Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Help with kitchen layout 5May 11, 2015 12:50 am dreamin I would keep the original design and swap the fridge and wall oven positions, I wouldn't like people coming around the corner and running into the oven being opened. Plan 2 has nowhere for the dishwasher or sink and the space around the cook top is too small,you may be used to it now but you shouldn't have to compromise with poor design in a new build. Plan 3, I don,t like to waste a beautiful big work surface by sticking a sink in it . If the fridge and wall oven positions are swapped in plan 1, it leaves far less space around the cooktop, maybe 35cm either side. Bin placement becomes an issue too - in the island or next to the sink? In plan 2 the sink would go in the island somewhere. My husband would prefer the island to be left unadulterated. d@n #1 & #2, the pantry is too out of the way for regular use. #3 looks too big. Agree on both points! But the kitchen can be shrunk in plan 3, returning more space to the dining room or elsewhere oneJohn You say you have to go right into the kitchen to get to the fridge in design 1, but it doesn't look like it's really all that much closer in the other designs. Where are you planning on putting the cutlery in design 1 that makes it awkward to get to from the dining room? I would keep a walk-in pantry, because you're better having storage hidden away rather than covered over lots of expensive and visible benchtops. In design 2, those outward opening doors could be inconvenient, as its handy to leave the pantry door open while cooking. They could open inward instead though. In plan 2 I'd swap the oven and fridge from what is currently shown. In plan 3 the fridge could go on the end of the bench on the side, or on the laundry wall, although that could make the work triangle a little large. The cutlery drawer in plan 1 would have to go in the island somewhere. Depends also on bin placement. There is no obvious spot for either of these. I like a large walk in pantry too, but in the current plan it feels very out of the way. You never have a fridge against wall as you’ve drawn. The doors can’t open past 90 degrees and it’s difficult and maybe impossible to remove drawers 2 8117 Hi, We're building a double-storey in Perth and I'm undecided with the kitchen sink situation. I'm set on having the main sink with dishwasher in the scullery - and… 0 14882 Thanks for the suggestion. The space between shower and sinks was too tight. I agree about the toilet location. So I have tried two other options: The lower one is… 3 4559 |