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Posted by on November 6, 2006, 8:52 pm
Check out gardenweb here http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/kitchbath/
I also started a new site here, am hoping to get a few people to stop
by http://kitchenobsessed.com/
Good luck
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> >SGreenw...@juno.com wrote:
> >> Hello,
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> >> We have a relatively small galleykitchenin a traditional-styple
> >> house. We are trying to get ideas on renovating it without increasing
> >> its footprint.
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> >> Of course, mostkitchenrenovation websites/books discuss larger (and
> >> more expensive/extravagant rooms).
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> >> Does anyone have ideas about where to find information about
> >> renovating smaller areas?
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> >> Thank you,
> >> Steve
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> >I'd just add that you should keep your galley a true galley and resist
> >the urge to put in corners. If you lack space, you cannot afford the
> >dead spaces that corners create.But nowdays there are cabinets with pull-out
shelves (or, I have a corner unit
> with pull-out shelves, and pull-over shelving into the space that can be
> reached with the pull-out shelves out). Granted, I use this space to store
> less-used items. But that space isn't necessarily wasted.
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> >Over-the-range microwave hoods can save space as well. Yes. Pretty
standard, actually.
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> >Big, deep
> >drawers that extend out fully give you more storage space, and avoid
> >the two step dance of opening lower doors and then pulling out a shelf.
> > And for a little more space, extend cabinets to the ceiling (if your
> >ceiling isn't too wavy or uneven.I recently had my small
galleykitchenremodelled, extending the cabinet trim to
> the ceiling made a swoop in it a bit too obvious. Something to consider.
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> Other hints - get a side by side refrigerator - opening the fridge door in a
> galleykitchenforms quite a block. Even with my side by side, with my 14 year
> old parked in front of it with the doors open half the time, it might as well
be
> a wall ;-) Glad I didn't get a full door. It may be worthwhile to invest
the
> $$$ and tolerate the smaller cu. ft. of a cabinet-depth fridge - sometimes I
> wish I had. What I have visually extends a bit too much into the floorspace
> past the cabinets, too.
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> See if the same flooring can be extended out of the galley, like into a dining
> or family room area, to make the small galley look like less of a small space
> (some continuity).
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> With that kind of layout there was a pretty clear tradeoff between sink size
and
> configuration and countertop space. I went for a single D-sink, the D-curve
> gives more sink front to back while allowing the faucet to be installed in a
> "corner" for a standard depth counter and cabinet. With more space, I would
> have certainly gone for a double sink, but with the dishwasher I dont' miss it
> as much as I thought. Having more counter space between it and the stove
> definately was the right choice, I would have had to cut into that for more
> sink.
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> I got a great floorplan from thekitchenspeciality outfit that provided my
> cabinets. Went through a wall, not to extend thekitchen, but to open up to
> the pretty family room. Overall a great result. Very efficient and pretty
too.
> You don't have to go growing yourkitchenjust because the home TV shows are
> pushing it.
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> Cheers,
> Banty- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -
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