You've functionally maximized the space almost fully but that makes it look crowded. And then the mixed white and stainless doesn't pop. Some lighting and pictures on the blue wall could make it nicer.
Hey Deadalus, thank you for the suggestions! I'm gonna go through some of them here in my response. First, though, I agree with you that my keezers, glycol box and stainless don't go great together. Maybe they do need painted, like what you suggest later in your post. I hate that blue wall, too, lol, but agree that some framed pics would be good on it.
Where do the windows go? Do they open? They would look nicer with some trim, however, they are unfortunately close to the ceiling. I have a door like that that makes the top trim awkward. My house has a few windows with interior wood shutters that open and close. Something look those and then a small sill would dress the window(s) up.
The windows are fixed pane. I plan to frame them out with some 1x3 and I have the trim wood ready to be cut and installed. I've just been waiting to trim them out because I don't know what material I'm going to use on the wall, and if the trim will need to sit on top of that material (e.g. beadboard) or if the material will come up to it (e.g. subway tile). The former would add thickness and throw off my sill width. So it's unfortunately kind of on hold. The windows face my neighbor's house and are pretty high.
Dark walls in a small space makes a room look smaller, although your blue wall is more of an accent wall. Seems like a cooler blue, perhaps a warmer tone and maybe a lighter color. Stencil a few hop vines on it maybe, nothing too busy. Or some hop cones? I'm also a fan of the metal sheets but I'm not sure about those with the cleat wall. Tile could be nice too.
I think I keep coming back to subway tile. Simple, cheap, super easy to clean, use light gray or white grout and call it good. I could do the whole wall from floor to ceililng and have a nice, clean, uniform look--then work on encasing the kegerator and conditioning chamber a little more nicely along with the glycol box.
The switch is kind of lonely and oddly placed over the sink. At the very least put on a white or even metal switchplate. Maybe change to the flat rectangular switches, the big ones.
The worst part about it is it doesn't do anything! haha. I'll probably disconnect and put a coverplate over it. That thing bugs me.
I had some suggested moves typed out but only realized at the end that there must be some sort of chiller in that white cube under the fermenters? Do you condition in the extra keezer in the corner? If you could reduce the depth off the wall of the white cube, you could conceivably get it on the floor, under the brewstand.
I like that idea. I'd need to swap the cooler out or orient it differently, but that's definitely possible. I could then run the glycol lines to another stainless table that the fermenters sit on top of, in the back right corner where the conditioning chest freezer currently is.
There is room to raise the shelf a few inches up and some wheels could also lift the whole table a few inches. Consider painting the cube in a metal tone to match the brew table better. Then you could flip the corner keezer to have its back against the tote rack and move the fermenters to the french cleat wall. I'd suggest a shallower depth SS table on the cleat wall or perhaps stacking them up on a SS rack against the blue wall.
What do you think about finishing out the conditioning freezer and keezer (proper lid, drop tray, maybe some simple trim) and painting those black? Build a new glycol chiller box, paint it black as well, and make its home underneath the kettles? Small stainless table for the fermenters that goes against the cleat wall in the back right corner, with the conditioning chamber OR the keezer moved to the left of the sink? Totes removed altogether, pumps and chiller mounted neatly to clean up the aesthetic? White subway tile from floor to ceiling along that entire wall with the window neatly trimmed out?
If you can move the sink, that might open other options. Maybe just a little to the right. I think that you have a steam slayer so you are proably wanting to keep the brewstand next to the sink.
Yeah, that's exactly it. I used to have the BK on the far right of the brew table, with the sink to the right of that. Now I need to plug and re-punch the kettle to mount it on the left side of the kettle. D'oh!
These are all super good ideas that got my brain bubbling (thank you) and I'm feeling a bit more invigorated to make it happen.
Think black and stainless goes better together than white and stainless? I can't do much about the sink right now--maybe get a nice stainless one down the road I guess.