Need help with kitchen layout!

[Brandon Barnic]

Hello everyone!

I'm in a bit over my head! About 2 years ago I purchased the ugly 600 square foot house next door to my parents. I hasn't been lived in for 30+ years. The problem I'm having currently is figuring out the best layout for the kitchen. The house is very small, so I need to make use of the space In the most efficet way possible. The house is currently gutted and im on my 4th revision to the layout. I've also taken out a load bering wall in order to give the home and open concept.

I need help with a few things:

The biggest problem it's where to put the refrigerator.

what size window should I put behind the sink?

Should I do a raised bar or counter height seating?

Do I need room for the light switch by the door?

should I take the cabinets to the ceiling? Or do shorter ones?

[Pat L.]

I pushed a full size fridge back through a wall slightly into the mud room to make it counter depth & it made a big difference to the clearance between the fridge & island. I hate fridges that stick out into the walk space.

The 'light switch' for a small one we did was not well placed so I installed an LED ceiling light with a built in motion detector & they love it. However I was able to wire a new work light above the sink. I also put a small window 23x32 above the sink & its more than adequate.