Kitchen Plans

Ok, I think this goes in this area of the void because it is all hand drawn...

Anyway, I've got an assignment where I have to draw up some Kitchen Plans. Gotta make more images, but I thought I'd just show of one of them.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...gs/Kitchen.png

is this for a home, or a resturant? because if that is a commercial oven for a resturant it will need room to vent, you probly don't want to put it directly next to a refridgerator, ovens get hot, fridges are supposed to stay cold. Might want to put oven on opposite end of kitchen, or just a little further away, near a food prep area. Looks like a good blueprint tho nice job.

It for a Home. Actually it's My Kitchen. :p

Our current Oven is in the same position. Problem is that I can only move it up, closer to the top wall (due to size restrictions and accessibility). The next problem with that is that this then clashes with the dishwasher and that corner unit. You can only access one of these three things at any one point. So if I have a Fry pan or baking tray I need to get out, then I have to make sure that the Dishwasher and the oven are closed.

Just means I am double handling things when I move them around.

EDIT: I can't move the Dishwasher to the left because it will clash with the sink :confused:

Who has an oven right next to their fridge?

Someone with a stupidly cramped kitchen. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Splinter.

Who has an oven right next to their fridge?

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i do :mad:

and nice blueprints nutter ;)

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Originally Posted by Splinter.

Who has an oven right next to their fridge?

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Me, and my kitchen is massive. There's about half a foot of counter between the fridge-freezer's unit and the oven's though.

It's usually not a good idea to have two cabinets in a corner, especially when they open into each other, like what you have here:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/830/25562397.jpg
Try putting in a double-tiered lazy susan to maximize that space.

heyyyyyyy yours and mine handwriting match!! how come! the numbers are same too!

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Originally Posted by Tavro

It's usually not a good idea to have two cabinets in a corner, especially when they open into each other, like what you have here:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/830/25562397.jpg
Try putting in a double-tiered lazy susan to maximize that space.

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Nah man. I got this cool contraption that's going in there. Basically one part pulls out of the cupboard and the second section in the corner slides to the door opening. :D

No more reaching into the corner, the corner comes to you. ;)

Something like this: Blind Corner Swingout

Buu: That isn't my normal hand writing. :p

You did a good job on drawing the plans out, and how you labeled everything, there are just some things that should be considered when doing kitchens.

Work space triangle. The most common thing to do in kitchens is to form a triangle between the fridge, range and work surface. That way you can maximize productivity without having 2 things get in the way, it also helps when multiple people are working in it, space permitted.

Fridges should be placed in such a way that no needed space is above it. If you want, a cupboard for things that are rarely used is good, but nothing too common, like a microwave, those should be in a stand alone area, or integrated into the hood fan. That way all your hot food prep can be done in 1 spot.

The pantry looks odd. It would probably been a better design similar to a closet with sliding doors, that way you aren't working with an odd corner, or built to use drawers.

With a sink right on the left of the center workspace limits the cabinets that can be used. The situation on the top left is almost unavoidable, the opposite side is better, but you might want to look at the new pull out corner drawers. The utilize the corner space, and have the same pull out design as a normal drawer.

For receptacle, they are well placed, 1 addition I would do is to add a receptacle to the right of the sink, either under the window if there is room, or directly to the right of it. This will just allow for more convenient prep with power units.

Hope this helps you out. Doing house plans are fun, and helping other people with them is just as fun.

PS: What type of lighting is in the kitchen? A standard sunshine ceiling with fluorescent bulbs? A nice way to make kitchens more attractive lighting wise is to add pot lights, in a kitchen like yours, 4 pivoting and 3 or 4 general would work well. The 4 pivoting placed above the counter aimed at an angle that way you don't have shadows while working, and the general ones over the main walking area.

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Originally Posted by Pet

You did a good job on drawing the plans out, and how you labeled everything, there are just some things that should be considered when doing kitchens.

Work space triangle. The most common thing to do in kitchens is to form a triangle between the fridge, range and work surface. That way you can maximize productivity without having 2 things get in the way, it also helps when multiple people are working in it, space permitted.

Fridges should be placed in such a way that no needed space is above it. If you want, a cupboard for things that are rarely used is good, but nothing too common, like a microwave, those should be in a stand alone area, or integrated into the hood fan. That way all your hot food prep can be done in 1 spot.

The pantry looks odd. It would probably been a better design similar to a closet with sliding doors, that way you aren't working with an odd corner, or built to use drawers.

With a sink right on the left of the center workspace limits the cabinets that can be used. The situation on the top left is almost unavoidable, the opposite side is better, but you might want to look at the new pull out corner drawers. The utilize the corner space, and have the same pull out design as a normal drawer.

For receptacle, they are well placed, 1 addition I would do is to add a receptacle to the right of the sink, either under the window if there is room, or directly to the right of it. This will just allow for more convenient prep with power units.

Hope this helps you out. Doing house plans are fun, and helping other people with them is just as fun.

PS: What type of lighting is in the kitchen? A standard sunshine ceiling with fluorescent bulbs? A nice way to make kitchens more attractive lighting wise is to add pot lights, in a kitchen like yours, 4 pivoting and 3 or 4 general would work well. The 4 pivoting placed above the counter aimed at an angle that way you don't have shadows while working, and the general ones over the main walking area.

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Thanks for the Feedback. That's great.

I forgot about the light positions, so I will place them in. At the moment, we have 2 down lights and a Fluro. The down lights are above the bench on the left and the sink. The Fluro is crap and we have been meaning to remove it sometime.

Adding in another Power point is also no problem. You can never have enough of them around the place. :p I just have to watch how close it is to the sink. There are a heap of regulations on distances between electrical and water outlets.

The far left of the plans is the Eatery area, so I wanted to keep all the cupboards opening inside the kitchen area. I mentioned the same Idea you had with the new Pull out corner. Only saw it a few weeks ago, but it's a great idea! I forgot to mention that the corner cupboard on the top left is also a "push to open" cupboard. So there are no handles and it will look like a solid enclosed unit.

I'm increasing the size of the Pantry from the original. I'm adding the angular bit to give us some more space. It's not really that big at the moment and fills up so easily. If I had it my way, I would have it along the bottom wall, but that is a supporting wall and removing it will cause structural problems. So it's a kinda compromise.

Our Fridge is 1400mm (55 inches) tall. So it'll give a 1 metre space above it. The plans don't show it really well, but there is a Microwave and cupboard above it. I'll show this on the front elevation.

Thanks for the info. Nice to see what others do think of. It's just a bit hard because I am restricted to the House structure, money restraints and available space. :(

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Adding in another Power point is also no problem. You can never have enough of them around the place. :p I just have to watch how close it is to the sink. There are a heap of regulations on distances between electrical and water outlets.

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If the code is anything like up in BC, you need a minimum of 30 inches from the water source, and any outlet within 5 feet, I think it was, needs to be a GFCI protected receptacle.

PS: This should probably be in the design section, since it is a kitchen design. :P