Interesting (puzzling) structure on roof
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Hemmed in kitchen puzzle.
Comments (20)Looks like a jewel that you can improve with far less effort than any other buyer, because you understand what to do with a small space, what trade offs to make in order to keep some balance in your life and home. I mean, I trust you not to make it all one big kitchen on the ground floor. Lots of 24" appliances are out there, but almost never the subject of marketing campaigns so the average buyer isn't aware of them. These might all fit together fine. A 24" wall oven holds a lot! I have one. I'm amazed how much better it is than the 30" range it replaced. A 24" induction cooktop will be plenty fine. A single drawer DW, 16"h, can add to your space requirements by that much and no more. Call it ingenious or call it normal. It can work. You can shoehorn a new kitchen into that small space you have now, expanding from the inside and keeping the olde walls where they are. Even the lights can be small. LEDs. Fluorescent T2 and T4 are beautiful strips of light with a cross section the size of a sugar cube. You can have full-sized everything except freezer and fridge. Here is one area where you definitely do have to compromise or settle for less functionality in general. Most of the freezer and refrigeration appliances can go in the basement. That means you walk up and down the stairs a few times every week. In the kitchen, a 24"w or an undercounter drawer unit will just have to be the new norm, for you, and for that house. The fridge has to be small. Putting the cabinet run on the opposite wall means the narrow entranceway seen in picture #1 will have to be moved. If it's feasible, I would do it. At any rate, a 54" hallway is too large in a hemmed in space like this one. It's gotta be a galley, with one side a narrow counter and a run of pantry shelves under it, behind a fabric curtain. The low ceilinged eating area could become a more useful part of the kitchen. There is room for a couple stools or bar chairs, so you don't always have to go to stand, and to go to the other room to sit or to eat sitting. The stairs as is....See MoreHelp with tiny kitchen layout puzzle
Comments (75)I'm not a fan of the pass-through plan either. Your space is really challenging! I think the pass-through plan is taking sqft from the dining room (?), but you don't seem to be getting much improvement for the changes. I drew a few ideas trying to avoid structural changes, though you'd have to move plumbing. I used the 8'x8'7" size, which I think is the existing kitchen without moving into the dining room, so you could still do cabinets in the dining room for more storage. I'm not completely sure if these ideas work with the dimensions--can you give the measurements for the right of the window and left of the back door? (see blue and green lines below) Here's a galley kitchen similar to your pass-through plan. I prefer this option since the range isn't so close to the back door and no corner cabs. Re: range next to the wall, I drew it this way to give you more prep space next to the range and more separation from the door. NKBA recommends at least 12", but the induction range I'm planning to buy only requires 1" from the wall. You could definitely move the range farther out of the corner (and would be required to if you're getting a gas range), just I would want it farther from the door than it appears in your latest plan. For the sink wall, I would personally choose a smaller sink and refrigerator to gain more counterspace and storage, but you have room for full-size appliances. I'm assuming you can recess the fridge into the wall. I tried an option for an L with a corner sink. I suspect there isn't enough room for the range here without affecting the window, but wanted to share it in case you're open to a 24" range or moving the window. Same issue with range next to the wall....See MoreSmall Kitchen Layout--1920s Craftsman Puzzle--Please help!
Comments (52)M, So great to hear your take on form following function. I think we share a practical streak. On the one hand, I'm not a preservationist, on the other I do want to be true to the spirit of the house. I'm not aiming to make it something its not, and I don't want to "over improve" either. I agree that its entirely possible to "design a modern functional home and have the original vintage design-spirit prevail". In fact, thats precisely the balance I'm striving to achieve. In my situation, honoring the vintage design spirit means keeping certain elements intact: --the cottage windows --the china cabinet --the built-ins in the living room flanking the fireplace I'm not as attached to keeping the kitchen and breakfast room spaces separate as my partner is. In the spirit of cooperation and domestic harmony ;-) I've solicited feedback on how we could fit everything in the footprint of the kitchen proper, and posters to this thread stepped up admirably (THANK YOU!!) Reading the comments here has allowed me to feel more comfortable with merging the kitchen and the breakfast room--that this might be the right place to "modernize". Considering the two spaces as one is beginning to feel…well…more practical to me. Your point about it being possible to botch both the form and the function strikes a cautionary note---Sheesh, that would be awful. Aiming to avoid this, on both counts! Thanks so much M, for your always incisive comments....See MoreA differenk kind of puzzle.....
Comments (20)My parents built a house when we lived in Prince George BC back in 1974. It was a pre-fab house put together like a jigsaw puzzle. It was shipped from Vancouver. If I told you how we lived while it was being built, you may not believe me. lol My mom gave our landlord 1 months notice that we were moving. All what was done with the house at this point was, the basement was poured. From September to mid-October we lived in a soft top tent trailer. We didn't have a toilet or running water. We ran a garden hose from the next door neighbours house, along with power cords (dad paid a portion of his bill for the use). Once the pump was done, we had running water. Dad put up the walls and the main floor subfloors and we moved in. No roof was over the living room at this point. He got enough power into the house the at least running water in the kitchen and main floor half bath so we could use our own water. We sponge bathed for a while. Once he got the roof over the bedrooms, we also got the main bath working, so we could finally shower and take a real bath. The roof over the living room was finally on as well and he got the fireplace installed, which was always our main supply of heat for the whole time they owned the house. We didn't have gas lines, the whole house was run with electricity. (dad won an award from the province for having made sure the house used as little power as possible! He still has the newspaper article). As the insulation and drywall went up, our rooms moved constantly. It was a hard job. He had very little help. Dad was a plumber and mechanical engineer so there was a lot he could do for himself. My brother in law who came to visit a few times (lived in another city), was a carpenter. Dad would put him to work in exchange for a good meal and my sister. ;) A family friend was an electrician so he helped with electrical. Dad passed every single inspection from the city. They owned the house for about 10 years before selling it and moving to the lower mainland. The house was in 2 acres of bushland ten miles outside of town. I loved it there....See Moreklem1
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