Galley Kitchen Plans
At one point or another, most everyone has lived in a home or apartment with a galley kitchen. This affordable layout is typically found in a long, narrow room and consists of two opposing walls usually with a fairly narrow space between them.
While this plan is definitely efficient in its use of space, it can be very difficult for traffic, which means that it is most conducive to one cook functioning well within a classic kitchen triangle. For this plan, the room should be at least eight feet wide and to control traffic, you might decide to place a door at the end of the room that doesn’t open to the dining room or family room.
If possible, you should think about converting one wall to a half-wall, and install a countertop and barstools on the other side of the wall. Ideally, the room on the other side is the family room, dining room or other common area so you can converse easily with family members and guests.
The best configuration of appliances in a galley kitchen is to have the sink and stove on one side of the galley and the refrigerator on the other. If you’re going to open up one wall, you should put your sink and stove on the wall facing “out” and your refrigerator on the “back” wall. Make sure that sliding drawers or cabinet doors placed on opposite sides have enough space to open conveniently at the same time. If you can, place the cooking area and sink in the same line so it is easier to move hot pans to cleaning area after you are done with them.
Another important hint for designing a maximally convenient galley kitchen is to consolidate counter space near the appliances used most often. To create storage space, consider a wall of base cabinets or a pullout tower pantry. But, you should use some restraint here because it is easy to close this plan in too much, which will crowd you out.
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