So, I'm currently attempting to plan a new kitchen with an island and would like a few thoughts on my ideas so far.
The room itself is 4.8m x 3.4m, so is a decent size and I would like to create a kitchen diner within that.
I'm a keen cook and want to have all the stuff that goes with that, big American style fridge, double oven, good hob etc. so have been having a play about with things to see how it would fit and having an island gives enough space to fit everything in, but I'm not sure of the practicalities of it.
The bit given over to being the actual kitchen rather than the dining area is 3.4m x 2.7m and in that I've got planned a U shape kitchen with the island in the middle as per the plan below.
With this I've gone for an island that's 100cm wide, by 120cm deep. Given that I'll lose 60cm depth from the work surfaces around the edge that leaves 60cm around each side of the island and a maximum of 90cm around the front. The front seems fine, but I'm not sure if 60cm around the sides is too little?
As per the plan I'd likely have the hob on the island. You can get decent 5 burner hobs that are around 70cm wide, so it would leave approx 15cm on each side of the hob and then the space at the back.
One of my concerns is that I'd want a bit more space around the hob itself, as I can image you'd be back and forth quite a bit to the main work surface chopping things up, then adding them to pans etc.
Does anyone have this sort of arrangement and if so, how do you find it?
I'll obviously speak to a proper kitchen designer in due course, but some opinions from people here would be appreciated too.
The room itself is 4.8m x 3.4m, so is a decent size and I would like to create a kitchen diner within that.
I'm a keen cook and want to have all the stuff that goes with that, big American style fridge, double oven, good hob etc. so have been having a play about with things to see how it would fit and having an island gives enough space to fit everything in, but I'm not sure of the practicalities of it.
The bit given over to being the actual kitchen rather than the dining area is 3.4m x 2.7m and in that I've got planned a U shape kitchen with the island in the middle as per the plan below.
With this I've gone for an island that's 100cm wide, by 120cm deep. Given that I'll lose 60cm depth from the work surfaces around the edge that leaves 60cm around each side of the island and a maximum of 90cm around the front. The front seems fine, but I'm not sure if 60cm around the sides is too little?
As per the plan I'd likely have the hob on the island. You can get decent 5 burner hobs that are around 70cm wide, so it would leave approx 15cm on each side of the hob and then the space at the back.
One of my concerns is that I'd want a bit more space around the hob itself, as I can image you'd be back and forth quite a bit to the main work surface chopping things up, then adding them to pans etc.
Does anyone have this sort of arrangement and if so, how do you find it?
I'll obviously speak to a proper kitchen designer in due course, but some opinions from people here would be appreciated too.