Trying to design kitchen in difficult room

[vagrantly3893]

We are hoping to build a new kitchen in the attached room.

 

3 of the walls have a door, and the 4th wall has a radiator below a window that is too low to install cabinets.

 

One option would be moving the radiator to position 1 or 2 and installing a new window. However we are trying to come up with a solution that doesn't involve this.

 

The floor is solid concrete, so water pipes need to come from the ceiling (not a problem), and the waste water should therefore be next to the outside wall. Therefore we think the sink would be ideally placed in position 1 or 2.

 

We thought a fridge could also be placed in position 1 or 2, and a kitchenette maybe with a peninsula could be installed along the inside wall.

 

Perhaps where the radiator is, we could have either a small table, or a movable island. We have quite a lot of storage space in a small basement next to the room, which could be useful for pantry and less used items.

 

 

[ProDave]

With only a segment of drawing, it is not entirely clear which are outside walls?  On the face of it, the window is internal between 2 rooms?

 

For such a small room, ditch the radiator.  Fit plinth heaters instead.  Dimensions might help.

[vagrantly3893]

2 minutes ago, ProDave said:

With only a segment of drawing, it is not entirely clear which are outside walls?  On the face of it, the window is internal between 2 rooms?

Yes, the window wall is the outside wall. There is a type of conservatory outside which we may or may not demolish in the future.

 

I have included dimensions in the picture below: 360 x 390

 

[Iceverge]

A few more pics if the room as is would help. 

 

I think to get any satisfactory result you"ll need to move the radiator and raise the sill of the window at a minimum. 

[ProDave]

12 minutes ago, Iceverge said:

A few more pics if the room as is would help. 

 

I think to get any satisfactory result you"ll need to move the radiator and raise the sill of the window at a minimum. 

+1 to that.

 

I would say All you can do is a galley kitchen units all down the left side and down the right side as far as the door in that side wall.

 

Plinth heaters or move the radiator to the bottom right wall between the 2 doors.  Wall space in that small room is too precious to waste with a radiator anywhere else.

 

You will have to choose one corner for a tall unit probably e.g fridge / freezer.

 

The window in the left wall will have to be bridged with units and a worktop, you don't necessarily have to replace the window to do that, a good joiner / kitchen fitter will find a way to marry a worktop to a window that is lower.

[vagrantly3893]

Here are some extra pictures. We have also discussed closing the doorway on the top wall, which would give us 2 full walls to work with.

[gaz_moose]

id probably brick up the window and stick a worktop with a sink along that wall, then put floor to ceiling units along the 390 wall to house the fridge freezer etc.. could you stick an upright radiator on one of the remaining walls?

[Jilly]

If you get good quality solid wood or free standing units the backs look ok against a window. It’s quirky but I’ve seen it done well. You can put plants on the soil or other tall attractive stuff.

[vagrantly3893]

On 19/03/2023 at 18:26, Jilly said:

If you get good quality solid wood or free standing units the backs look ok against a window. It’s quirky but I’ve seen it done well. You can put plants on the soil or other tall attractive stuff.

Problem then is we can't open the window.

 

Another option is to brick up the opening between the kitchen and office. That then gives us almost 2 full walls to work with without changing the window/radiator.

[vagrantly3893]

On 19/03/2023 at 16:04, gaz_moose said:

id probably brick up the window and stick a worktop with a sink along that wall, then put floor to ceiling units along the 390 wall to house the fridge freezer etc.. could you stick an upright radiator on one of the remaining walls?

Yeah I think we could put a radiator on the small wall between the 2 doors, as nothing else would fit in there. We'll ask the window fitter who is visiting today about replacing the window with a smaller one to accomodate a kitchen worktop.

Edited March 21, 2023 by vagrantly3893