LARGE kitchens......

[mrvette]

I mean HUGE....like anything over 16x16'......lets say you have to run the 1/4 mile to fix a sammitch.....

how many of you have a kitchen that size or larger??

how large is the 'work triangle'......you know, fridge to stove to sink.....


just curious about the average these days, as I used to remodel kitchens on a regular basis....

:waiting:

[Yamma]

17'x13' - here's a really outdated pic from when I painted it about 4 years ago.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/zr2gal/IMG_5403Small.jpg

[mrvette]

17'x13' - here's a really outdated pic from when I painted it about 4 years ago.


I C fiddle back chairs like my mommy had.....25 years ago.....

jeez.....


nice size kitchen, does it flow into some sort of entertainment/sitting area?? or is it all center hall colonial isolated???

:confused5:

[...Whitepower...]

It's pretty large.. Don't know the square footage. My wife probably does as it was her project.

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp346/MarkAlexander08/kitchen/100_0473-1.jpg

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp346/MarkAlexander08/kitchen/100_0489.jpg

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp346/MarkAlexander08/kitchen/100_0468.jpg

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp346/MarkAlexander08/kitchen/100_0466.jpg

It was a complete gut and remodel two years back.

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp346/MarkAlexander08/kitchen/100_0336.jpg

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp346/MarkAlexander08/kitchen/100_0325.jpg

[MrPeabody]

No pics or even exact measurements, but my last house had a ridiculously large kitchen. I would estimate it to be around 20X12. It was larger than the living room. It was a galley style with about eight feet or so separating the two counter lengths. No island. There was around 18' of linear counter space. It was a custom built vacation home that belonged to a contractor. It was only a 1200 sq ft house with no internal load bearing walls, so it looks like the wife wanted a big kitchen and got what she wanted.

You almost needed roller skates to get aroung the room.. Big downside was that it was a lot of work keeping it clean and tidy. Shit will always expand to fill the available space. The upside was when the wife did a lot of canning and baking the space was handy and well utilized.

[justlookin]

:seasix: Looks nice.

It's pretty large.. Don't know the square footage. My wife probably does as it was her project.

[Rob]

I C fiddle back chairs like my mommy had.....25 years ago.....

jeez.....


nice size kitchen, does it flow into some sort of entertainment/sitting area?? or is it all center hall colonial isolated???

:confused5:


There is a 1/2 wall in between the kitchen and the living room - which is about the same size or maybe a bit larger than the kitchen :seasix:

[FasterTraffic]

I think all the floor space in our kitchen is a 5' x 5' square.

[simpleman68]

14' X 21' with a large center island and knee wall between the kitch and living room with a 2 story ceiling.

It's nice for when company comes over because most folks wind up in the kitchen and the overflow rolls into the living room.
Scott

[VatorMan]

We went from this.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/frontwalk/DSCN1346.jpg

To this.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/House%20Pics/DSCN1779.jpg

The only thing I would change is the fridge behind the stove. It's the one thing everyone needs access to while you cook.

[mrvette]

The only thing I would change is the fridge behind the stove. It's the one thing everyone needs access to while you cook.

Interesting similarity to our kitchen now....and with the same comment....

from my range to fridge is 4' from counter to counter is 57" our d/w is next to the fridge, another clumsy move....but no choice oh well, purses and ears.....

:rofl:

[lspencer534]

So far, as guess I have all of you "beat". My kitchen is 26' x 25' and includes a banquette that can seat 8. The "work triangle" is 6' x 6' x 4' (6' from cooktop to oven, 6' from cooktop to sink, 4' from cooktop to fridge. The dishwasher is right beside the sink, so add another 2' for it.

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/lspencer534/kitchen001_zps072fe6e1.jpg

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/lspencer534/kitchen002_zpsa154b13d.jpg

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/lspencer534/kitchen003_zps0ca1b481.jpg

BTW, I did all the work myself.

[mrvette]

Spence, you serious??? you did not MAKE the cabinets, I assume....but you did the install?? island range hood too??

electrical, plumbing, what about counter tops, etc....

at any rate, that is a GREAT looking setup....how in hell you get wifey poo to make din din for a week during the install???

or did you do like I did and bribe her with pizza and fast food and a din din out????

:rofl::dance::seasix:

[lspencer534]

Spence, you serious??? you did not MAKE the cabinets, I assume....but you did the install?? island range hood too??

electrical, plumbing, what about counter tops, etc....

at any rate, that is a GREAT looking setup....how in hell you get wifey poo to make din din for a week during the install???

or did you do like I did and bribe her with pizza and fast food and a din din out????

:rofl::dance::seasix:

I had the cabinet doors professionally made, but I made the cabinet housings and installed the doors. I made the cooktop hood and installed it. It was heavy! I did not install the counter tops, but I had to be there with them to assure that they left me with enough room under the bullnose moulding to fit the drawers--there's only a 1/8" space between the tile and the drawers.

The kitchen was designed by me, and all appliances, electrical, and plumbing work was installed/done by me. I think people approach remodeling wrong: they pay people to do the hard (and expensive) work, like cabinets, crown moulding, electrical, etc., and they do the mindless work like sheetorck floating.

Hell, no! Pay someone to float sheetrock, and do the expensive work yourself! My house is roughly 6,000 s.f. I took it down the the bare studs and replaced everything with the best stuff, from wiring, fancy moulding, beams in the vaulted den, partitioning off too-big rooms, etc. Cost: About $75K, because I did the hard stuff.

Granted, it took me almost two years, but it's done right, and at a reasonable price. The house went from very rustic to very formal. The house is a pleasure to work on because it was built by a short little guy with a big ego and lots of money. The slab is 12" thick, and it's framed entirely in cedar. Minimum 9' ceilings throughout. Walls are plumb!

[VatorMan]

We moved our kitchen out to the garage.:lol:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/frontwalk/DSCN1361.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/frontwalk/DSCN1364.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/frontwalk/DSCN1362.jpg

[FasterTraffic]

My house is roughly 6,000 s.f...

My property dimensions aren't even that big. :Jeff '79::lolsmile:

[...Whitepower...]

We had a table top microwave and did a whole lot of grilling..lol

We did our fair share of takeout chinese and pizza too?

[mrvette]

I had the cabinet doors professionally made, but I made the cabinet housings and installed the doors. I made the cooktop hood and installed it. It was heavy! I did not install the counter tops, but I had to be there with them to assure that they left me with enough room under the bullnose moulding to fit the drawers--there's only a 1/8" space between the tile and the drawers.

The kitchen was designed by me, and all appliances, electrical, and plumbing work was installed/done by me. I think people approach remodeling wrong: they pay people to do the hard (and expensive) work, like cabinets, crown moulding, electrical, etc., and they do the mindless work like sheetorck floating.

Hell, no! Pay someone to float sheetrock, and do the expensive work yourself! My house is roughly 6,000 s.f. I took it down the the bare studs and replaced everything with the best stuff, from wiring, fancy moulding, beams in the vaulted den, partitioning off too-big rooms, etc. Cost: About $75K, because I did the hard stuff.

Granted, it took me almost two years, but it's done right, and at a reasonable price. The house went from very rustic to very formal. The house is a pleasure to work on because it was built by a short little guy with a big ego and lots of money. The slab is 12" thick, and it's framed entirely in cedar. Minimum 9' ceilings throughout. Walls are plumb!

:seasix: SO many similarities.....I made the boxes and the P-lam counter tops, did the tile floor, over slab, and moved the bearing wall over the slab to the gasoline ledge to the garage....moved the HVAC, WH, and clothes washer/dryer so we have all this crap in the kitchen now, behind a hutch double doors.....built a floor/ceiling pantry about 4' wide 4 doors, we ordered our doors over the net also....solid raised panel maple....

took us about 2 months, and Linda gets a gold star and a atta gal for hanging in there, little granny critter did all the planning and style stuffs, I just a grunt....more dust than you can imagine, our house is only 1600' and any more than that would just accumulate JUNK....but us olde phardts have nothing else to do.......

went up on the old work shop/shed roof and tore off all the leaky vinyl corrugated white crap, and replaced with some metal roofing a neighbor was tossing from his kid's playhouse.....

scorched my knees in the FLORIDA SUN on that hot metal, never felt a damn thing thorough the dungarees....

oh well.....


YOU did a GREAT JOB there man....just striking the very similar approach to the project......


:seasix::hurray::lol:

[lspencer534]

:seasix: SO many similarities.....I made the boxes and the P-lam counter tops, did the tile floor, over slab, and moved the bearing wall over the slab to the gasoline ledge to the garage....moved the HVAC, WH, and clothes washer/dryer so we have all this crap in the kitchen now, behind a hutch double doors.....built a floor/ceiling pantry about 4' wide 4 doors, we ordered our doors over the net also....solid raised panel maple....

took us about 2 months, and Linda gets a gold star and a atta gal for hanging in there, little granny critter did all the planning and style stuffs, I just a grunt....more dust than you can imagine, our house is only 1600' and any more than that would just accumulate JUNK....but us olde phardts have nothing else to do.......

went up on the old work shop/shed roof and tore off all the leaky vinyl corrugated white crap, and replaced with some metal roofing a neighbor was tossing from his kid's playhouse.....

scorched my knees in the FLORIDA SUN on that hot metal, never felt a damn thing thorough the dungarees....

oh well.....


YOU did a GREAT JOB there man....just striking the very similar approach to the project......


:seasix::hurray::lol:

Very similar! I moved some wall, too; the computer desk area in the kitchen was enlarged from 4' wide to 5' wide. The tub is now where the shower was in the master bath, and the sink was re-located to another wall. A back-to-back hall closet and a master bath closet were made into a walk-in closet for the bath.

The den used to be a too-huge room about 40' x 40; it's now and "inner" and an "outer" den of about 20' x 40' each. Plantation shutters in every room, expensive and a pain to hang correctly, but worth it.

Although I'm proud of my work (and my money savings), I would never tackle such a large project again! Too olde, too "tard". too lazy now. Thanks for your compliments! :cert:

[mrvette]

Very similar! I moved some wall, too; the computer desk area in the kitchen was enlarged from 4' wide to 5' wide. The tub is now where the shower was in the master bath, and the sink was re-located to another wall. A back-to-back hall closet and a master bath closet were made into a walk-in closet for the bath.

The den used to be a too-huge room about 40' x 40; it's now and "inner" and an "outer" den of about 20' x 40' each. Plantation shutters in every room, expensive and a pain to hang correctly, but worth it.

Although I'm proud of my work (and my money savings), I would never tackle such a large project again! Too olde, too "tard". too lazy now. Thanks for your compliments! :cert:

Christ, it all sound SO similar, but we did a much smaller house...

tore out the hall bath, put in a 42x72" whirlpool hot tub, changed the whole thing around, knocked out a useless 18" door to some framed in linen closet, and built in a cabinet to the bath....previous owner knocked out a FORTH bedroom and moved the kitchen into a useless dining room , but the design was totally screwed, so Linda and I went to work and so we got it DONE!!! She is the creative one, I just do what she sez, and we stay happy happy happy......too much complicated shit to understand over just words....one mistake I regret is not doing the back room addition slab 8" lower than the house slab...more grade to the roof overhead....
thought about it, but one foot drop over 14' is NOT enough drop....oh well, it's metal now, and dry, just with the tie in was good...

:seasix::shots::dance:

[RonC5]

Our kitchen is around 16 x 20 including the eat in area. 48 x 48 island.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/RonC5/DSC_0838_zps2d812cf0.jpg

[mrvette]

Our kitchen is around 16 x 20 including the eat in area. 48 x 48 island.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/RonC5/DSC_0838_zps2d812cf0.jpg

:seasix::hurray: shoot man, I would set up a BED and sleep/eat there, and not have to walk far.....


:rofl:

[Dave]

Thinking about putting in something like this
http://www.earthstoneovens.com/media/images/gallery/gall_res_07.jpg

Current kitchen ia 13x15 and is WAY too small