Comments on: Kitchen Design Options

By: Home renovation contractor

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By: Storage Shed

Storage Shed — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:07:06 +0000

I originally voted on the first option, then I looked at them again and I like the fridge on the side wall. This way, when you take things out of the fridge, you have a counter to put them on. Also, I like the mini bar with the stool. I think that would space things in your kitchen better. Good luck!

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:01:20 +0000

Little late to the game, but thought I would put in my two-cents worth…

Fridge on the side wall.

1) Cooking is more than the stove and sink. You always need a lot more prep space than you expect. Plus, add a toaster, coffee maker, knife block, etc. and you quickly run out of counter space, so might as well plan as much around the sink and the stove.

2) Also, based on the plans, there doesn’t seem to be a place for general clutter that invariably happens in a kitchen. Rather than waste foo-prep area, you can leverage the counter space next to the fridge on the sidewall.

By: john

john — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:27:24 +0000

…mmmmm… chapathis….

Good point. The stove on a wall by itsself with small flanking counter tops looks good in a magazine photo, but it seems to have some functional drawbacks.

So then the question becomes how to balance function with aesthetics. We do look at the room a lot more than we use it — but is that enough to companesate for the potential fuctional drawbacks? Not sure yet.

By: funnyp

funnyp — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:27:47 +0000

you need easy access to counter space and the stove, particularly if deep frying or making foods that need prep like cutlets etc or even chapathis

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:37:10 +0000

You have some very slick ideas for your kitchen. That has been one of the recurring themes in my own life–looking for a way to make our bathrooms and our kitchen look really glorious, even though those rooms are much too small. One of the glories of the Internet, though, is there is absolutely no dearth of ideas. I have been looking for ones that seem to me to make sense and posting my results. Right now I have no idea of what I will ultimately do, but I keep hoping I will come up with something really slick.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:30:29 +0000

I like the original design because it has more open space. We had a countertop jutting into our kitchen like the one in versions 2 and 3 and we found it was an unholy pain. Why add seating if you already have it two steps away? Duplication is wasted in a small space in my experience. You can move the fridge door hinge so that it opens onto the kitchen side in the original, to improve flow. I think the original work triangle is the cook’s space, while the side wall buffet and seating area is the mingle/mill space.

By: john

john — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:15:27 +0000

They all seem to have different advantages and disadvantages, and I’m learning how important it is to compare the disadvantages of each design — it is perhaps more important than comparing the advantages.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:59:11 +0000

My vote’s for fridge on side wall. The original has you opening the fridge by your table. The stove on side wall has a hot stove near your seating, which may be less comfortable especially in the summer. Fridge on sidewall has no disadvantages that I can see.

By: jojuchst

jojuchst — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:48:35 +0000

I like your use of SketchUp 3D. Recently we wanted a wall of cabinets for our family room. We went to a cabinets warehouse and got a quote of $7500 which is a bit more than we wanted to pay. So on our next trip out to Ikea we saw some Besta series cabinets that might be a good fit for us.

I came home that night trying to use SketchUp to visualize the project. Instead of creating the cabinets from scratch I did a search on the SketchUp 3D warehouse and found the entire Besta brand. Dragged and dropped the cabinets into the project and in no time at all I was looking at the virtual finished project. I love this product…. and the best part is that it’s FREE.