ARRANGING
YOUR APPLIANCES
When
making your initial layout, plan for your primary
workspace, which is a triangle with your stove,
refrigerator and sink at its points. Try to make
this triangle no less than 12 total feet, but
no more than 26 total feet (the three sides of
the triangle should add up to between 144"
and 252").
COUNTER
SPACE SUGGESTIONS
- Refrigerator
- 15" on the handle side.
- Stove
- 12" on each side of a stovetop, 15"
on at least one side of an oven.
- Sink
- 24" on one side, 18" on the other.
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Place a preparation center of 36" of uninterrupted
counter space, preferably between the sink and
refrigerator.
- Place
a serving center of 36" of uninterrupted
counter space, preferably between the sink and
stovetop.
- Right-handed
people work best from left to right (refrigerator
to preparation center to cooktop to serving
center).
PLANNING
FOR CORNER CABINETS
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Base
Square Corner Cabinet: also called a blind
corner, because the end of this cabinet
is concealed by the adjacent cabinet.
The corner is hidden but still accessible,
preventing wasted space.
The
center stile (upright) in the face frame
is wider (6") than in other base
cabinets. This wide stile allows up to
3" of adjustment in the amount of
wall space used by this cabinet.
In order to complete the turn at the corner,
an adjoining base cabinet butts into the
wide center stile of the corner cabinet
and a filler of at least 1" in width
is required to
provide adequate clearance for opening
the doors & drawers. The door is mounted
at the factory as shown. This is for a
blind left installation. To turn a corner
the opposite way (blind right), simply
remove the door by removing the screws
holding the hinges to the face frame,
turn it over, and re-attach to the opposite
side of the
wide center stile.
Note:
Center stile is pre-punched for easy alignment
of door &
hinges. Install drawer above the door.
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Wall
Corner Cabinet:
Requires 24" of wall space in each
direction from the corner. Start your layout
from the corner and work outward in both
directions. Place this cabinet in the corner
and continue on each side with the other
wall cabinets. |
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Base
Corner Cabinet With Lazy Susan: offers
storage in corners that would otherwise
be lost. In order to allow plenty of room
for this cabinet in your design, always
begin your layout in the corner.
Measuring from the corner, this cabinet
requires 36" of wall space along
each wall. The cabinet depth is 21".
This creates a 3" void
behind the cabinet. Simply install so
the face frames align with those
of the adjoining cabinets. |
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Step Three: Finishing
