Climbee
2019-10-29 12:46:22
- #1
Nordlys, for you. If I had children, I would see it differently, but the discussion is pointless.
I’m no scrawny hipster, but we have a distance of a good 120cm between our kitchen units and even on one side there are deep drawers, and my husband, who is also no lanky twig, can easily get past me when I’m working there and vice versa.
The small partition wall is hip, but whether you want that in the long run, I’m not so sure and with Nordlys I almost agree again. The wiring is actually the least problem.
And I also agree with Nordlys that with the window arrangement in Würfel’s plan you really have too little wall. I think I have already pointed out that I would combine the two windows on the east side into one larger one.
Again about windows: we also struggled a lot about whether we wanted a window on the peninsula. In terms of light, we would have liked that, especially because we would have had the window on the left – optimal light utilization for right-handers. However, from the outside it looked so ridiculous, a window next to the patio door, that we gave up on it. Otherwise, we have the windows like here: patio door between the kitchen units and a large sliding window next to the dining area. And experience shows: it’s still bright. So I would leave out the window on the peninsula. Then you have a nice spot to hang, for example, with magnetic paint, a place for all important family messages, the shopping list, the children’s schedules, etc.
I’ll attach a few pictures of our (still not quite finished) kitchen (the pictures are older, but you can see that the island still gets enough light despite the missing window), so you can see that the window on the island really isn’t necessary (and it definitely does the south facade a favor). And to give an idea of how wide a passage between kitchen units with a good 120cm (I estimate we have about 125 - 127cm) is.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES plan a sliding door between the kitchen units but rather a normal patio door (if it’s more than 120 or 130 cm, better to have part fixed glass – you’d stand on that anyway – and a classic patio door). With a sliding door, as drawn here, you only have half the width as a passage. That would be too tight for me. We have a patio door with 120 cm and I can get through without any difficulties even with a wide tray.
I’m no scrawny hipster, but we have a distance of a good 120cm between our kitchen units and even on one side there are deep drawers, and my husband, who is also no lanky twig, can easily get past me when I’m working there and vice versa.
The small partition wall is hip, but whether you want that in the long run, I’m not so sure and with Nordlys I almost agree again. The wiring is actually the least problem.
And I also agree with Nordlys that with the window arrangement in Würfel’s plan you really have too little wall. I think I have already pointed out that I would combine the two windows on the east side into one larger one.
Again about windows: we also struggled a lot about whether we wanted a window on the peninsula. In terms of light, we would have liked that, especially because we would have had the window on the left – optimal light utilization for right-handers. However, from the outside it looked so ridiculous, a window next to the patio door, that we gave up on it. Otherwise, we have the windows like here: patio door between the kitchen units and a large sliding window next to the dining area. And experience shows: it’s still bright. So I would leave out the window on the peninsula. Then you have a nice spot to hang, for example, with magnetic paint, a place for all important family messages, the shopping list, the children’s schedules, etc.
I’ll attach a few pictures of our (still not quite finished) kitchen (the pictures are older, but you can see that the island still gets enough light despite the missing window), so you can see that the window on the island really isn’t necessary (and it definitely does the south facade a favor). And to give an idea of how wide a passage between kitchen units with a good 120cm (I estimate we have about 125 - 127cm) is.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES plan a sliding door between the kitchen units but rather a normal patio door (if it’s more than 120 or 130 cm, better to have part fixed glass – you’d stand on that anyway – and a classic patio door). With a sliding door, as drawn here, you only have half the width as a passage. That would be too tight for me. We have a patio door with 120 cm and I can get through without any difficulties even with a wide tray.