Timber Home Living “Designing the Perfect Smaller Kitchen”

If you haven’t seen the latest issue of Timber Home Living magazine Special Kitchen & Bath Issue (June 2010), be sure to pick up a copy at your local Border’s!

The article, “Living Little” by Janice Brewster, focuses on how to have an efficient kitchen that won’t break the budget. It’s true, when you are planning to build a new timber home, kitchens and bathrooms can be the most expensive rooms in the house.


If your wants exceed your budget needs, your kitchen may end up smaller than you had originally planned. No worries - you can still have a terrific kitchen! Brewster interviewed Architect Jeremy Bonin on tips for kitchen placement, maximizing storage space, and flooring options.

Are you building a timber home and need help getting everything you want in your kitchen? Let Bonin Architects help!

Kitchen Design Layout

Our clients who are building an energy efficient one story home in Jaffrey New Hampshire are in the Design Development phase. Chris drew a couple of kitchen design layouts for them to see and also provided the 3D rendering to match the layout. Adding people to the layouts will allow our clients visualize the scale of the room.


The first design is a galley layout with a long straight counter and the dining room table centered on the east wall between the patio doors.





The second kitchen design layout is U-shaped with the bench seat on the back side of the kitchen island, opening up the access areas.

The last design layout features a kitchen island with counter seating on the east side to access the patio and the dining table to the south, against the masonry heater.

Visit our website to see more drawings of this one story home design and our other current projects, including green homes and timber houses!