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The Kitchen is the most complicated room in the home to design and if you make a mistake it can be very costly to fix.

Helping Designers avoid mistakes is important to me so I focus a lot of my SCHOOL OF DESIGN training around teaching designers the guidelines, clearances and functionality of this room.

In my next few blogs I am going to walk you through a Kitchen layout that at a glance looks like a good design but is filled with mistakes.

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If you prefer to view a video, here is a link to the course Common Errors in Kitchen Design at SCHOOL OF DESIGN. It will take your through all of the errors and suggest a better Design for this room.

To test your ability to identify kitchen design errors, why don’t you look at the floorplan and see how many of the mistakes you can identify before you continue.

There is a misconception that work aisles should only be 36″ wide but a work aisle for a one-cook kitchen should be a minimum of 42″ and a two-cook kitchen a minimum of 48″.

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Lastly, the range and the refrigerator depths were not drawn accurately on the plan making the area in front of these appliances 29 1/2″ and 26 1/2″ respectively.

There are a lot of opinions on the validity of the work triangle in Kitchen Design, but I still feel that a basic meal is prepared using ingredients from the refrigerator, that are then transferred to the sink to be cleaned and prepped, and then moved to the cooktop/range area to be cooked.

The corners of the island form an obstacle that will probably cause a lot of hip-banging in this kitchen when rushing to get the weeknight dinner on the table.

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Secondly the main traffic flow is cutting through the work triangle with the refrigerator door blocking people from moving easily through the space.

Again the placement of the wall oven is an issue in this layout. There is nowhere to drop off a hot item coming out of the oven.

The 36″ wide pantry blocks potential landing counter to the left of the oven and the refrigerator blocks landing counter behind it.

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There should be at least 18″ of landing space on one side of the main sink and 24″ on the other side.

You can see that the 12″ space planned to the left of this sink would not accommodate a dish drainer and the potential for items being knocked off this end would be high.

If you can’t wait to find out what the next 6 errors are you can pop over to SCHOOL OF DESIGN and view Common Errors in Kitchen Design for FREE.

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Jan Rutgers has been designing kitchens and products for over 25 years and is a recipient ofKitchen & Bath Design News’ Top Innovators in 2020 for the Kitchen & Bath Industry. She has designed more than 1000 kitchens learning valuable skills with each one! Her experience in Kitchen Design, Millwork Manufacturing and Product Development has led her to create SCHOOL OF DESIGN where she educates and mentors people passionate about the Kitchen Design Industry.

Category: The Science of Kitchen Design Tags: Functional Kitchen Design, Kitchen Design, Kitchen Design Training, Kitchen Designer, Kitchen Mistakes, Kitchen Training, School of Design

Secondly the main traffic flow is cutting through the work triangle with the refrigerator door blocking people from moving easily through the space.

Again the placement of the wall oven is an issue in this layout. There is nowhere to drop off a hot item coming out of the oven.

The 36″ wide pantry blocks potential landing counter to the left of the oven and the refrigerator blocks landing counter behind it.

Kitchen Layout Ideas That Work

There should be at least 18″ of landing space on one side of the main sink and 24″ on the other side.

You can see that the 12″ space planned to the left of this sink would not accommodate a dish drainer and the potential for items being knocked off this end would be high.

If you can’t wait to find out what the next 6 errors are you can pop over to SCHOOL OF DESIGN and view Common Errors in Kitchen Design for FREE.

Traditional Remodeled Kitchen With Glazed Cabinets

Jan Rutgers has been designing kitchens and products for over 25 years and is a recipient ofKitchen & Bath Design News’ Top Innovators in 2020 for the Kitchen & Bath Industry. She has designed more than 1000 kitchens learning valuable skills with each one! Her experience in Kitchen Design, Millwork Manufacturing and Product Development has led her to create SCHOOL OF DESIGN where she educates and mentors people passionate about the Kitchen Design Industry.

Category: The Science of Kitchen Design Tags: Functional Kitchen Design, Kitchen Design, Kitchen Design Training, Kitchen Designer, Kitchen Mistakes, Kitchen Training, School of Design