Critique my kitchen layout

[V8OW]

I've recently moved in to a victorian terrace and I'm planning on knocking through what is currently the dining room and kitchen to create an open plan kitchen/diner (along with a downstairs WC and utility/laundry cupboard).

I've been playing around with some initial plans which I've shown below, but thought I'd see if there was anything obvious I might have missed, or anything that I could be doing better/differently? I've also put a mock up of the current layout for you to get an idea!

The peninsula at the end was an afterthought and might be ditched if it makes the room feel a bit cluttered, but I like the idea of extra surface space. Also there's a new window going in front of the sink, so it'll be centred which it isn't currently.

The new room is roughly 6700*3100 so not a huge space, but decent enough hopefully.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be much welcomed!

Edited by V8OW on Tuesday 28th September 19:18

[thebraketester]

31meters? I would say that’s quite big….

[V8OW]

Good spot.. unfortunately only 3100mm wide

[resolve10]

Looks good to me! One thing you might want to experiment with is moving the two tall cupboards (oven & f/freezer possibly?) from the r/h side of the hob to the l/h side. I can see you've probably done it that way to have the hob and sink opposite one another, but it will make the room feel more open if you don't have a tall cupboard on the end of the run, and grouping all the tall cupboards together always looks visually nicer to my eyes.

[V8OW]

resolve10 said:

Looks good to me! One thing you might want to experiment with is moving the two tall cupboards (oven & f/freezer possibly?) from the r/h side of the hob to the l/h side. I can see you've probably done it that way to have the hob and sink opposite one another, but it will make the room feel more open if you don't have a tall cupboard on the end of the run, and grouping all the tall cupboards together always looks visually nicer to my eyes.

Thanks - will have a play around!

I've realised the photos don't show up very well, but it's currently FF on the left, and double oven and a tall cupboard on the right at the moment.

[colin79666]

Might want to hang the tall cupboard door on the other side. Hinge on the left might be awkward and it puts the open door between you and the rest of the kitchen.

[carbonblack]

I can't add much besides also thinking that the tall cupboard may be better placed on the left hand side too.

Are you likely to use the peninsula? It might be nice to have people sat there but if it's likely not going to be used I'd be inclined to try a design without, move the FF and oven on the left hand side and possibly lengthen the worktop where the FF and oven was before to get some extra space.

The images look decent - what are you using to design this? Sketchup?

[V8OW]

carbonblack said:

I can't add much besides also thinking that the tall cupboard may be better placed on the left hand side too.

Are you likely to use the peninsula? It might be nice to have people sat there but if it's likely not going to be used I'd be inclined to try a design without, move the FF and oven on the left hand side and possibly lengthen the worktop where the FF and oven was before to get some extra space.

The images look decent - what are you using to design this? Sketchup?

Will play around with the cupboards. I stuck it on as an afterthought to get more storage, so yeah no reason it can't go the other side.

And unsure on the peninsula. Like the idea but guess it'll be a lot more open without it.

The images are from Ikea's kitchen planner. I was using DIYKitchens as that's where I'll likely buy from, but the renders weren't as good!

[Nurburgsingh]

Where will the bin go?

[andya7]

Other option is the 'galley' arrangement but with the use of large table (with fixed wall seating) as a kitchen island... can be moved in/out to suit, but still useable space with people seated.

(Ikea planner surprisingly easy to use)

Large fr/fzr top left, continuous run of worktop with sink/hob in (NOTE - I have no idea where your drainage is for sink), tall oven opposite fr/fzr, with larder units either side

I have only given it a '10min think', so with time the detail could be thought about.

[V8OW]

Thanks Andy, very helpful. Will have a play around with some ideas, but good to get an alternative option.

And in response to the earlier question - I'll factor in a pull out bin somewhere I think!

[Rob.]

Were all of those 3D plans created with the Ikea planner? They look great; I'll be doing my own kitchen early next year so could do with something like that for planning.

[aeropilot]

Nurburgsingh said:

Where will the bin go?

Indeed.

Or more to the point these days, where will the waste food caddy go, recyclable bin go plus the general waste bin go........;)

[V8OW]

aeropilot said:

Nurburgsingh said:

Where will the bin go?

Indeed.

Or more to the point these days, where will the waste food caddy go, recyclable bin go plus the general waste bin go........;)

Yep very good points. Will see how I can fit in a sliding bin somewhere, but also need to think about the food caddy!

Rob. said:

Were all of those 3D plans created with the Ikea planner? They look great; I'll be doing my own kitchen early next year so could do with something like that for planning.

Yep it's pretty good, although as it turns out nowhere near as impressive as Wren's kitchen designer visuals! (Had a consultation with them to see what alternative ideas they came up with).

[V8OW]

Had a few online consultations with Wren and Magnet to get some more inspiration and an idea of prices. Quite impressed with Wren's renders! I think I'll end up with a hybrid of the two options, but have some thinking to do.

[LargeRed]

why do Breakfast Bars always look 'into' the rest of the kitchen.

When I designed my kitchen, I deliberately made sure the Breakfast Bar looked out on to the garden.

[V8OW]

LargeRed said:

why do Breakfast Bars always look 'into' the rest of the kitchen.

When I designed my kitchen, I deliberately made sure the Breakfast Bar looked out on to the garden.

Good point, although in this case it's the only sensible place for it. Also this is a terraced house with a tiny garden, not there's not much of a view that I'd be missing out on!

[paralla]

I’m a big fan of not having overhead cupboards, it makes the space so much nicer to be in.

Even if it means having less stuff in the cupboards.