The last time you saw the kitchen at our third flip it looked like this:
But now it actually looks more like this!
That’s right my friends, that outdated kitchen is gone!!
Hopefully before too long that empty shell of a kitchen will look like this – but in 3D of course. :)
Here are the changes to the kitchen floor plan that we’re planning on making:
- Move the fridge and water line to the sink wall (it’s currently on the bottom wall that is blank on the floor plan sketch above).
- Move the door to the office/formal dining room down to make room for an L-shaped run of countertop.
- Get rid of the crazy vent hood, switch out the double oven and electric cooktop for a slide-in gas range, and move the whole shebang to that left-hand wall. Luckily there were already gas lines so it will be easy to switch from electric to gas!
- Make the island a more manageable size – we’re thinking 48 x 32.
- Nix the half bath off the kitchen (oh I can’t wait to hear the opinions on that one, ha!) and move that wall in about 2 feet to create a larger dining area. What remains of the bathroom will become extra space in the laundry room that will be a built-in pantry.
I think that’s it! I went through some really horrible floor plans before our contractor helped us come up with this option, and I’m really excited about it. I can’t wait to see how it turns out!
The new floor plan looks awesome! I think figuring out the kitchen was one of the most challenging but most enjoyable parts of our reno. I’m still a little baffled by that flow-blocking peninsula… what were they thinking?
Looks like fun!
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I know! And I totally agree – it’s hard to figure out the kitchen but once you do it’s SO gratifying!
Ahhhh! So exciting! I can’t wait to see more!
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it looks a hundred times better without that crazy vent hood :-)
Ha, seriously, what were they thinking?!? :)
I can’t wait to see the finished product. I always love a great big kitchen island. Everything will look amazing in the end, I am sure!
Jessie
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Sounds good to me! Since the house is a ranch, I think it’s smart to get rid of the half bath and add a pantry–now if you were getting rid of the only bathroom (half or otherwise) on the floor, I might feel otherwise haha :)
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Is there another bathroom on this floor? I hope so! I think your changes are going to be just awesome Liz! Yay!
Yep! It’s a single story ranch house, so there’s a jack ‘n jill bathroom that also serves guests right off the den, and then there’s the master bathroom. Hopefully that should cover everybody! :)
I am all for doing away with the hlaf bath – that was such a weird location for it anyway. Can’t wait for the next update!
It WAS weird! And we eventually realized that it would cost a lot more money to remodel the bath than it would to turn it into a pantry (duh) and I think people will appreciate the pantry more. Or at least we’ll see. :)
Oh my goodness, I CAN NOT WAIT to see how this develops. Fabulous-o!
This will be awesome! The layout is super nice and if you have enough bathrooms, I totally agree with nixxing it. If we had another one in our house, I’d be keeping it. I hate only having the upstairs bath for now.
Can’t wait to see this come together. And, I’m painfully aware of how fast this is going. =) But it’s all love.
We didn’t have a bathroom on the main level of our townhouse and it did drive me a little batty. I can see why they did it in amazing 100 year old houses like yours, but our townhouse was built in 2007! Craziness.