk schrieb:

I like the Studio 3 plan best. I might add glass-front doors to some of the wall cabinets. Since the kitchen overall, in my opinion and previous assessments, doesn’t “demand attention,” there’s less risk of visual clutter from colorful accents inside the cabinets.

That’s unfortunately not very practical for us. We only have three tall cabinets and one small wall cabinet. Some of the tall cabinets conceal electrical appliances (fridge, microwave). So I don’t see how glass doors could be applied without the look feeling chopped up. Otherwise, I wouldn’t worry about a few open spaces with some decor.
If anything, the old kitchen was sometimes a bit sterile for me. There were too few open areas, and sometimes it felt like a showroom kitchen and not very lived-in. A little clutter makes it feel cozy.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

The Miele appliances are a plus for me, although I can’t judge if Miele is still as good as it used to be.

I’ve wondered that myself. There are mixed opinions online. So far, I haven’t read anything specifically negative about Miele. Some say “Bosch’s higher-end lines are just as good,” while Miele fans claim “there’s still a world of difference.” I can’t judge; Miele has always been too expensive for me.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

Green is one of my favorite colors, and I have always fancied a green kitchen but never found the right shade at an affordable price. (The “kitchen green” from IKEA is too dark for me.) The green in your photo looks dull and lifeless to me.

I actually like the green in the photos because of its pastel, subtle tone. We currently have the green IKEA fronts in our transitional house, oddly enough. They were the cheapest available. And I really like them; they’re easy to care for. Although smooth fronts without the country-style look aren’t really my thing. But as a budget kitchen, the color combined with wood brings me some joy.