The Kitchen Design Podcast. Episode 51 54 inch wall cupboards ⋆ – Digital Digest

Episode 51

Paul McAlary critiques Tim’s kitchen design, advising in opposition to utilizing 54 inch wall cupboards and suggesting alternate options like 36-inch cupboards with 12-inch or 15-inch higher cupboards and 3-inch molding. He recommends lowering cupboard peak to eight.5 ft for traditional sizes, which may save vital prices. Paul additionally suggests repositioning the range and oven for higher format, utilizing a wider hood than the cooktop, and contemplating a built-in microwave. He emphasizes the significance of symmetry and correct cupboard configuration. The dialog highlights the potential value financial savings and design enhancements by choosing normal cupboard sizes and avoiding customized choices.

Tim preliminary design beneath

Paul’s modifications beneath

Motion Objects

• [ ] Ship a hand-drawn sketch of the revised format strategies.
• [ ] Rethink the cupboard sizes, lowering the peak to 36 inches with 12-inch cupboards above.
• [ ] Reposition the oven cupboard to the nook and transfer the range nearer to the sink.
• [ ] Discover a wider hood choice, doubtlessly 42 or 48 inches, to higher match the cooktop measurement.
• [ ] Evaluation the drawer sizes and take into account a 15-inch cupboard for cutlery as an alternative of a 12-inch.
• [ ] Determine on a single-basin sink as an alternative of a double-bowl sink.
• [ ] Discover the choice of operating the countertop materials up the backsplash for a seamless look.
• [ ] Decide the position and integration of the microwave, both as a built-in or on the countertop.

Define

Cupboard Top and Design Points

• Mark Mitten questions using costly 54-inch cupboards and suggests calling Paul McAlary for higher alternate options.
• Paul McAlary inquires concerning the ceiling peak, noting the 10-foot peak over the island and 9-foot peak over the cabinetry.
• Paul advises in opposition to taking cupboards all the best way to the 9-foot ceiling, suggesting a 3-inch molding to make the cupboards 3 inches smaller.
• Paul explains that 48-inch excessive wall cupboards are usually not normal and infrequently pressure prospects into costly customized cupboard manufacturers.

Different Cupboard Heights and Molding

• Paul recommends utilizing 36-inch cupboards with a 12-inch cupboard on prime and 6 inches of molding for a extra proportionate look.
• He suggests utilizing 36-inch and 15-inch cupboards with a 3-inch molding for a extra up to date and trendy look.
• Paul advises in opposition to having cupboards go all the best way to the soffits, as this fashion died out within the Seventies.
• Speaker 2 agrees with Paul’s strategies and acknowledges the necessity for higher design.

Cupboard Model and Design Changes

• Speaker 2 mentions utilizing a free on-line device referred to as Softcabinets for preliminary design work and receiving strategies from a designer.
• Paul expresses his choice for Shiloh cupboards however advises in opposition to utilizing 48-inch excessive wall cupboards.
• Paul suggests lowering cupboard peak to 36 inches and 12 inches or 15 inches with a 3-inch molding for a cheaper and trendy design.
• Paul factors out discrepancies within the design, equivalent to the position of pantries and the necessity for extra counter house close to the range.

Countertop and Equipment Placement

• Paul advises shifting the range to a nook and making a breakfast bar or wine bar as an alternative.
• He suggests shifting the oven cupboard to a pantry within the nook and making the fridge built-in with a panel on the facet.
• Paul recommends having the hood wider than the cooktop for a extra proportional look, as most kitchen designers have no idea this.
• He advises utilizing a 36-inch or 48-inch hood to make the kitchen look higher.

Drawer and Cupboard Configuration

• Paul suggests making the underside cupboards and prime cupboards align for a extra symmetrical and visually interesting design.
• He recommends utilizing drawers for the underside cupboards below the cooktop to cover the underside of the cooktop and the face of the cooktop.
• Paul advises breaking apart the cupboards into 18-inch, 36-inch, and 18-inch sections for higher accessibility and symmetry.
• He emphasizes the significance of getting drawers on each side of the range for straightforward entry to cooking instruments.

Value-Saving Measures and Customization

• Paul explains that 80% of the price of a cupboard is the doorways, so having doorways face out on the again of the island is just not considerably dearer.
• He advises in opposition to utilizing 54-inch cupboards, as they’re costly and look misplaced.
• Paul suggests decreasing the ceiling peak to eight.5 ft to make use of normal 36-inch excessive cupboards with 6 inches of molding on prime.
• He explains that utilizing normal cupboard sizes from cheaper manufacturers can save a major amount of cash in comparison with customized cupboards.

Microwave and Equipment Storage

• Paul suggests utilizing a built-in microwave cupboard as an alternative of getting it on the countertop.
• He explains that customized trim kits can be found for any measurement microwave and are comparatively cheap.
• Paul advises in opposition to having a built-in microwave with an costly trim piece, as it may be cost-prohibitive.
• He suggests utilizing a velocity oven, which is a mix microwave and convection oven, for extra performance.

Designer’s Position and Buyer Expectations

• Paul criticizes designers who merely regurgitate the client’s plan with out providing skilled recommendation.
• He emphasizes the significance of skilled designers who can present precious enter and cost-saving strategies.
• Paul advises in search of impartial kitchen locations that provide craft-made cupboards and have skilled designers.
• He explains that craft-made sellers usually have higher-paid designers who can present higher worth and aggressive pricing.

Remaining Suggestions and Subsequent Steps

• Paul presents to ship hand drawings to assist visualize the recommended design modifications.
• He advises Speaker 2 to contemplate the price implications of utilizing customized cupboards versus normal sizes.
• Paul suggests calling him once more if the design progresses additional for added recommendation.
• Speaker 2 thanks Paul for his insights and agrees to observe up if wanted.

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Paul’s bio from the journal Kitchen and Bathtub Design Information:

Paul McAlary possesses a voice that resonates far past the boundaries of Philadelphia’s western suburbs and town’s prestigious Primary Line – the situation of his well-established Delaware Valley design agency.

McAlary, president and senior designer of Bala Cynwyd, PA-based Primary Line Kitchen Design, is an internationally acknowledged kitchen design authority who has received greater than a dozen native and nationwide design awards, together with being named a 2017 Viking Home equipment Designer of Distinction.

Past his achievements as a designer, McAlary has additionally cast a burgeoning popularity because the inventive pressure behind the “Primary Line Kitchen Design Weblog,” a singular on-line discussion board and social media useful resource that’s learn by greater than 40,000 individuals every month and has been honored as one of many prime kitchen design blogs on the planet. Primary Line Kitchen Design’s movies and blogs tackle a variety of kitchen/bath-related subjects geared toward sparking a constructive change of concepts amongst each customers and design professionals.

McAlary, whose kitchens and feedback usually seem in commerce magazines and on social media websites, is usually at odds with the kitchen design institution, however he maintains a definite humorousness and is named a fierce advocate for design requirements, ethics and transparency within the kitchen design commerce.

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