Redesign layout help!
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Mags D
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Comments (15)hello bonnielynn75 and THANK YOU! your comment put a smile on my face re the red on the interior side of the door. It IS red on the inside as well, he insisted on that when we purchased it. no one here has it red on the inside and I wanted it to be white on the inside. do you see my dilemma?;) I agree with everything you are saying, I suppose this is the reason why so far I was not 100% sure about the black for the door either, although I like black...Agree, there is too much wall and I find the house to be looking a bit 'bland' and would like to change that. I LOVE shutters, but read somewhere that you never put shutters on wide windows, so got unsure about that, too...but perhaps just the one as I stated earlier. Would the color on that shutter be the same as the door (if I ever settle on a door color)? Unfortunately window boxes are not an option as we have quite a few cats and they may be used as litter boxes;) please don't tell me to get rid of the cats;)... Regarding the stoop (entrance) : we need to add another step (made of cement) on top of the existing step: it was removed when the new door was fitted. We were thinking of putting slate tiles or something dark to match the roof, if that makes any sense.... It is porous cement so unsuitable for painting, I think. What place in Ireland did you visit, we are close to the Irish Sea in the country surrounded by sheep;)......See MoreAdvice on re-design of Kitchen/Diner/Living Room?
Comments (4)Hi minnie101, Thanks so much for your detailed reply. Great to know what colour that grey is. It may be a little dark with our floor. We will definitely update the handles - I hate the current ones. We'll probably go with wood to keep within budget. Your non-tiles pic is lovely. We'll probably keep some tiles and try to keep the kitchen a little more modern than country kitchen, which might be a challenge with wood. The room faces south. I like your idea of dividing it with paint. We probably will go with white in the kitchen and then 1/2 slightly darker tones in the tv-couch area. The 'other' entrance into the dining area is narrowed by a non-structural wall, so we should remove this to open it properly or like you say, close it off. Maybe not close it off entirely as we'd lose a lot of light, but maybe put in a counter or breakfast bar if space allowed. I love your pendant light suggestions over the dining table. Details like this and a rug in the couch area will really help divide the room as at the moment it is one big cavernous space. I really can't decide yet what way the couches should face - into a tv in the corner, or out into the room like you suggest. We'll have to draw out some chalk outlines on the floor and see how much space there actually is. Colour-wise we like the idea of keeping walls and cabinets quite stark, the wood counter will add a bit of warmth, and then adding colour with couches, rugs and possibly dining chairs. I've attached a couple of pieces of furniture I like. Some may not work, but we'll figure it out....See MoreKitchen redesign help needed
Comments (9)HI Sophie, Thanks so much for the suggestions. We would never have thought of moving the sink - I guess you get used to things where they have always been! Just so I can understand and visual where you suggest moving things to, when you say move the fridge down to opposite the pennisula, do you mean near the entry to the kitchen (where the small three cupboards are shown on the drawing above) or where the cooktop is currently? I know one concern that my mum has is that the width of the fridge will jut out too far into the kitchen, taking up too much room. I've attached a picture with dimensions on it. Keep the suggestions coming :)...See Morereconfiguring floor plan layout and would love help please
Comments (2)Yes the current kitchen is half a floor down from the main bedroom and I would be happy for one of the boys to be there. I thought if we had the master bedroom at the front of the house and the room beside it as a bathroom and walk in wardrobe that would work well? I'm happy for the master bedroom not to be huge and to keep just the bed and bedside lockers in there if we can conceal all the clothes etc in the walk in wardrobe...See MoreMags D
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6 years agoI can see why you've been thinking about it for months! I personally wouldn't move the kitchen or do a 1m extension. I would extend the kitchen back and have a really large window to let light flood in (not a door to avoid increasing the walk through effect!) I'd then put the utility where the study is. You could have a bigger lighter kitchen, but still keep your dining table overlooking the garden.
What kind of office space do you need? I'd either put a desk in your (beautiful!) family room, or look at converting part of the garage if you need a dedicated work from home space. Or if you have a spare bedroom this could be combined with an office.
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6 years agoPersonally I don’t think that the utility room should have the best view of the garden so propose one alternative.
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoIf you are blocking up the door to the kitchen, you could move the utility room in front of it. Well more of a utility cupboard. Then keep the study at the back. Is this what you were meaning?
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6 years ago
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6 years agoHi there! I think that your kitchen is in the right place, but you can improve the layout. You can gain by relocating some of the fixtures ad fittings… Since there's enough space - I would suggest you add an island, this could improve the amount of working space. You can remove some walls and make it look wider, and maybe integrate the dining space with a breakfast bar with some stools. Perhaps to improve the use of the space would be a nice idea to move the toilet right next to kitchen, guests can use it and they won’t have to walk through the utility room. Here's a little sketch I made for you. If you'd like - I'll be happy to create a full drawing for you with more details. Just email me on service@betterspace.co or visit our site on betterspace.co
Good luck! Ed
Mags D
5 years agoHi everyone. So we're almost a year on and due to a number of hold ups we've only just had a builder come round to look at options and quote. He said the best option would be to remove the wall between the kitchen and family room (see pic) and to bring out the back wall to meet the widest point in order get a decent size snug (currently the office). I'm just wondering whether taking that wall down will make it too open plan? I quite like the sectional or zoned look and I can't quite picture it. Any opinions would be massively helpful before I go to kitchen designers and get sucked in! Thanks x
Jonathan
5 years agoI think this open plan could look great- however I am concerned about how this could be built because there are already steels for the current opening and you would have to take these out and put in more substantial steels. My question would be how high are they going to be? Does the sun room
have to come down to get them into place? What is the cost going to be? A structural engineer would be my first port of call.
If it is not possible I would look at putting the kitchen into the new extension.
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