We are finally going to get the kitchen done. The extension was completed around 5 years ago, and has had a £50 second hand kitchen patched together in there ever since.
I have been though on the DIY kitchens planner and pieced together some ideas, and have Howdens and Magnet giving me a plan too. We will probably do most of the fitting ourselves.
What I’m hoping for from this thread is any do’s and don’t s from those who have done one recently…any things you wish you’d thought of, or things you’ve since discovered don’t work or don’t get used. Layout pitfalls etc. Companies to avoid. Where we live DIY kitchens will cost around £500 to deliver, which is worth it if considerably better quality or price. I’m aware they deliver ‘built’ units which is good.
I’ve attached both the plan i put together, along with Magnet’s suggestion.
Our biggest ‘hold back’ is that we have lots of doors and windows to work around. It is like an upside down L-Shaped room, with the kitchen in the Warner…dining area at one end of the L and sofa, etc at the other.
We have an American fridge freezer which would cause mutiny if I tried to get rid of it as the ice machine is the most popular member of the family, and want eye level ovens and an induction hob. Need space for the coffee machine and air fryer, again used multiple times a day. Other large appliances can live in a cupboard or drawer really.
The Island is used massively, so is wanted. We have a separate utility so no need to incorporate laundry things.
Ceilings are 2.45m high so could take either extra tall or standard runs of cupboards.
The various runs are: approx 4,45m down the left hand side (from the corner to the french doors, shown with tall units in the images), and approx 5,10m from the corner along under the window to the bifolds. Current island is around 2m long by 1m wide.