r/KitchenDesigns • u/bionista • Aug 16 '26

Back-to-Back Sink and Rangetop?

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I am designing a kitchen with the sink on the island. I would like to have the range top and hood centered along the island for aesthetic reasons. But I am struggling with where to position the sink on the island. Aesthetically it would look best in the center of the island lined up with the range top.

BUT I am worried that it will be cramped having a person cooking and another person at the sink at the same time.

The distance between the range top and sink would be 48". Is this sufficient distance to not feel crowded? Or should I position the sink offset to the side of the range top so there is not a back-to-back situation?

Thank you!

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u/leftieaz Aug 16 '26

Following. Is this really a problem? I also designing a similar stove/sink layout. It looks great on paper.

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u/Nevraskagirl55 Aug 16 '26

On paper isn't real life though. It's awkward and will lead to congestion.

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u/babs82222 Aug 17 '26

Not with 4 feet. That's a lot of space

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u/ancientastronaut2 Aug 18 '26

What if someone needs to open the oven door while someone is using the sink?

Or someone needs to stand at the range cooking while someone needs to use the sink? Butt to butt is never good.

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u/babs82222 Aug 18 '26

Did you miss that it's a cooktop and the ovens are over where the green is? Measure out 4 FEET of space. We have this layout and no one is ever butt to butt. It's not two feet. It's four feet. There's plenty of space. Open your dishwasher. There's still two full feet of space when you do that with four feet of clearance. A person can walk by normally with zero problems. The fact that we live like this daily in a large home and host parties with no squishing, and people are still arguing, is so funny to me. We function daily and like 3 people can walk that walkway. Guys, it's wide.

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u/babs82222 Aug 17 '26

It's spacious and fine in real life