Making a more useable space kitchen / diner / utility / family room

3 years ago

Hoping an imaginative person can help...

We are looking to make our kitchen a more useable space. We currently have a strange shaped kitchen and with the amount of doors we are struggling to make a decent seating space. Ideally we want to make it a kitchen / family room maybe with a breakfast bar/ sofa and a dining table

So we are looking to knock through our kitchen to the dining area and then build a wall between our current lounge and dining room to make a big space. If you did this, how and where would you lay out the kitchen given all the doors?!

Thank you

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My Claybrick Home
3 years ago
Hi, Georgina

I could certainly help you put together a design for these 3 spaces.

A much smaller space but this is a concept design I recently put together for a family in Milton Keynes (all of the work was done remotely due to COVID).

www.myclaybrickhome.com/post/kitchen-concept-design

I also completed a large reno at My Claybrick Home last year and you can see some of my kitchen photos here. www.houzz.co.uk/hznb/projects/kitchen-and-dining-space-pj-vj~6337964

If you would like a concept design putting together the cost is £150. This covers the kitchen & family room.

Feel free to drop me a reply or an email to vicky@myclaybrickhome.com to book a free no obligation consultation.

Good luck with the extension

Rgds

Vicky
pannacotta
3 years ago
COuld you move the loo to under the stairs? This would remove one door and is a better spot for a loo.

Do you need a utility room? Separate sitting room or study?
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