Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Sep 28, 2009 8:08 pm Hi all, Im very excited to have received my master plans today as well as finally chosen most of my colours ahhhh (now i just have to keep my choices!). However i have noticed that my kitchen seems huge in comparison to the actual room, basically i have 2.5m where my table will go and then 4m of kitchen including my island bench which is 4m long and then 2.5m which will be used as a small family type room, this then goes on to the alfresco area. Im hoping that this whole room will be quite open and have a inviting/friendly type feel to it. It wont be anything formal and the kitchen itself is really going to be the 'wow' factor of the house (will be gloss black cupboards/benchtop). But i am thinking that 4m of a bench is just overkill. So please tell me how long is your island bench and how do you find it? Do you wish it was longer/shorter? Any suggestions would be great as i have to send the signed off final plans back within 7 days. Thanks, Vanessa Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 3Sep 28, 2009 8:21 pm Hi, Its hard to picture without seeing the plans because if your kitchen is 4m long, your island wont be that long as u need space to walk around. Is it an L shape klitchen with and island? Island sizes are determined by the size of the actual kitchen but you do want to leave plenty of space between the end of the island and the benches so all doors, drawers and stuff opens properly. I've got a medium size L shaped kitchen, 4m by 3m and the island which is parallel to the 4m side is only 2m. Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 5Sep 28, 2009 8:42 pm 3.3 metres 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 9Sep 28, 2009 8:54 pm Our island bench is about 2 something metres long and 1.2 metres wide. I prefer this more than the optional 4m long island because a) it can be used as a casual dining area and b) the sink isnt in the middle but next to a wall. Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 10Sep 28, 2009 9:00 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Im hoping that the above link has worked, im thinking that i might move the whole kitchen towards the front of the house by .5 and then reduce the length of the bench by .5 and then obviously get the to make sure its centered that way i will have a bit more room near the alfresco area where a couch will be. I really dont need alot of room where the table will be as i will only have a small table and chairs there and am hoping that it will be one of those tables that has benches as chairs. While you are looking if there is anything else you think needs altering please let me know! Thanks again, V Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 11Sep 28, 2009 9:17 pm Hi all the sand, your plan looks great My thoughts would be to just shorten the island a tadd. The house we are building has a 3.5m long bench - the plan is our design so not sure how it's going to work. We thought about having an island but then we changed our minds. What colours are you having? PCI Done Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 13Sep 28, 2009 9:30 pm Thanks Jose27, the block is only 12m wide by 29.27 so its fairly small, we have tried to get as much 'house' on there as possible and also tried to really utilise the tiny amount of garden we will have (4m at the rear behind the alfresco and approx 2.5m down the side behind the garage). We are going to have black gloss cupboards with a black gloss benchtop (starlight diamond gloss laminex), i know plenty of cleaning but i have my heart set on it now. However in saying that we will have to wait and see exactly what the quote comes back as! I really loved the Laminex freestyle 'da vinci' for the benchtop which was black with a real sparkle through it almost looked like it had glitter through it but that is just going to break the bank i think. What colours have you chosen? V Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 14Sep 28, 2009 9:33 pm what to do - the area is currently 2.5m but i am thinking that i will move the kitchen down and also shorten the bench which will make this area slightly larger. I have a plasma which will be wall mounted and the wall that backs onto where the bathroom etc is and will just have a small lounge and rug there. The main tv viewing, movie watching, playstation playing etc will be done in the home theatre. Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 16Sep 28, 2009 9:45 pm all the sand Thanks Jose27, the block is only 12m wide by 29.27 so its fairly small, we have tried to get as much 'house' on there as possible and also tried to really utilise the tiny amount of garden we will have (4m at the rear behind the alfresco and approx 2.5m down the side behind the garage). We are going to have black gloss cupboards with a black gloss benchtop (starlight diamond gloss laminex), i know plenty of cleaning but i have my heart set on it now. However in saying that we will have to wait and see exactly what the quote comes back as! I really loved the Laminex freestyle 'da vinci' for the benchtop which was black with a real sparkle through it almost looked like it had glitter through it but that is just going to break the bank i think. What colours have you chosen? V all in the sand, I think your kitchen will look fantastic with the black gloss cupboards and starlight diamond gloss benchtop. What about your splashback colour? We are having Essastone "Cacao Umber" benchtop with Parbury "Artic White" gloss cupboards, so I won't be far behind you either in the cleaning department Your block is a little bit wider than our block Our block is 11.2m wide. With whom are you building with? PCI Done Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 17Sep 28, 2009 9:53 pm 4.2 x 1.2. A big lump of Jarrah. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 18Sep 28, 2009 9:53 pm Have you thought about cutting down the length of the island but making it 300mm wider with cupboards under the back before the breakfast bar overhang? That way you won't lose any cupboard space... Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 19Sep 28, 2009 10:29 pm 4m long by 1.2m wide. I won. OH wanted the island to be shortened. But I won, I won!! No sink in the island, just aaaalllll bench. Life's too short too drink bad wine Re: How long is your island bench, please help! 20Sep 28, 2009 10:32 pm Yes,I see what you mean; in your design your island bench is the full length of the kitchen. We have a U shape kitchen 2.7m x 4m, so the outside bench is 4 m long and is all bench, which I do like. Our sink is under the window on the short side of the U. Now for my really left field suggestion; feel free to totally ignore it if it doesnt suit you But what I would do with your design is flip the kitchen side ways and move it to where the meals area currently is. So the wall with stove will be backing onto the garage wall and the outward bench faceing a larger space combined meals/family area. Does this make sense? I think you would be better off with a larger combined meals/family area rather than the kitchen cutting it into 2 quite smallish areas. 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