QUOTE(supersound @ Apr 12 2014, 01:25 AM)
Safety first. When have this on mind all the time, you will understand and appreciate it.
QUOTE(dreyvii @ Apr 12 2014, 12:40 AM)
LOVE your kitchen!! To me the kitchen is the soul of the house. If there is enough space, this will be the place where the family will gather and have a good chat over a meal, or where the daughter spends time with the mom. In my case, I spend the most time in the kitchen chatting with my mom while she prepares our meals. We had an island at my parents' place too, so we would sit there for breakfast and simple meals. But I do agree that the 3' clearance doesn't seem like a lot of space though. Seems a little tight. I like how your washing machine fits right in with everything else. Is there a laundry basin to the right of the washing machine? Just wondering, why didn't you incorporate the oven with the rest of the cooking area, and then have the area where the oven is for laundry? Wouldn't that have made more sense? Just my two cents, please don't mind me.
I like the idea of the sockets at the island. Sometimes you might decide to have your laptop on for recipes, or maybe have a handheld mixer during baking. Will definitely come in handy. Now I'm feeling so sad that I'm out of budget for an Island. Otherwise, I'd definitely incorporate some sockets to mine. I did think about it, but when I ran out of budget for the island, I scrapped the idea cos then I would have unsightly wires jutting out of the floor for my imaginary Island if and when I have the budget
Btw, I want to ask you regarding the granite top that you bought. You said you sent it to the quartz factory to have it "glued" onto the quartz. I'm planning to use tiles for my wet kitchen concrete top. Again, cos no budget for quartz. Is it still possible to do an undermount then, since you said they have to modify the skirting. Now I'm feeling so stupid. Spend so much on a granite sink, but putting tiles on the counter top
No offense, but so kampung style
Agree about the lighting. Sadly, I have absolutely no talent in ID, and no budget to hire one. So using all basic lights at my place. Downlights everywhere. So boring
Yup, me too like to lepak in the kitchen with my granny and mum. Even my husband like to go kitchen and 'kacau' my mum.. kitchen is definitely a place for family bonding...
- About the 3' clearance, that's the best width I can have, so I've got to live with that....
- Would you want to consider getting a kitchen trolley or the portable island from Ikea? They look quite scandinavian actually.
- There is no laundry basket next to the washer. It's gonna be someting like the pic below from ikea that I will install outside of my master bathroom. Not the entirely as the pic but probably the part at the middle and the right hand side. With this installed outside the bathroom, we can just dump our worn clothes there straight after/before bath. The hanger rode also allows us to hang some clothes which are not ready to wash first especially jeans and clothes that we have worn for just a while. I think you guys also not washing all your clothes straight after each wearing, right? So, where do you guys hang those clothes?
- About the kitchen positioning, i think the oven is not necessary to be placed near the stove.... It just needs a counter top nearby.
However, following are my reasons why don't I place the sink and stove the other way round:
1) The further inside is the stove, the hood ducting gonna be longer to reach the output. As such it really affect the suction of the hood.
2) i just don't feel comfortable for the stove to be so near the tall unit cabinet...moreover, i'm using a gas stove. As of why can't I make the sink nearer to the middle, I just want to keep the stove and sink in further distance due to feng shui consideration. When fire and water is located at the same row, I should better make them further apart. For the sink which sits near to the tall cabinet, I can stick some waterproof kinda sticker or wall panel from ikea to avoid wood damage due to water splashes. I'm considering to buy the waterproof material which I could brush it on to block out water seepage. One lyn forumer is selling that...
3) I'm putting the stove in such away to avoid facing directly with the downstairs room's door and the bathroom's door.
That's pure feng shui reason for such.
- About the granite sink, it's not a big difference in price compared stainless steel sink actually (at least my HCE is not as costly). I just need to top up RM350 to change it from a Cabana double bowl ss sink which comes in the package with Fotile hood and hob. Concrete top with tiles can look nice too, provided if you choose the right color tiles match with the same color grout to minimize visibility of its grouts. I think black tiles is a good choice....
- Basic downlighting is good enough. Simple and nice. Other lighting can always be added when you have your furnitures in. You will sure have lots of inspiration by reading some Id books/magazines, and also by visiting showrooms...
This post has been edited by maxxon: Apr 12 2014, 02:38 AM 
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