Ideally, a kitchen will have a window to provide daylight, it will have good ventilation, and plenty of countertop space.
Lenzlinger agrees, saying "a 15-feet run of linear kitchen means you are doing a lot of running around." “You want to be able to stand in one place and reach everything with a quick sidestep,” Jaklitsch says. The one-wall design can solve problems for some apartments, but a wall of cabinetry that's more than 10 feet in length isn’t very helpful. There are plenty of manufacturers of "super high-end linear kitchens with pneumatic doors that close like a garage," she says.Ĭorcoran There’s an optimal length to a Pullman or one-wall kitchen (or kitchenette) Linear kitchens certainly work if there are constraints on space, and Meret Lenzlinger, principal at architecture firm LOCALbrooklyn, says they are also popular with "the super minimalist." She says she sees them in loft spaces where people don't want the kitchen to dominate. For the most cost-efficient installation, Jaklitsch says getting an IKEA kitchen base cabinet and adding a stone countertop is an “effective” workaround. With one-wall kitchens, you’ll likely end up with less linear cabinetry and a lower price tag. The general rule of thumb is that custom cabinetry runs at around $1,000 per linear foot. “If everything is on one side, you’re not running electrics or plumbing to an island, so installation is simpler,” he says.
#ONE WALL KITCHEN INSTALL#
One-wall kitchens are for the budget consciousĪ one-wall kitchen is going to be cheaper to install than a galley, says Stephan Jaklitsch, principal of Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects. These are better defined as one-wall or linear kitchens. Even though it's impossible to achieve the kitchen work triangle on a single wall, that doesn’t mean you can’t aim for some efficiency. Brokers sometimes use the term Pullman to refer to kitchens along one-wall or tucked into an alcove (and are also called kitchenettes). A traditional Pullman kitchen can have appliances on one or two sides but is open at both ends, hence the train analogy. It takes its name from the cooking quarters on a ship. The triangle of kitchen efficiency is something you can achieve in a galley kitchen, which is a narrow space with appliances on both sides and is closed at one end. It’s a principle used by designers and architects for the most efficient and practical residential kitchens, and it dictates where the sink, oven, and refrigerator should be in relation to one another. You’ve probably heard of the kitchen work triangle.
Still, regardless of price point, having a functional kitchen will making cooking more efficient and help draw buyers or renters when it's time to put your apartment on the market. (Luckily NYC has no shortage of food-delivery options.) Of course, the upper end of the market looks a bit different but for many New Yorkers, maximizing your countertop to accommodate more than a toaster and knife block is an achievement. Often appliances take up most of the space, leaving little room for a countertop. New York City apartments aren’t known for their generous kitchens.
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