Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 6Oct 29, 2008 8:17 pm Maleena Hardy Curiouser & Curiouser Vintage-Handmade-Interior & Colour Consultancy http://www.curiouserandcuriouser.com.au Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 9Oct 29, 2008 8:57 pm Hi jo
I'm with Maleena, I'd definitely put it on the left. It might get in the way of the cupboards on the right Not sure what you mean about the colours, but I'm not very good with colours so you most probably wouldn't want my opinion anyway 'chelle We have a hand-over date...15/10...but I won't hold my breath! http://people-in-glass-houses.blogspot.com/ Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 10Oct 30, 2008 1:10 am I would have to say on the left - that way you have more freedom of movement, and also would have a better sense of symmetry - high cupboards on the right, high appliance tower on the left. After 2 false starts, a year living overseas, two more world trips and 3 years of uncertainty we are now starting the build process again - hopefully for real this time! Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 11Oct 30, 2008 7:49 am Hi Jo,
I'd put it on the left - that way it wont interfere with opening of the appliances and cupboards onto each other. I have two towers either side of my cook top to balance it out. One with oven, the other wit microwave and plate warmer - just a thought. Paula Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 13Oct 30, 2008 6:30 pm Rachelle aw but it's so perfect just like it is! How about putting it in with the dark brown cupboards somehow? Crazy? I know that's ideal isn't it? But the fridge in on the end closest to the island bench... and the WIP is closest to the back bench... there's no room. So it's either a tower.... or no steam oven. Or infringe on the bar ..... but where will the Vodka live? Where? I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 14Oct 30, 2008 9:14 pm Hi Jo
I know you didnt want us to look at the bar area but I really think the steam oven should go there What is that appliance there already?...that is where I would put it. I also agree with Rachael that ideally it should go where the wood cupboards are...nicely integrated but if there is no room then scrap that idea. I just think you are cutting out a really nice visual space by putting a tower there...to me it will make the back part of the kitchen look a bit squashed. Fantastic kitchen and house Jo... Mrs B Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 15Oct 31, 2008 9:35 am Mrs B Hi Jo I know you didnt want us to look at the bar area but I really think the steam oven should go there What is that appliance there already?...that is where I would put it. I also agree with Rachael that ideally it should go where the wood cupboards are...nicely integrated but if there is no room then scrap that idea. I just think you are cutting out a really nice visual space by putting a tower there...to me it will make the back part of the kitchen look a bit squashed. Fantastic kitchen and house Jo... Mrs B The appliance in the bar area is a coffee machine. I thought about putting the steam oven and combi oven there but I could immediately see two problems. 1. Ergonomically it would just be bad design. It would split the cooking zone into two seperate areas rather than keeping the appliances together. It would then be a long way to the sink from two ovens. I just don't like that idea. 2. Putting the ovens there raises a couple of safety issues. The gap between the kitchen proper and what will be the bar area leads to the bedrooms, toilet and bathroom. Imagine removing a hot pot of vegies and transporting to the sink area and DS heads back out from the toilet and we don't see each other....... That was one of our reasons for making it a bar.... rather than an extended kitchen area. I think a bar or "cafe" as it is in the dispolay is the best use for it for the safety reason. Perhaps I'm overthinking this..... but I'm trying to use ergonomic design guidelines in intergrating the tower.... without having to redesign the whole kitchen and...$$$$. Jo I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 16Oct 31, 2008 2:46 pm Hey Joles have you considered not getting the inbuilt steam oven and maybe getting a steam convection oven that could sit like a microwave under your bench...possibly next to a 600 or 900 oven. I tink it also doubles as a microwave.
This is the one they use on ready steady cook....supposedly very good. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then you don't really have to change your kitchen much at all. Just a thought. Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 17Oct 31, 2008 2:53 pm I just bought an oven, cooktop, steam oven, convection microwave, rangehood and warming drawer.
I'm gonna need a tower. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 18Oct 31, 2008 3:04 pm Yep sounds like there is no alternative than a tower. ......You are organised.
So in most kitchen design layouts they talk about the triangle of work. The Work bench(no not the one with sheets ) The Fridge/Pantry The Oven/cooktop If you keep these things in mind I would put your tower looking at your bench on the left. This would also balance the otherside where the coffee machine is. So you would have a tower either side of the opening. 1 side for cooking and 1 side for drinking. Either way Joles you have plenty of benchspace and cupboard space. Oh and of course space for drinking.....or did I already mention that. Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 19Oct 31, 2008 3:16 pm No.... I think I'm going to put it on the right.... next ot the wall... and extend that dark wall colour around the corner. The pantry doors will become a single door and the fridge won't be integrated...... I think it will work. The triangle will work... but the 5 spaces will also work and be confined to single areas......
The coffee area will have a bench. With the tower coming off the wall of cupboards..... the bench then extends as it does now through to the new area.... I think if the tower is on the left it would break this up visually even more.... d@n will need to photoshop this I think. 5 areas.... Storage (food) Storage (other) Cooking Preparation Cleaning Jo I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Jo's kitchen....all appliances will fit in the big wall!! 20Oct 31, 2008 3:23 pm I think I followed you but I will be more up to speed if Dan can work his magic. Sound like you have it sussed though. Hello everyone Please advice me how can I install mesh security window or we cab say mesh flyscreen inside while the pvc plantation shutters are already installed? Is… 0 11611 This is the current bathroom with a european laundry. Overall internal dimensions are 3.69 wide and 3.65m deep, including the footprint of the laundry. There is a toilet… 0 10352 Thanks for much mate. I see that you do cabinets before flooring. For timber flooring, for most parts it's fine because it's got base plates, and for door jabs you can… 7 11569 |