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Kitchen design dillemmas

4 years ago

Hi. We’re in early stages of planning new kitchen and cannot decide which layout would be best. I was hoping that somebody would be able to suggest something as I always read the discussions here and find lots of great ideas/advice.
The kitchen is in extension built about 30 years ago. It’s south west facing, has three windows and we want to change one of them into patio door to get direct access to the garden. Size is 4.15 m x 2.40 m (the floor plan attached doesn’t show window on narrow wall but might help to understand layout). The kitchen is connected to the dinning room via door size opening and although we would love to make the opening wider we’re worried about the cost (load bearing wall) so haven’t decided on that.

We’ve had some initial designs but cannot decide which one is better. Option 1 & 2 (2 similar designs of galley kitchen with door on narrower wall) gives nice streamline look and worktop space around job/sink but seems to have not enough storage). Option 3 gives more worktop space and storage but somehow feels not very ergonomic with main worktop separate from sink/job.
I’m attaching few pictures below and would really appreciate some advice. Thank you in advance.

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Amioli
Original Author

4 years ago

Hi everyone. Thank you very much for all your advice. I was thinking it would better with the wall between the kitchen and dining room removed but it never crossed my mind to move the door to the toilet/hall. I really love the idea of putting units there. Unfortunately toilet cannot be moved under the stairs as it’s already done and upstairs bathroom is directly above therefore moving plumbing would be too much buliding work/disruption and cost.
Although wide opening with bifold patio doors (saved in so many of my houzz photos) looks amazing I would prefer to keep a run of low units as I love working facing the garden.
Your suggestions actually gave me another idea... Maybe I could also remove the wall between windows on garden facing wall to have a full garden view and keep the units there with single patio door? What do you think would the cost of removing the part of the wall between the 2 windows? It must be less than removing the wall between kitchen and sitting room so maybe I could do both?
We don’t have a fixed budget yet as w weren’t sure what we want to do there to make it work but the less we spend the better. We were initially thinking of approx. 10K but with removing walls and new windows/doors it will not be possible. At first we wanted to do the kitchen as soon as possible because we were fed up with bad layout and old appliances but now we are starting to think it could be more just than that... Thank you :)

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Amioli
Original Author
4 years ago
Please help
Amioli
Original Author
4 years ago
Dining room attached. Is it worth to knock the wall between kitchen and dining room or not?
Thanks a lot.
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Danny Jay
4 years ago
Hiya. I would absolutely knock the wall through between the kitchen and sitting room. It will open up the whole space and help with the flow around the house. Whilst you are doing that, I would move the door from the kitchen into hall/WC into sitting room which will give you a solid wall in the kitchen. You could then put a run of units on the left hand side from your new patio doors all the way round with maybe an island unit/breakfast bar. I would also block up the other window to help with wall unit space. If you need more help, please look at my bio and get in touch. Good luck.
Jonathan
4 years ago
I agree with the above comment. If at all possible open up the kitchen to the dining room- removing this wall will cost between £2k and £3.5. It would probably be better to move the wc and add a window at the opposite end to the bay window- all in all you could well spend £7/8k on building work but in my opinion it would make a significantly better room.
If however it is not within budget you might be able to cheaply open up the aperture depending on where the original window was.
You need to get a builder to check costs as advice on a forum like this will always have limitations. But in the meantime I offer an alternative layout that I think will make the room feel wider than the galley option.
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Brandler London
4 years ago
I agree with the comments above as opening up the Kitchen to the Dining area will work well and make the entire area more usable and relaxed. To be frank I am not that keen on the position of the toilet. I was wondering whether it could be slotted underneath the staircase with a small projection into the existing kitchen area.?
Danny Jay
4 years ago
Glad you like the ideas. Good luck
Amioli
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you. I think I need to contact first some builders to find out realistif cost of the walls removal locally (West Midlands) and take it from there.

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