Kitchen planning - Location of the kitchen island and the dining table

  • Erstellt am 2020-12-21 09:28:36

ypg

2020-12-21 10:58:49
  • #1
I do find an imbalance with the front door/patio door. There will never be a proper alignment for the dining table because there is an offset in it.
 

Bertram100

2020-12-21 11:01:38
  • #2
Overall, I would reconsider the kitchen planning. As it is now (in both variants), there is a high chance that you will mainly work towards the window at the counter because that is where the sink is, which is used more often than the cooktop. A sink on the island is therefore more practical and, in your case, also closer to the refrigerator. If the cooktop is on the island, then you need a proper (expensive) extractor hood and have to think about whether you want a bulky thing on the ceiling or how else it should be solved.

I am also in favor of Var 2 + Table 1. You work facing the room and the guests/impatient partner look from the table towards the kitchen. I find this the nicest, and the room allows it.

Regarding the passages: 90 cm is really wide enough. It is an open passage where you usually carry your load in your hands above the height of the island (plates, etc.). You could also make the "main passage" 100 cm and the "secondary passage" (usually by the wall) only 80 or so. That's totally sufficient for a secondary passage.

Such an island block requires discipline to regularly wipe everything down (you have to walk around it because your arms are too short) and to avoid accidentally creating a small clutter of stuff or an office. Horizontal surfaces attract stuff. This is a natural law for most people (unfortunately also for me).
 

ypg

2020-12-21 11:12:24
  • #3
But aside from that:
Practical would be the parallelism (at least in approach) of the two work surfaces, so rather Var. 2.

I have found that it is good if you don't necessarily cook directly AT the dining table. Guests also like to get up, move around, and position themselves "on the other side where they don’t disturb," so then between the window and the island. This variant (i.e., Var. 1) would also have the advantage that when there are no guests, you can look into the garden.

I think the cube variant from is great. It’s also something different... I am slowly getting tired of the long massive islands. And the bigger they are, the more impractical they become. By the way, also a plus for Var. 1 or cube... You wouldn’t always have to go around the island cabinet.

But no matter what: I would always make sure that the stove is not interrupted from a corner to the sink, but can be reached quickly.
 

hampshire

2020-12-21 11:44:10
  • #4
Do you cook alone or with several people? Is there often social cooking - one to two people in the kitchen, others at the table? How often do you bake? What are the most important routes in the kitchen? How is the view outside and what importance does it have for you when cooking? An L-shaped block that combines variants 1 and 2 is also conceivable. Variant 1 is more sociable, variant 2 is more practical.
 

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