Hello everyone,
Since our house is taking a while, I’m spending some time thinking about my kitchen again.
It’s actually already fully planned, but I have fallen for the idea of adding a small second sink on the cooking island.
Does anyone have this and would like to share pictures and experiences?
Since our house is taking a while, I’m spending some time thinking about my kitchen again.
It’s actually already fully planned, but I have fallen for the idea of adding a small second sink on the cooking island.
Does anyone have this and would like to share pictures and experiences?
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Bertram1001 Dec 2023 21:25That’s going to be quite a large kitchen. You definitely have enough space on the island for a sink.
The kitchen is designed so that you work facing away from the room and looking outside. That’s where most of the countertop space is. A sink is best placed where it’s actually needed, so you don’t have to “walk over” to it. Usually, that’s near the chopping area or where dirty items like knives and cutting boards accumulate, which don’t go into the dishwasher.
Personally, I wouldn’t add a second sink in your setup. Although the kitchen is spacious, with a good distance between work areas, you can easily reach the sink. A sink also needs regular cleaning, and you’ll need towels at both sinks. But since you have the space, you won’t go wrong either way.
You didn’t ask, but here’s a tip: think carefully about where you want to work primarily—on the island or along the countertop? The cooktop “breaks up” the nice workspace on the island. Having 80cm (31.5 inches) on either side is okay, but just barely enough and would be too little for me, especially if the cooktop can be moved easily. That would probably require changing the cabinet layout because of downdraft ventilation, but I’d prefer that over a centrally located cooktop.
If you prefer working facing the room, I’d plan the sink on the island and the cooktop on the countertop. You need water more often than you’re actually standing at the stove. Regardless of where the sink ends up, with so much space in the kitchen, I would definitely choose a larger sink.
If the (main) sink is on the island, you could even place a tall cabinet with a raised dishwasher opposite it. I’ve had that setup before, and it worked great.
The kitchen is designed so that you work facing away from the room and looking outside. That’s where most of the countertop space is. A sink is best placed where it’s actually needed, so you don’t have to “walk over” to it. Usually, that’s near the chopping area or where dirty items like knives and cutting boards accumulate, which don’t go into the dishwasher.
Personally, I wouldn’t add a second sink in your setup. Although the kitchen is spacious, with a good distance between work areas, you can easily reach the sink. A sink also needs regular cleaning, and you’ll need towels at both sinks. But since you have the space, you won’t go wrong either way.
You didn’t ask, but here’s a tip: think carefully about where you want to work primarily—on the island or along the countertop? The cooktop “breaks up” the nice workspace on the island. Having 80cm (31.5 inches) on either side is okay, but just barely enough and would be too little for me, especially if the cooktop can be moved easily. That would probably require changing the cabinet layout because of downdraft ventilation, but I’d prefer that over a centrally located cooktop.
If you prefer working facing the room, I’d plan the sink on the island and the cooktop on the countertop. You need water more often than you’re actually standing at the stove. Regardless of where the sink ends up, with so much space in the kitchen, I would definitely choose a larger sink.
If the (main) sink is on the island, you could even place a tall cabinet with a raised dishwasher opposite it. I’ve had that setup before, and it worked great.
The kitchen was one of the most important parts of the house for us. There are five of us, and until now, we always had a small U-shaped kitchen where people constantly got in each other’s way.
Thank you very much for your suggestions!
I actually think that 80 centimeters (about 31.5 inches) to the left of the cooktop is sufficient. I have never had that much space before, and for making pizza and cookies, I thought it would still be possible to work from all sides.
And then there is also the patio door, so I thought placing the cooktop in the center worked well.
I really want the sink by the window because then I can cook together with the kids at the island.
But moving the cooktop a bit closer to the wall might not be a bad idea.
Thank you very much for your suggestions!
I actually think that 80 centimeters (about 31.5 inches) to the left of the cooktop is sufficient. I have never had that much space before, and for making pizza and cookies, I thought it would still be possible to work from all sides.
And then there is also the patio door, so I thought placing the cooktop in the center worked well.
I really want the sink by the window because then I can cook together with the kids at the island.
But moving the cooktop a bit closer to the wall might not be a bad idea.
MarieWo schrieb:
The kitchen itself feels cohesive to me, MarieWo schrieb:
I probably won’t really need it, it would just be a nice-to-have feature... Well, that’s a bit of a catch-22: you really don’t need a second one. If you had one on the island, you wouldn’t use the one by the window because the distance of 150cm (59 inches) is quite far. But if the sink is on the island in addition to the stove, there’s hardly any workspace left on the island, pushing you toward the countertop by the window; which then makes having the sink on the island unnecessary.
Bertram100 schrieb:
If you prefer to work facing the room, I would probably plan to put the sink on the island and the cooktop on the main counter. You need water more often than you actually stand at the stove. This “mantra” from the other forum is something you read all the time, at least there. I really can’t understand where it comes from. For me/us, that is absolutely not the case. We spend significantly (!) more time at the stove than at the sink. At the sink, you just wash something quickly and that’s it. I stand at the stove for the entire cooking process. I would keep the kitchen as originally planned.
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