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By Natalie
Our overall budget for the kitchen is ~ 7,500 (including appliances, cabs, and counters). The reason we're scaling back on appliance buying for now, focusing on waiting for crazy deals, etc, is because our plans have outstripped our budget. We will have a beautiful kitchen with the appliances we want, but we're not going to go into crazy debt to get it there.

we're getting the cabinents from IKEA and using their handy 3-d kitchen designer, this is what we've come up with so far. No, we're not painting the walls blue, I just couldn't figure out how to get the woodwork pattern to show up without having it blue. 

This is what you would see from where the back door with sidelight currently is

 
We want a side by side fride with water/ice in the door and a bosch dual convection wall oven on the right cabinet.  The gas cooktop will go under that hood, giving us enough counter space on either side of the cook top.

And if you entered from the butler's pantry, this is what you would see.  The kitchen sink and our new dishwasher hang out in the corner over there where the existing water pipes are, it gives a view from the window out to the yard. 

If you function spacially better in 2-d here is the layout.
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  1. Mike SpringOctober 11, 2013 at 11:37 AM

    Microwave?
    Toaster Oven?

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  2. NatalieOctober 11, 2013 at 11:59 AM

    We have not yet considered the mircowave. Good call.

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    1. Mike SpringOctober 11, 2013 at 3:15 PM

      You may be able to get a Microwave that goes over the stove that is vented.

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  3. vespasaraOctober 14, 2013 at 1:52 PM

    I'd push you to use the space in front of the chimney too - since tax credits won't let you expose the brick anyway, make good use of the wall space! and I'm a little nervous about the sink in the corner, because elbow room is invariably an issue in a situation like that...
    you've still got some time in the bank with me - want to talk it over some lunch?

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