Is a Galley Kitchen a Good Fit for Your Home?

A galley kitchen is a long, narrow kitchen that features base cabinets, wall cabinets and countertops located on both sides of a central corridor. Since this kitchen layout is often small-scale, it tends to be less expensive to remodel or build than other kitchen styles. To help you determine whether a galley kitchen is a good fit for your home, leading home remodel expert DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen discusses the pros and cons of this popular interior layout.

Pros of Galley Kitchens

One of the most important benefits of a galley kitchen is the amount of space it leaves for other rooms and common spaces throughout the home. We have also remodeled or built galley kitchens as second kitchens in homes with larger square footage. They are an excellent use of the efficient, step-saving kitchen triangle design.

A galley kitchen is also cost-effective. Since countertops and cabinets are typically the most expensive elements of the kitchen, incorporating this layout into your home will reduce the installation costs since the space is a lot smaller. This also leaves more money to splurge on appliances and accents.

Cons of Galley Kitchens

A galley kitchen is not the best layout for accommodating multiple people at the same time. Sufficient spacing between each counter is crucial to making sure there is enough space to let people cook and perform other kitchen-related duties simultaneously.

Surface space is also limited in a galley kitchen because there are fewer base cabinets. Appliances should be kept to standard sizes and atypical sink configurations (like 45-degree angles) are not possible. The resale value of homes with galley kitchens tends to be lower than with other common kitchen layouts.

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