I took a little bit little bit of time yesterday morning to mess around with a kitchen format on the IKEA kitchen planner primarily based on the brand new thought of transferring our kitchen to the breakfast room space. When you missed that plan, you possibly can return one submit and browse concerning the decision-making course of and why I’ve chosen to do issues that manner.
However should you don’t need the entire explanations and also you simply wish to see the ground plan, that is it…
In order you possibly can see, the brand new kitchen will likely be within the area that’s now the breakfast room and pantry. It is going to be open to the eating room with an enormous cased opening. That large cased opening is already there, however proper now it’s between the kitchen and the breakfast room with a peninsula separating the 2 rooms. Presently, it seems to be like this…
The plan is to maneuver the kitchen sink to the entrance window wall of the breakfast room/sitting room and shut up the door from the breakfast room to my studio. After which this wall that separates the sitting room from the pantry will likely be eliminated. I constructed that wall myself, and it’s nothing however 2×4’s and drywall. There’s nothing structural about that wall (i.e., it’s not load-bearing), and there’s nothing within the wall like electrical or water. So taking that out will likely be simple peasy.
My mother and I each laughed about the truth that eradicating that wall principally takes me proper again to how this room was initially once we purchased this home. It was only one large, open room with two home windows on the again wall. And there was a door on the left, which I closed up, and which will likely be added again in for the brand new design. 😀
I do know that the thought of undoing and redoing issues actually bothers some individuals, however I’m the house owner, and I’m not bothered within the least by this. These rooms have served us very nicely whereas we had them. Matt’s sitting room has been superb for him to have, and I’ve gotten a ton of use out of the pantry. However I’m okay with transferring on to a extra environment friendly association that can serve us even higher. These rooms have been enjoyable to work on, nice to stay in, and the following ones will likely be, too.
Anyway, with all of that mentioned, I wished to mess around with the IKEA kitchen planner simply to get an thought of what a kitchen may appear to be on this space. And keep in mind that the studio rest room will likely be changed into a walk-through pantry, so that can give me extra cupboard space. However for now, I simply wished to concentrate on this room, which is 21 toes lengthy and 12′ 3″ extensive.
I didn’t take the time but to decided the precise association of drawers and issues like that. For now, I simply used cupboards with all drawers for the lowers, and I didn’t think about which gadgets I might retailer the place. So a few of these cupboards will definitely be swapped out for different kinds of cupboards. However I simply wished to get a normal really feel for what a kitchen would appear to be in that room, and right here’s what I got here up with as a leaping off level.
Beginning on the entrance wall, I put the sink centered on the home windows. I selected to place the sink right here as an alternative of the again wall of this room as a result of the again wall has the sloped ceiling. The ceiling within the present pantry slopes from eight toes to seven toes on the again wall. I’m certain that may very well be modified, however I don’t know that it could be value the price. And I don’t actually care if my sink seems to be out to the entrance yard or the again yard, simply as long as the sink is below home windows. That’s my solely requirement. It’s what I’ve envisioned ever since I began speaking about and planning a brand new kitchen, so it’s a non-negotiable merchandise.
So right here’s the sink below the entrance home windows with the cased opening into the eating room (i.e., the present kitchen) to the suitable.
The “digicam” view of this display shot makes the proportions look manner off, however that is the 21-foot wall. The present doorway from the breakfast room into my studio is about the place these cupboards are between the fridge and vary. So that might be closed up and a doorway could be added in the direction of the again of the room (to the left of the fridge) that goes into what’s now the studio rest room, however will likely be a walk-through pantry that results in the again doorways of the studio. Once more, strive to not be confused by this angle. The view seems to be actually stretched out from the foreground to the fridge wall. That distance from foreground to the fridge/vary wall is absolutely solely 12′ 3″ extensive, whereas the precise fridge/vary wall is 21 toes lengthy. I don’t know why the attitude and proportions look so distorted.
And right here’s a have a look at the again nook with the doorway to the walk-through pantry and a portion of the again wall. Once more, the again wall of the kitchen is the place the present pantry. I simply put wall-to-wall decrease cupboards and as many higher cupboards as I might match on that wall.
Right here’s a straight-on view of the again wall the place the present pantry is. The smaller cased opening on the left goes to the brand new household room, which makes this again wall of countertop an ideal place for buffet-style serving when we’ve individuals over.
After which that is the wall with the massive cased opening to the eating room on the left and the smaller cased opening to the household room on the suitable.
In order that’s a enjoyable first look of what a kitchen may appear to be in that area. I’m taking part in round with the thought of including an island, however I haven’t settled on that but. In reality, none of that is set in stone. This was only a enjoyable train to get the ball rolling and to assist me begin envisioning this room as a kitchen, and to think about the probabilities.
There are nonetheless a lot of inquiries to reply, comparable to:
- I’d like a beverage fridge and a small 15-inch built-in nugget ice machine, so the place can these gadgets go?
- Will I hold my stand-alone freezer? And in that case, the place will it go? Is there sufficient room within the walk-through pantry? (I believe there’s.)
- Is the price affordable to boost the roof on the again facet of the room in order that the complete room has an eight-foot ceiling with no slope on the again?
- If it doesn’t break the financial institution to boost the roof on the again facet, am I actually as detached as I believe I’m to which finish my kitchen sink goes on? (I genuinely don’t know the reply to this query.)
- If I add an island, how large wouldn’t it be? If the vary is centered in on the massive cased opening (which my mind tells me it must be as a result of…symmetry), then there’s no option to have an island centered with the vary. Does the vary actually have to be centered within the cased opening? Wouldn’t it drive me batty if it weren’t centered? And may an island be off middle with the centered vary and never drive me loopy? I don’t know that anybody can reply these questions besides me, but when I might see photos of off-center islands and see if it’s the equal to nails on a chalkboard for my symmetry-obsessed mind, that might assist immensely. So should you come throughout photos of kitchen with islands which can be off middle with the vary wall (and the place the vary wall is the point of interest of the kitchen), that might be so useful!
So I’ve these and doubtless many extra inquiries to reply earlier than something is about in stone. Nevertheless it certain is enjoyable to start out excited about, dreaming about, and planning this! And naturally, I’ll share each element of each step alongside the way in which. 😀
FYI, I had deliberate to share Half 2 of the chair reupholstery tutorial right this moment as a result of my mother and I labored till 8:00pm final night time and bought all however the trim, nailheads, and separate seat cushion completed. It seems to be SO GOOD, and I can’t wait so that you can see it!
I knew I had taken a lot of photos, so I believed it could be good to interrupt it down into two extra posts in order that I don’t overwhelm you with so many photos in a single submit, and we completed up final night time at a pure stopping level. However once I sat down at my laptop this morning and counted the photographs, I spotted I had taken seventy-one photos. 😀
I spotted instantly that there’s no manner I might type by way of seventy-one photos, edit them, submit them, and write a radical description of the method all earlier than 11:30am once I want to depart the home. (On Wednesdays, I’ve lunch with my mother and brother.) So I’ll submit Half 2 tomorrow exhibiting the majority of the upholstering course of, after which the ultimate submit on Friday exhibiting the method of trimming out the chair, making the cushion, and I’ll present you the completed chair. Y’all, it’s so attractive that I nearly hate to take a seat on it! 😀
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
