Been thinking about opening up the kitchen and adding in a breakfast bar type thingy. Here are some drawings. The options range from cheapest/easiest on the left to $$$ on the right. Also, in most of these the fridge and the oven can be interchanged, if that makes any difference. Option 3 would require either a downdraft range or one of those big hoods that hangs down from the ceiling.

Your thoughts please h:



sorry, the jpgs always come out kinda crappy... I thought I could attach pdfs, but I guess not.

 

option 3 ftw. Satisfies my kitchen triangle needs.

 

i like option two.. equilateral triangle and more counter space is by the range :goodjob: the extra work will be worth the extra kitchen space, imo

 

Option 3 has the better overall useage of space.

the counter on both sides of the stove is a plus, trust me as someone who likes to cook it is a big plus.

 

i'm not familiar with the kitchen triangle

 

that's why I went with it. The one thing I don't like about the current kitchen setup here is that there isn't enough prep space for when I cook. So everything is very close together and It's alot more difficult to just prep/cook.

 

It's some horseshit feng shui type crap that doesn't always equate to a workable kitchen.

I am starting the design plans for mine and I am simply going with what strikes me in the looks area and what works as a cook. You get into all these theories and sometimes you get college graduates designing living spaces that you can't live in because they haven't had to work in the spaces they have designed. I have worked in some kitchens designed by absolute idiots and it is the hardest thing to do effectivley.

My current kitchen setup is a pretty good example of what not to do...ever.

 

I change my vote to #3... I didnt even see it the first time around h:

the work triangle goes from the sink to the fridge to the range. ideally, it has an 18' perimeter, but can range from 12' for small apartment style kitchens to 40' for extremely large residential kitchens. it works best as an equilateral triangle if space permits.

 

3 would definitely look the coolest, but I shy away from it a because I'd have to spend a lot of money on a range/hood combo that would work in the open like that.

Really, the spendiest part of the project would be moving the back wall (like options 2 & 3). The water supply and drain for the washer is built into that wall.

 

Actually moving the water and drain lines are simple....baby simple really.

Hood really doesn't have to cost much and I have seen people make some very nice ones themselves out of both brass and aluminum. It's not as if it were going to be an industrial hood so a good fan, a set of screens and some handiwork to build it, then tap a hole in the side of your kitchen or up through the roof and you are done. I think technically you can vent it straight into the attic but I am not a fan of that idea at all.