What makes a perfect kitchen?

Mountain Cat said:
I also decided what I DID NOT need. A pot filler. (Range is close enough to the washup sink.) A fridge that made ice or dispensed water. An expensive dish washer.

I did go for an induction range, because I loved my brother's, and I got a fridge freezer with the freezer on the bottom because I was really tired of losing food back at my old home when I lost food on the hard-to-reach (bad back, remember?) bottom shelves there.
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I'd love to see some photos of your kitchen Mountain Cat.
 
Here's my kitchen - as you can see its galley style.

This this the view as you enter it from the living room - the door beyond is to a downstairs bathroom.

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And from the other end looking back towards the living room:

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One thing I quite like is the pull-out larder - it fits neatly into a corner and holds tons of stuff. Too much stuff, really:

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morning glory said:
Here's my kitchen - as you can see its galley style.

This this the view as you enter it from the living room - the door beyond is to a downstairs bathroom.

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And from the other end looking back towards the living room:

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One thing I quite like is the pull-out larder - it fits neatly into a corner and holds tons of stuff. Too much stuff, really:

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I quite like a galley kitchen, TBH. I like that color green as well. My kitchen is due some paint, and that might just be the direction I go.

I must say, I also love that larder. That's another thing I'd have in my perfect kitchen - a lot of those specialty pull-outs in the cabinets.

Is that shiny thing next to the sink your cutting board? I also like the built-in microwave. Such a tidy look!
 
When I was working as a Kitchen Designer for Lowe's l measured the existing kitchen and designed a dream kitchen in the space using design software. I can't find the plans. :scratchhead:
The bottom cabinets were full extension drawer bases. All corner cabinets were easy access or had built ins. Built in microwave and a special cabinet for coffee pot and toaster oven. Another special cabinet for the stand mixer. Vertical storage for sheet pans, muffin tins and cutting boards. Space for a 36" bottom freezer refrigerator. I only have room for a 33". I hate having "stuff" on the counter top .
LOTS of under counter task lighting.
MG I like your drawer bases .
 
ElizabethB said:
When I was working as a Kitchen Designer for Lowe's l measured the existing kitchen and designed a dream kitchen in the space using design software. I can't find the plans. :scratchhead:
The bottom cabinets were full extension drawer bases. All corner cabinets were easy access or had built ins. Built in microwave and a special cabinet for coffee pot and toaster oven. Another special cabinet for the stand mixer. Vertical storage for sheet pans, muffin tins and cutting boards. Space for a 36" bottom freezer refrigerator. I only have room for a 33". I hate having "stuff" on the counter top .
LOTS of under counter task lighting.
MG I like your drawer bases .
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Ciao Bella,
I only have one wall cupboard, an it have things I no use often, to get open I need stand on small step ladder, I only 155 cm high. Every thing is in bottom cupboards. I also hate have thing on counters look mess, all have place an should be in place.

Sarana x
 
TastyReuben said:
I like that color green as well.
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Its duck egg blue, really. Laura Ashley paint.
TastyReuben said:
Is that shiny thing next to the sink your cutting board? I also like the built-in microwave. Such a tidy look!
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Its a glass heat-proof board. I use it to put things on when they come out of the microwave or to rest the lid of the Halogen oven on. I also use the reverse side (which is more mat black) as a background for food photos sometimes - like this:

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I would hate to cut anything on it - it would set my teeth on edge! :hyper:
 
morning glory said:
Yes they are great - full extension so you can easily see everything. Under counter cupboards are daft as everything gets lost at the back.
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We only have two full depth base cupboards, one under the sink, and the other an adjacent corner cupboard. All of the other cupboards are 300mm deep - the same as wall cupboards, so easy to access. The full depth corner cupboard is great for losing stuff for many years.
 
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