Some drawings of a possible kitchen layout and two variations. Would be interested in any thoughts, suggestions, criticisms, ideas, etc.
Some dimensions: The room is 16' from the wall where the range is placed to the door that opens to rear deck, and 14" from the wall with the window to the wall which holds the door to the dining room. But I lose a corner to a 1/2 bath, which is labeled. The range shown is a 48". The refrigerator shown is 48" wide. The nearest distance between the peninsula and the counter where the dishwasher sits, is 42". The nearest distance between the peninsula and the counter where the range sits, is 66".
Some priorities: I cook a lot and we entertain a fair bit. Not much of a baker, ovens get used for roasting mostly, with the occasional cookie batch. We don't eat meals in the kitchen, or care to. The kids do their computer stuff in the kitchen, so that the family computer is where we can keep an eye on it. There is no separate "pantry" room, so whatever food storage we can squeeze into the kitchen is all there is going to be, short of descending to the basement freezer. However, there are built-ins in the dining rooms so we can get by without a ton of dish/glassware storage in the kitchen. I hate sharing my workspace w/ anyone, so if there's to be two people cooking there has to be two defined and separated workspaces. There is little to no flexibility to move walls.
Explanation of the drawing, and some issues I see already: The cabinets are brown and the walls orange. The appliances are in gray - range, refrigerator, dishwasher, vent hoods. I have forgotten about the microwave, and am unsure where it should go. Even bigger oversight, I have also failed to draw in a place for hanging pot storage, we have lots of pots including big awkward stuff - woks, paella pans, stockpots, etc. I wish there were more counter space; to make matters worse, we are kind of "clutter" people. There is a small second sink drawn in the peninsula, the water in the 1/2 bath is right on the other side of the wall. I didn't draw anything in the corner space between end of counter and rear door, but am thinking of a computer nook there; wife thinks the refrigerator should go there. As for style, no concrete ideas yet but sort of leaning toward a simple Mission-ish look, inset doors, oil finished wood, divided lights in the upper cabinet doors, black granite or soapstone counters, that kind of look.
Kitchen 1:
From above:
From different directions:
Variation A:
Wok range recessed in island, counter folds or slides away to access it, rest of time is an uninterrupted surface (no, I don't know how that could be done). Island vent hood, can't duct to roof because of upper floors, could hide horizontal duct in the 1/2 bath.
Variation B:
No wok range in island, but additional upper cabinets "float" over the island.
