Good idea..I prefer looking out the window when doing dishes. It makes the job more enjoyable.

I prefer a dishwasher.

@TheThriftyWoodworker I have a dishwasher, but some things can't be put in it, and I do a lot of cooking, not a cup and bowl occasionally. There are compact dishwashers to put in small spaces or for those people that don't have much to wash...I like the one that is like a drawer type..kind of nifty!

100% need a kitchen window.

Yes a window. I don't have one in my little kitchen. I also don't have a dishwasher so i hand wash everything. It's boring not having a window to look out out.

I’d rather have a dishwasher (even a small one), s

Sorry pressed wrong button (I’m an oldie). As I was saying, dishwasher so I don’t have to do the dishes. 🙄😂😂👍

I love the idea of a nook area with a banquette.

Perfect Idea.

The house I live in now has a kitchen with no window over the sink. It has a cutout over the sink through to the living room, I don't enjoy gazing into my living room. I really miss having the natural light and outside view a window would've provided. I know it was done to minimize plumbing cost but my kitchen layout could've been so much better with a different placement of the kitchen door to the deck, different cabinet and sink placement and sink above window. It would've meant less than 20 extra feet of plumbing total. My mom and I know it had to be a man that designed this place.

We will be installing an exhaust hood over the range. The dining area window and living room will give the kitchen lighting during the day.

My thoughts as well.

I heavily considered a window for the kitchen counter area, but opted against it for several reasons. It just wasn't going to work and wasn't worth it.

Have to say I agree a bathroom opening into a kitchen is not great. My son and his wife lived in an apartment and I hated using the powder room that opened into the kitchen. It was a poor design because it could've opened into a hallway wall, guess it was done to save on a few feet of plumbing. I used to go upstairs to use the full bathroom up there. I lived in a place once where the only bathroom opened directly into the living room, that's bad too. Guests would be over in the living room/dining room area and even with the exhaust fan on everyone could hear things from inside the bathroom, eww, lol. Putting in a stackable and having the door to the bathroom there in half the area designated for the washer and dryer makes more sense. The stackable can still be over the better supported area.

Nothing worse than stinking up a bathroom then opening the door and flooding the kitchen with that stink😂

I had a friend with the downstairs bathroom right off the living room. I too would go upstairs to use that bathroom in privacy.

Plus, they have an exhaust fan in loo.🤓

Only two others, right?

yes a window by the sink

We considered it, but decided against it in the end.

That's how our kitchen is now, we have no window over our sink, and we're not even phased by it.

People are really tripping over this. I don't have a window in my kitchen. I have a window nearby. If I'm going to hang out and stare out a window, I'll just sit there. Drink my coffee by the window. So strange!

@@diyfferent did you finish your kitchen renovation and I missed it?

@@victoriaboerschinger2891 no

We do all home cooked meals and have a small kitchen and it works great for us. I think I would get lost in a big kitchen.

I have to agree with needing a sink right at the W/D. Even if it meant just adding a hot/cold tap right over the washing machine so you could use the washing machine as the sink. It makes a huge difference to have it there. You could get a large washpan and set it on the washer, fill it with water (using one of those pot fillers people have at their stove or those fixtures with the hoses attached that people are using at their kitchen sinks, I love mine), let something soak or wash the little dog and then dump it into the washing machine (or out the back door, lol). Anyway, that is one way I thought of to add it even if you don't have room for an actual sink. Just add a fixture above your washing machine hookups. It shouldn't take a lot of plumbing.

Liked your pun! 👍😂😂

I know, right? So fun.

The layout is great! Y’all are so talented.

There is an exhaust fan installed (and a window) in the bathroom if anyone has odor problems.

Even with a window and exhaust fan it’s still a bathroom. Not a good idea for the kitchen and bathroom to be connected.

​@@jeffb2456 We still just don't see the problem. People have cat litter boxes in their kitchens and cats that walk all over their countertops and they're okay with that.

That doesn’t mean it’s a good idea! I’ve never seen a floor plan with a bathroom off the kitchen. Anyway if that’s the layout you want and you’re fine with it then go for it.

⁠not at my house

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We prefer the door opening more central to the home. Barely any noises get through walls, and we will be installing sound-proofing insulation in the walls. I really wonder how so many people are able to use public bathrooms where there is almost zero privacy or peace at all.

@@diyfferent spot on! lol.

I love his byes. ❤

Thank you. We put a lot of time and effort into this.

We don't have that problem. We installed an exhaust fan for moisture and odors (if needed). The bathroom door has to open to some room somewhere.

Hi, Thank you!

I may be a little OCD, but the last thing I want to think of while preparing food, is a bathroom right behind me. I think @devonnep.7126 suggested a really good possible solution. After all the work you have done so far, you may regret not having put a window above the kitchen, especially in a galley kitchen. Otherwise I think you have a great layout planned. Hey Maverick!

We're not rethinking at this point. The plan was finalized months ago and all the framing is complete. We have it planned very well and very carefully. I know a lot of you guys think we are ignorant people who have never lived in a house before and don't know anything, but we actually know quite a bit more than you'd think. And we think deeply about all kinds of things, and have real life experiences living in a variety of homes and know a lot about home design.

I so love this response!😂

We lived in a small townhouse for years with a half bath off of the kitchen. It was out of the traffic flow, it was convenient, & I never recall it being an issue!! I don’t know why this layout is bothering so many people!!!

Every home should have a proper exhaust fan over the range. This home will have one too.

There's a window right at the dining area which is part of the kitchen.

Oh ok I must have missed that one. Thank you for sharing. God bless you guys