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tumaa schrieb:

@opalau please look away!!




- always turning toward the stove = water drops on the floor
- splashes behind the cooktop
- facing a wall at the stove
- long distances from the cooktop to the oven = in my opinion these routes should be kept as short as possible, also for safety reasons
- also at the sink you always stand with your back to guests/residents

That’s why I asked whether it’s an open or closed kitchen; in my opinion, an open kitchen was turned into a closed one.

Of course, this is all subjective, and I hope not for the owner’s sake. It’s unpleasant to hear this afterward since it can’t be changed anymore, I just find it a pity.

That strange pity implied in your statements is unnecessary.

I already said we put a lot of thought into it.

1. Water drops on the floor? What are you doing with your pot that you drip constantly? It’s basically a 180° turn from the sink to the cooktop. In case of doubt, that’s faster than having to walk 1.20m (4 feet) sideways along the main countertop. And if something does drip: on tiled floors that should be negligible.

2. How so? And in other kitchens, no splashes get behind the cooktop whether there’s a wall or not? And whatever is there, you clean it afterward anyway.

3. You hardly ever stand at the stove for long periods. In addition, then you’re looking at nice oak grain.

4. The distance from the cooktop to the oven is a relatively rare route for us. There are much more frequent routes between the fridge, sink, and cooktop.

5. The dining table is to my right when I’m standing at the sink.

Again: none of your points are new to us; all of this is known or consciously chosen. The kitchen doesn’t have to suit everyone, only us. And even for us, it’s not 100% without compromise. But probably that’s true of any kitchen.

@opalau, congratulations on a very well-designed, practical kitchen that breaks away from the standard look. As Kerstin already mentioned, you rarely need to access the oven—you put food in and take it out later.

Endless storage space—owners with reach-in cabinetry profiles can only look on with envy.

The cooktop is perfectly fitted into the niche, preventing cross drafts, and opalau understands that you DO NOT stand at the cooktop for 10 hours a day—not even for a solid hour. The cooktop is in use so infrequently that the gain in large countertop space on the island is worth its weight in gold.

Two small details caught my eye.

In the cooktop run, the side panels at the base were not notched out. It looks untidy and doesn’t match the rest of the kitchen; I would insist that this be fixed. It’s nothing major.

The other point, which I wouldn’t have done, is the placement of handles on the upper section of the cooktop run—that is, above the fridge and on the adjacent wall cabinets over the niche. This isn’t an ideal solution; push-to-open mechanisms would have been a nicer choice. But that’s nitpicking at a high level.

My daughter also has all her tall cabinet fronts in dark real wood veneer (LEICHT), no problems.

Well done.

evelinoz schrieb:

As Kerstin already mentioned, you rarely need to adjust the oven

Hello Evelinoz, I have two questions right away:

Who is Kerstin? I couldn’t find anyone by that name in the recent posts, so I’m asking.

Regards, Pierre

@seat88 Thanks for the assistance

@opalau
I also really like your kitchen... We have planned ours with oak wood and black fronts as well, but with a dark countertop since we will have a light-colored floor.

A really stylish kitchen. The only thing that bothers me is all the hinged doors. We have pull-out drawers with compartments behind them, which I find much better than hinged doors.