Tell me about your kitchen

[Tinks]

My current kitchen is DISGUSTING. It's all pine with a blue tiled bench (noice), has no drawers and the highest benches ever. I just about need a step ladder to cook. So we're getting a new one but DH and I can't agree on anything from colour schemes to the layout

Sooo, I'd like to know what you love and/or hate about your kitchens.

[Nicambhar]

I just got a new one, not that I need one, but I didn't really like the colour and layout of the other one.
I have two colours in my cabinets, along one wall it's a woodgrain textured laminate and at each end I have a colour called mountain pepper which is like a latte colour laminate. I have a 90cm SS oven with matching gas top and a really square rangehood. The oven is at one end of the kitchen with the latte around it and at the opposite end in latte is a wine rack and breakfast bar.
The benchtop is white ceasarstone with a square undermounted sink and the splashback tiles are a latte colour with a pearl sheen on them.
Around the oven I have an olive green feature wall painted, which was hard cause it's cathedral ceiling in their LOL..
The best part of my kitchen is that it's all drawers, even the pantry. No more tossing stuff up the back of a cupboard and forgetting it's there.

ETA: I love everything about the kitchen hehehe

[Asparagus and Lemons]

Hey tinkerbell!
I love my kitchen! I had it extended last year when we moved into our new house, the kitchen was brand new, but me being a pastry chef, wanted it bigger! The only thing I hate is our tiny pantry, it is just one door (bedroom door size) with 4 shelves in it.
The kitchen benches are shaped like a 'G' and all at the same height but the lip of the 'G' is wider so we have a breakfast bar.. and we have cream splotchy coloured laminex benches with a white splashback. lol, probably sounds a bit confusing. Its great to have lots of bench space though! 3 people could easily be cooking in the kitchen without getting in other peoples ways. our fridge had to be put in the dining room though, but it's right next to the kitchen but not on the tiles.
I could go on and on about my kitchen. I'm so proud of it, yet it's not one of the greatest kitchens I've seen, but it's mine!
Good luck with your reno!

[MamaPan]

If I was redoing our kitchen here are some things i would think about:

pantry that is one of those slide in and out ones so you can see everything that's in it.
2 small ovens - saves power to use a small on when doing small cookin gand can use 2 at diff temps etc when you need to
we have 2 sinks which i wouldl keep
oven with a warming shelf/drawer
we have a hatch that closes - so i can keep appliances (kettle, toaster) ion there and all our cereal etc and it doesnt look messy
our benches are caeserstone which i love

[*EJ*]

We're booked to get our kitchen renovated next year and i'd be interested to hear some ideas also.

I actually had a look at some ovens today and was surprised at how small some of them were on the inside. My current old style oven has much more room inside, but that's got to go so hopefully i'll find something i like to replace it. ANy good oven reccomendations?

The guy we have booked to do out kitchen said he has a book that he will loan to us closer to the time that has HEAPS of ideas in it.

I'll remember the all drawers idea. I'm currently taking notice of splash backs, floor tiles, colours, sinks.

I don't like my current kitchen at all so i can't wait...

[~Kim~]

I love my walk in pantry, my microwave that's in the pantry and not taking up valuable bench space, my single sink (we never used the second one in other houses so opted for a single), my 900mm oven, my 5hob cooktop (long one in the middle great for grilling), my pot drawers. I also love my cupborads that go all the wat to the ceiling (no dusting on top of them) and my huge glossy splaskback tiles that look like glass at a fraction of the price.

I hate my island bench. Great if you have an enormous kitchen but I wish I'd just closed off one side and had extra bench space instead.
I hate the lack of appropriately located powerpoints (especially on the island where I do most of my prep).

eta myboys I have an omega oven that I think is great. Bit wider.

[Rouge]

I haven't thought about this much... but this is what I want...

Butlers Pantry w inbuilt ladder
Island bench with second sink and second dishwasher
2 ovens
Crockery Drawers
Pots & Pans Drawers
Bain Marie Drawer or at least a plate warming drawer
A cooking L so fridge, sink oven in L shape so that when cooking you don't need to go from one side of the kitchen to the other
Wine Fridge
Powerpoint strip with slidable powerpoints to be where you want them

There's more but thats all for now...

[Tinks]

That sounds heavenly Rouge!