kitchen/laundry/pantry help
We are having trouble getting the layout of our kitchen, pantry, laundry right.
See attached current layout and current proposed plans.
We were thinking having laundry and pantry combined.
We want to change the kitchen bench as that wall has windows and doors that would be best to keep clear (see attached photo of how kitchen bench currently gets in the way of the sliding doors).
Any ideas or suggestions welcome! We are having trouble seeing past what it is currently like!
Thanks
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last yearLovely view. I would change the opening to the rumpus to avoid the route through middle of that room. And change access to laundry.
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Comments (12)Thanks :) All very good points. We thought about having the cabinet doors put in for the fridge but we personally haven't found them to be too practical in the past. Ones we've used haven't seemed to seal so well. We are also planning to upgrade the fridge in the next couple if years. Good thinking about placement of the microwave too. We have a power pack range built into the wall cabinets so unfortunately we can't put the microwave above the cooktop. I like the idea of the appliance cupboard being turned into a corner cupboard, although I'm unsure if that would mean that you then couldn't easily access it from the other side of the bench..? I'm hoping our kids will sit at the breakfast bar and make their own toast etc while keeping out of the kitchen itself.... I also wonder if we should have the wall cabinets all in the same line or if we could drop the usable ones, on either side of the power pack, down further to give us more storage....? And (I promise this is my last dilemma!) does anyone have any ideas on whether to place the 1/4 sink to the left or the right of the main sink? Again it's one of those things that I'm going around in circles about....next to the prep area vs next to the dishwasher.....? ...... Ahhhh decisions, decisions ;-) Thanks again...See MoreKitchen layout — help please!!
Comments (1)With the pantry being located where it is, it provides a opportunity to make it inbuilt and continue your bench top along. This would then provide more bench space and would make sure you are using that wall to its full potential. However for space and flow and to make your kitchen more ascetically pleasing, we would suggest keeping the island bench and making the appliances integrated. This provides opportunity to make that far wall a feature wall, which can be as simple as a blackboard or pictures, to making it a colour feature (depending on you cabinetry) or even to make it high class you could create a wood paneling feature. I hope this helps, either way you can add bonus features to your kitchen, you can create more storage and bench space with changing the pantry, or you could make a design feature out of that wall. It is up to you and where you design flair may take you. Good luck! :) If you would like to see these designs with a quote please call us on 03 423 9067 and we can organise a free one for you. Below are some pictures - in built pantry vs. feature wall. (making where the appliances are a low bench top with below cabinets). (goes beautifully with a black and white colour palette)....See MoreNeed help with kitchen design
Comments (8)I think the L shape works for the shape of the room. I am not going to consider the appliances etc, personally I do not like a sink in the middle of the Island Bench so I think you have made the right choice there. The only thing that sticks out to me immediately is that your Island looks too small I think you should extend that out to make the end flush with the length of your cabinets on the garage wall side. It looks like you could probably add another meter onto that end, which will add more seating, more storage and to me would appear more balanced....See MoreScullery combined with Laundry - OR keep Seperate & have small Pantry
Comments (5)If you have lived in England...with washing machine in the kitchen as a normal everyday thing, then I don't think people mind, they probably LOVE having a laundry ! Our front door is basically the laundry sliding door, so I'm putting our laundry into a cupboard so it's hidden, I think it put people off buying the house...entering via laundry. (10 weeks on market, we were the only offer) A pantry ' in a laundry' or vice versa doesn't worry me. My last laundry was in the garage. And big sep pantry in kitchen, I would rather a pantry with machine..than no pantry. A pantry to me is big kudos...See More
last yearAnd PLEASE put a door on the kitchen side of toilet. Nothing worse than a toilet in the dining room. Ensure there is good wall insulation for noise and odours. Or better still find another place for the powder room.
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Do you really need 3 toilets? Guests can go to end of hall and turn right to find toilet.
PROlast yearThis is a lot squeezed in and it feels a bit rabbitwarren-like in terms of flow - kates adjustment makes way more sense....but I'd also be considering a cleaner set up and a change of zone with the master in where the existing garage is with a bonus view with bedrooms centralised and access directly off rumpus that means no wasted passage space anywhere and overall feels more spacious....and consider a combined pantry/laundry - something like below:
Good luck!
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my suggestions steal excess space off the generous ens to make enough space for a more comfortable arrangement for the rumpus room as well as a private powder room off the laundry, WIP off the bigger dining room and makes for a better location for entry to rumpus and extra storage for the kitchen ...best size for the kitchen peninsula depends on precise location of the sliding glass doors but 600-900 deep would be enough space for an easier to reach location for the DW and potentially deeper counter with knee space for stools and, rearranging doorways between rumpus and bedroom wing, allows enough space for two separate study areas and more storage
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Kate