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Posted by SGreenwood@juno.com on October 29, 2006, 7:28 pm
Hello,
We have a relatively small galley kitchen in a traditional-styple
house. We are trying to get ideas on renovating it without increasing
its footprint.
Of course, most kitchen renovation websites/books discuss larger (and
more expensive/extravagant rooms).
Does anyone have ideas about where to find information about
renovating smaller areas?
Thank you,
Steve
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Posted by on October 29, 2006, 10:55 pm
I've been there, had two houses with fairly confined kitchens. Never
could figure out anything other than busting thru a wall and stealing
some space elsewhere. How long is the kitchen ? Ours was 8 feet long,
like a shotgun passage, really pointless.
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Posted by BiffNightly on October 30, 2006, 8:49 am
There is a free kitchen planner on IKEA's website. At least you can try
different things to see how they work.
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/rooms_ideas/kitchen/download1.html
> Hello,
>
> We have a relatively small galley kitchen in a traditional-styple
> house. We are trying to get ideas on renovating it without increasing
> its footprint.
>
> Of course, most kitchen renovation websites/books discuss larger (and
> more expensive/extravagant rooms).
>
> Does anyone have ideas about where to find information about
> renovating smaller areas?
>
> Thank you,
> Steve
>
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on October 30, 2006, 10:08 am
take dimensions to a big box like home depot they can show you
different plans. you can end up with nice kitchen
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on October 30, 2006, 10:29 pm
>>
>> We have a relatively small galley kitchen in a traditional-styple
>> house. We are trying to get ideas on renovating it without increasing
>> its footprint.
>>
>> Of course, most kitchen renovation websites/books discuss larger (and
>> more expensive/extravagant rooms).
My old house had a small galley type kitchen, but was efficient and had a
LOT of cabinet and counter space. It was a "U" shape and nothing was more
that a couple of steps away. My present kitchen is twice the size and has
half the counter space.
Anyone selling kitchen cabinets can offer some suggestions. They do this to
sell stuff so they do have some interest in helping you. Make a sketch of
your room, take down some dimension, a few photos may help, and off to the
store with it.
Big or small, you can apply some basics of efficient design to any kitchen.
You want a 24" cabinet between the refrigerator and stove. You want the
stove, fridge, sink, to be in a triangle for minimum distance. Think of the
normal work flow. Take food out of the fridge, wash and chop veggies, then
tot he stove to cook. Try to follow that line up when you can.
Wall cabinets with glass doors look very nice. The insides of most cabinets
do not look so nice on a normal day so use the normal ones and save a lot of
grief keeping up appearances.
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