ᐅ Kitchen Design – Concept Development and Planning for a New-Build Kitchen
Created on: 7 Apr 2018 23:09
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EnnoBecker7 Apr 2018 23:09Hello everyone,
we are currently working on the kitchen planning for our new build (not yet started).
The kitchen has an area of 16.3 m² (175 sq ft) and is planned to be open to the living/dining room. Attached are the floor plan and a 3D model of the kitchen as we currently envision and have designed it.
The U-shape seems to be the most practical layout for us. However, when looking at the model, we wonder if the space in the middle (i.e., inside the U) could be used more efficiently. Perhaps we are also too focused on the U-shape.
Maybe some of you have similar floor plans and ideas on how to conceptually arrange the kitchen layout?
Since we are building without a basement, we will need enough storage space.
Best regards
we are currently working on the kitchen planning for our new build (not yet started).
The kitchen has an area of 16.3 m² (175 sq ft) and is planned to be open to the living/dining room. Attached are the floor plan and a 3D model of the kitchen as we currently envision and have designed it.
The U-shape seems to be the most practical layout for us. However, when looking at the model, we wonder if the space in the middle (i.e., inside the U) could be used more efficiently. Perhaps we are also too focused on the U-shape.
Maybe some of you have similar floor plans and ideas on how to conceptually arrange the kitchen layout?
Since we are building without a basement, we will need enough storage space.
Best regards
Definitely shorten the wall. Right now, you have 16 square meters (172 square feet) of empty living space that isn’t really usable.
Then you could place a long table or move the dining table closer to the kitchen, or even add an island.
Is that a door leading outside, there in the kitchen? Do you really need it? In my opinion, it’s in the way. Just a couple of steps away is another door. Make that fixed glass or, even better, don’t have floor-to-ceiling glass there at all—then the wall along the bottom would be usable. Shorten the wall at the top, remove the floor-to-ceiling glass at the bottom, and a U-shaped kitchen would fit well.
Then you could place a long table or move the dining table closer to the kitchen, or even add an island.
Is that a door leading outside, there in the kitchen? Do you really need it? In my opinion, it’s in the way. Just a couple of steps away is another door. Make that fixed glass or, even better, don’t have floor-to-ceiling glass there at all—then the wall along the bottom would be usable. Shorten the wall at the top, remove the floor-to-ceiling glass at the bottom, and a U-shaped kitchen would fit well.
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Mastermind18 Apr 2018 20:18Is the floor-to-ceiling window necessary? Consider making it smaller and instead having a window where the countertop also serves as the interior windowsill, if it fits the exterior design.
If the small partition wall is intended as a privacy screen for the kitchen and is still desired, I would suggest shortening the wall as much as possible and using a glass sliding door as a flexible divider. The wall extending into the living room could be just long enough for this.
A beam would need to be installed at the top to guide the door, right? Otherwise, the kitchen feels empty and a lot of space is wasted.
If the small partition wall is intended as a privacy screen for the kitchen and is still desired, I would suggest shortening the wall as much as possible and using a glass sliding door as a flexible divider. The wall extending into the living room could be just long enough for this.
A beam would need to be installed at the top to guide the door, right? Otherwise, the kitchen feels empty and a lot of space is wasted.
Before we can really say something meaningful here, a few measurements wouldn’t be the worst thing.
It’s probably about 4 x 4 m (13 x 13 ft), and having direct access to the terrace from the kitchen makes a lot of sense—provided the terrace is at the bottom of the plan. Otherwise, all the floor-to-ceiling doors are positioned very inconveniently or open in the wrong direction.
I would also shorten the wall.
Additionally, several other parameters are missing, which we usually ask for in the kitchen forum’s planning checklist and are quite difficult to gather here.
It’s probably about 4 x 4 m (13 x 13 ft), and having direct access to the terrace from the kitchen makes a lot of sense—provided the terrace is at the bottom of the plan. Otherwise, all the floor-to-ceiling doors are positioned very inconveniently or open in the wrong direction.
I would also shorten the wall.
Additionally, several other parameters are missing, which we usually ask for in the kitchen forum’s planning checklist and are quite difficult to gather here.
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The patio door is positioned where it is because of the symmetry.
If it has to stay, I definitely see the reduction of this dividing wall by at least half.
Below and to the right of this patio door, place tall cabinets side by side, where the room door currently is, creating a straight run from the G-shape—so a G-shaped layout to fill the empty space a bit.
That’s where I would start.
I would definitely avoid ending or starting a cabinet run with a single tall cabinet alone, as it would look awkward and odd on the right side in a kitchen like this.
Alternatively, I might consider an L-shaped layout, with the short side containing the tall cabinets—and a small island, shorter than commonly seen, possibly a roughly square one about 1 x 1 meter (3 x 3 feet), sized to fit the space.
The patio door is positioned where it is because of the symmetry.
If it has to stay, I definitely see the reduction of this dividing wall by at least half.
Below and to the right of this patio door, place tall cabinets side by side, where the room door currently is, creating a straight run from the G-shape—so a G-shaped layout to fill the empty space a bit.
That’s where I would start.
I would definitely avoid ending or starting a cabinet run with a single tall cabinet alone, as it would look awkward and odd on the right side in a kitchen like this.
Alternatively, I might consider an L-shaped layout, with the short side containing the tall cabinets—and a small island, shorter than commonly seen, possibly a roughly square one about 1 x 1 meter (3 x 3 feet), sized to fit the space.
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