Advice on Kitchen layout designs attached

[Trixiepixie6]

I’m wondering if anyone can help me with my kitchen layout please.I have 3 slightly different designs and I’m confused which one to go for and what if anything I can add. Our kitchen is 18 years old it was in the house when we bought it but the current design isn’t practical for a family of 5 and now it’s starting to fall apart I would appreciate any advice thanks 😊

@Trixiepixie6 *Just the fridge and oven are the high presses in design 1 and 2

High presses on design 3 are fridge freezer, oven and larder press*

Yep so I definitely wouldn't have such highly used appliances on your opposite wall, given you say that's a walk way from the door to the hall. You'll be forever turning behind to prep and cook, let alone it's really not ideal either to be taking a hot dish out of the oven and carrying it across to the other side of the aisle if there could also be DCs suddenly appearing in the hallway and running through the kitchen without looking properly. If you don't want your oven under the hob then you're right with the back wall i think.

Ok so 1 or 2 🤔I paid £300 for design 3 🙈from an independent guy who came to the house. 1 and 2 came from a kitchen company. There is something I really like about design 1 but the flow from hall door is putting me off.

Sorry! I just realised when I said left and right in my post above I meant the opposite.

I was thinking from the perspective of looking from the view in the photo of the current kitchen.

@Mamette

Sorry! I just realised when I said left and right in my post above I meant the opposite.

I was thinking from the perspective of looking from the view in the photo of the current kitchen.

Lol I know I should have taken photos of the kitchen from the other side might see if I have any. At the moment it’s a sight for sore eyes cupboards doors after falling off freezer door after coming off etc

Argh £300! Number 3 is really nice - more usable work surface space - but just not very practical if you've got a flow coming through the kitchen. Could you put the oven under the hob and then replace the end back wall bottom & top units in design 3 with the fridge? Or do you really need the oven at eye height?

For £300 I'd be v tempted to ask them to revise it a bit, see if they can turn it into something you like. Massive generalisation but I'd be more inclined to go with an independent rather than a big kitchen company.

@Mamette

Sorry! I just realised when I said left and right in my post above I meant the opposite.

I was thinking from the perspective of looking from the view in the photo of the current kitchen.

Here’s a photo of the current kitchen taken from the same angle As the designs

Family of five here.

I much prefer 3 - the kids come and sit at the breakfast bar or we have a dining table rather than a bench they sit there so we can tak but they aren’t in the way!!

Definitely not 3 as you take stuff out of oven and there is nowhere to put it.
I like 1 the best even if the peninsula steers people into the working zone a tad.
With 2, I feel the run of units of left (as you look at hall door) look a bit lost and separate from rest of kitchen.

Op some of your existing kitchen photos seem to have a breakfast bar which is missing in others? Or is that you trying to replicate the plans?

@BruceAndNosh

Op some of your existing kitchen photos seem to have a breakfast bar which is missing in others? Or is that you trying to replicate the plans?

The photos I posted above are older, they were taken when we did our extension 2 years ago, the breakfast bar in the other photos it’s just a standalone unit from Ikea.

Until I noticed the IKEA breakfast bar, I was going to suggest that you mock up a breakfast bar and try it on both right and left of kitchen and see how it affects the thoroughfare into the rear extension (which I now see contains a sitting area and is not just the dining table)

@BruceAndNosh

Until I noticed the IKEA breakfast bar, I was going to suggest that you mock up a breakfast bar and try it on both right and left of kitchen and see how it affects the thoroughfare into the rear extension (which I now see contains a sitting area and is not just the dining table)

Yes I am going to try this thanks

We added an island to an existing kitchen... According to all kitchen design guides the island would be too large for the small space. But we got 4 cardboard boxes and arranged them over the kitchen chairs to replicate the size of the planned island, and lived with it for a week to se how much it got in the way!
After a week, we were happy that we had the size right and went ahead.

@BruceAndNosh

We added an island to an existing kitchen... According to all kitchen design guides the island would be too large for the small space. But we got 4 cardboard boxes and arranged them over the kitchen chairs to replicate the size of the planned island, and lived with it for a week to se how much it got in the way! After a week, we were happy that we had the size right and went ahead.

Oh I’d love an island but defo too small so trying to make do with the breakfast bar idea instead

I wasn't suggesting an island, just trying a fake peninsula for size!

It would be design 1 for me. We added a new kitchen extension a few years ago and by far the most useful bit is the long, long run of very usable worktop.

I love the second one. The lay out is perfect

Thanks everyone for the advice, lots to think about 🤔

Definitely 1, even with the door there I just think the flow of it is much better than 2. It would be a definite no to 3, I don’t feel the space has been utilised the best it could off.

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I actually think that design 3 is the most practical.
With design 1 - where is the kettle going to go? And the mugs and glasses? Even if you get a boiling hot water tap I feel that it could get very congested around the sink area.
Design 2 has the same issues as design 1.
Design 3 - the kettle or boiling hot water tap is near the sink and there are plenty of cupboards for mug/glasses storage. Your dishwasher is near the sink and there are two sets of deep pan drawers so that you can unload the dishwasher without having to cross the kitchen.
Getting something out of the oven would involve taking two steps to a counter space which is fine.
Overall I think design 3 is the most practical and would allow for a good flow.
The photo isn't as nice as the other two designs so it's harder to envision .

Version 1.
Theoretically you would think it work best to have a nice clean run through to the back (so version 2), but somehow that version actually looks kind of bleak. The peninsular in version 1 it just makes things looks cosier and more welcoming.

@user1478299641

I actually think that design 3 is the most practical. With design 1 - where is the kettle going to go? And the mugs and glasses? Even if you get a boiling hot water tap I feel that it could get very congested around the sink area. Design 2 has the same issues as design 1. Design 3 - the kettle or boiling hot water tap is near the sink and there are plenty of cupboards for mug/glasses storage. Your dishwasher is near the sink and there are two sets of deep pan drawers so that you can unload the dishwasher without having to cross the kitchen. Getting something out of the oven would involve taking two steps to a counter space which is fine. Overall I think design 3 is the most practical and would allow for a good flow. The photo isn't as nice as the other two designs so it's harder to envision .

That’s where I currently have my kettle, there is plenty room there and already socket. I know what you mean though about glass and cup storage, that will have to be worked on ie. instead of shelves I’ll need a press if I go with that design

I really like design 3. I have a run of tall cupboards down one side of my kitchen, including a double oven, and it's no big deal to move stuff out of the oven and across to the other side of the room when the kitchen is relatively narrow.