New kitchen idea - is it a bit odd?
Hannah D
2 years ago
Hi. I've asked for advice before on rearranging our downstairs layout but still haven't settled on a plan. I'd like your opinion on an idea my mother came up with last night please.
We love the current open plan nature of the kitchen/dining/family area but the kitchen doesn't have enough storage or workspace and just doesn't feel like a kitchen!
We've considered loads of options but they all have issues. Mam's suggestion is making the dining area and kitchen all kitchen by having a big island where the dining table currently is, having all storage and units in the current kitchen area, using either the family area as dining room and the office as a snug, or family room as it is and office as dining.
I'm having trouble seeing the dining area and kitchen as one space. Do you think it would look disjointed? Sorry for the long post ☺️
We love the current open plan nature of the kitchen/dining/family area but the kitchen doesn't have enough storage or workspace and just doesn't feel like a kitchen!
We've considered loads of options but they all have issues. Mam's suggestion is making the dining area and kitchen all kitchen by having a big island where the dining table currently is, having all storage and units in the current kitchen area, using either the family area as dining room and the office as a snug, or family room as it is and office as dining.
I'm having trouble seeing the dining area and kitchen as one space. Do you think it would look disjointed? Sorry for the long post ☺️
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Hannah D
2 years agoHi Ashley, that's our family room at the moment. We will need a study but are considering having one in the garden. The utility room would stay where it is between the kitchen and office. There is cupboard space there but not much. Thanks
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2 years agoEmma Bould
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2 years agoYou could block up one if the doors I have marked in black. I don’t think you need both.
Remove peninsula etc marked in blue.
Move your kitchen into the middle room. Keep the chimney. Fit the kitchen on all walls. (Green in my quick sketch) & add a large Island.
Lots of lighting tricks to add indirect light. Making the new kitchen bright and inviting.
Put dining table in current kitchen and the rest of room is living space. Flooded with natural light and where you will spend most of your time.
But the dining table in what is now the kitchen.
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoWas just having a quick play, as got up very early!!!
Karen @ OnePlan is absolutely right ( as usual ), it's a big undertaking, and, on the face of it, it seems a shame to alter things to much though, as the space is lovely already. So, I'd consider how much of a change you want and a budget, then see where that takes you.
Jonathan
2 years agoI think that you need to check the sizes. If the arch is smaller than 2.8 m wide then there won’t be enough room for an island to go through it and to walk around it.
Are you still thinking of having a ground floor extension? If so I think my suggestion (on an earlier discussion) of putting the kitchen in the new bit is still worth considering because you don’t have to use that area as a corridor to anywhere else and there is loads of wall space for cabinets
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2 years agoThanks everyone. While I have the thread open, does anyone have a good app for visualising external changes? We’ve had the attached plans drawn up for a proposed top floor extension (which would coincide with the work downstairs) but no windows have been put in the top floor and a window and door have been removed from downstairs. As we’d see that wall from the garden and kitchen area we don’t want it to be a slab. Any apps I can play around with before going back to the architect please??
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