We start a kitchen/utility/downstairs toilet extension next week. I've got lots of good tips from mumsnet and am now sold on a DIY Kitchen. We've visited their showroom and played on their online planner - although it keeps freezing/crashing for us, so it's back to graph paper and scissors.
I'd appreciate any feedback on our design. It's a peninsula kitchen and we are going to have a taller breakfast bar attached to back of peninsula to give us 2 levels. This is because otherwise I fear the breakfast bar will be a mess and this way some of the mess will be hidden from view.
The design has 3 corners which isn't ideal. I've fallen in love with a huge corner larder unit plus I want an eye level oven. Other than that I want pan draws galore and I think those hidden bins in cupboard. So what do you think? What am I missing?
My worries are: is it stupid having fridge/freezer next to tall oven unit? (If there is enough room I could put a thin spacer in between or one of those pull out larder units? There is a door to left of fridge into utility and I don't know how wide it is).
There isn't any worktop directly next to the oven unit. It's on other side of larder unit or behind me on peninsula - is this a deal breaker?
Would having full depth base units and then a higher breakfast bar attached on back be odd? Make the peninsula too deep?
The rest of the room will have a small dining room area, it's got 4 doors coming off it, so it's not ideal but we do have a separate dining room. Plus new utility will contain washer, dryer, possibly sink and a tall cupboard for Hoover, broom etc.
Thanks