We’ve been planning this house since October, which is when we went under contract for the property. For various reasons, the seller didn’t want to close until 2006. So for almost three months, we’ve been plotting, sketching, discussing, arguing, and researching. All before we could even cut down a tree. And now, due to the realities of winter in Maine, things are moving in slow motion. We can’t work during the week because of the lack of light–sun rises at around 7, sets at around 4, and we have jobs people! Unless we have a freakishly warm winter (which so far is sort of true) we will not be able to pour the slab until late March. While we’d be hard pressed to argue that this planning time wasn’t helpful, it would be great to just get on with it, already.
With that said, we spent early this week planning the darn kitchen some more. We love small houses, but the smallness of the kitchen is causing some headaches. We cook a lot and need both chopping and baking space. Arrangements are limited by the big bay window over the sink (shown by the lines on the wall). Neither the stove nor the refrigerator can go in front of the window. The current arrangement (with big fat thanks to Todd the architect for coming up with this solution, the best one we’ve found) is this:
Apologies for the lame scan, which I was too lazy to fix, and the lamer labeling. Click for a bigger version.
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January 11, 2006 at 12:57 am
Laurie
I was soooo worried about how small our kitchen was – in terms of square footage – and seeing what the past few owners had done, nothing meshed. But, now that we’re almost done, it really feels big! In fact, it feels bigger than my last kitchen, which had more floor space, but most of the countertops were in the corners, which meant wasted space!!