My New Ikea Kitchen Design - Critique Appreciated

vansboy

keepthegreen wrote: »

Sorry not sure what you mean here, I thought those corner units were great when I tried them in-store and much better than the butted up ones I had in my old b&q cabinets.


Ditch the carousels for regular shelves you mean?.

Yes - have it at right angles - less intrusion over the worktop.

& don't have a winerack - only holds dust!!

VB

Mr_Proctalgia

Hi,
I have just been looking at what you are doing on this thread and would like to add a few points if you will permit?

I am only looking at the last drawing you have posted so..... The LH side of the 400 Pull out Larder Unit needs an end panel.
Your choice of handles may be a bit "off" with the chosen Ulriks* doors, look at the one on the top door of the F/F cab?
The glazed cabinet doors are a bit "All over the place" What are you trying to achieve exactly?
You choice of the draw unit under the sink will actually work as the middle draw is only 37cm deep and the bottom drawer is 45cm deep, but they can still be a bit of a faff to fit.
If you are considering Plinth Drawers they only fit 60cm units.

In general - You have the Ulriksdal doors and a Stone Effect Black WT - They go together well but need careful choice of handles, also, and this is the big thing. You only have a limited mount of room, the sink generally has to go where the sink has to go and the wet machines have to follow that. But, and this is the big but; the kitchen has to work, imagine how you will work coming in with armfuls of shopping, how will you place it, put it away and tidy up.
When the kitchen is used for cooking think about your work route, is it sensible from wet to hot to cold to work tops. Do you have oven storage near to the oven, pan storage near to the hob, cutlery storage near to the sink?
Why have you chosen the 5 drawer unit. The 3 drawer is much more practicable.
There is scope for 37cm deep base units behind the door I think.
You appear to have room for a breakfast solution above the radiator.

It is difficult to be precise with the actual room sizes, and as I have found ( Vested interest - I work for IKEA and am in kitchens) but a common problem we get is that people either try to cram too much into a small room, or, try to replicate what they already had, or forget that a kitchen has to work very hard.
You have in general put what you can where it will go, but here are much more solutions available, when I talk to a customer I ask about their lifestyle, fashion preferences, age of the house, gas, electric, drains, water, windows, which way the doors open, whether they want a theatrical kitchen or a more private cooking experience, balance of fridge freezer space and a host of other things depending on whether it is a landlord looking for a rip out and refurb or a committed house holder looking to spend a lot of hard earned cash for something that is important to them.

I would respectfully suggest that you think again about what you want the kitchen to do for YOU and then embellish from that point.

I am happy to help you out and will keep an eye on the thread if you wish.:) Good luck with it.

A lot has already been mention whilst I typed

jennifernil

Lots of good advice there.

I would not put the fridge away over the other side, a freezer yes, but not a fridge.

Is there any possibility you could put the washer and drier over in the alcove, create a "utility area"? This would free up a lot of extra storage space in the "kitchen area". Or is it too far from any water/waste?

I would also question the choice (are they your choice?) of handles. those ones on the sink base drawers look lethal to knees!

I like your corner wall unit, but I would swap all the glass doors in that area for timber.

flea72

think id be tempted to move the sink to under the other window, with the drainer against the side wall - that way you would have a full run of w/top rather than 2 short runs

F

cally1_2

I would have the little bit in the alcove with just tall units. Possible an integrated fridge/freezer and larder units. Then you can get of the tall unit by the door and have more wall cupboards along there. I personally would add more pan drawers in the base units as they hold loads more than a cupbaord.

Haddock

You seem to have the units opposite the sink to be butted up to at least one wall. You need to allow about 4mm for a little vertical infil panel otherwise the doors won't open properly as the hinges/handles are bang up against the wall.

WRT the wine rack - choose the plain slim cupboard one instead. The one called "wine rack" with routed shapes at the front is a cow to clean and you have to position the bottles exactly on the little slots. The plain version is easier to clean, still stores wine easily, and is more useful. I keep other stuff in one of the the top shelves of mine. I couldn't do that if it had the curly bits on. I also think that they are rather ornate and only suit old-fashioned kitchens well. IMO.

sharkie

Just be aware the small corner cabinets 45 degree folding one. Mine have scratched (deep, 6inch lenth) the door next to it - it is the screw holding the handle on the inside that is the culprit, as if you ar not careful, the door 'flattens out'. If you do opt for a shelf in the bottom corner cupboard and want it the same shape as the base (rather than rectangular), because it is 'L' shaped the shelf has to be fitted before the top is put on. Also they never had a shelf for that unit 2+ years ago, so you had to make your own.

Be aware the small corner cabinets 45 degree ones, the non folding one, the handles may dent the doors. In my case the handle touches the other handle.

The radiator by the window may block the door from opening.

Ikea told me those round wheels (a) gave trouble (b) could not hold much weight.

Do those drawers under the sink fit? thought it may catch on the bowl of the sink, u-bend and water pipe.

Now with your hob on (electric is better for YOU), convection may cause the heat to rise and may eventually loosen the laminate of the front and sides of the cupboards and doors, or/and set them on fire. You need some width from the constant rising heat source (convection and radiation)

For myself, I wish I had bought the full height wall shelves

Good luck!

ic

vansboy wrote: »

Yes - have it at right angles - less intrusion over the worktop.

I'd disagree - I have the corner cupboard - both base and wall unit, and they're cavernous. I recently added the carousel to the wall unit which they weren't selling at the time and its made it a very usable space - now houses all my tea and coffee and snack stuff. I also kept one of the shelves in there at the top (I have the taller unit) so still have a fixed unit at the top handy for storage of stuff like kitchen rolls, the two spinning shelves below, plus a further gap where big bags of crisps go.

If two cupboards are placed corner to corner as you suggest, there will be a big hole behind that simply goes to waste (this was a problem in my previous kitchen).

don't have a winerack - only holds dust!!

totally agree.

flea72

sharkie wrote: »

Do those drawers under the sink fit? thought it may catch on the bowl of the sink, u-bend and water pipe

when you have a drawer under the sink, its shaped to fit around the bowl, but you loose alot of space

F

sharkie

flea72 wrote: »

when you have a drawer under the sink, its shaped to fit around the bowl, but you loose alot of space

F

I bought the Ikea sink and the Kitchen guy advised me that the metal was too thin and would bend when pushing down the tap. unfotunately my drain is concreated into the floor too.