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Dining kitchen or Dining room: or both?

9 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

what's more important, a big dining kitchen or a separate dining room? Both would obviously be ideal, but which would be your preferred option out of the two.

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OnePlan
9 years ago
I have a farmhouse table in my kitchen - and an island with NO seating - as I wanted people to eat at the table and cook in the kitchen ! I find now that there's usually a 'taster' hanging about in the kitchen end by the island while I'm cooking ! So perhaps I should have put one stool in after all !!!
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Jaimie K Designs Ltd
9 years ago
I find that it works really well to combine the kitchen and dining. It is not often these days that we have formal dinner parties. The kitchen tends to be the heart of the home still and separate dining rooms end up being neglected and un-used.
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RD Interior ReDesign & Home Staging
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That made me smile and is so true OnePlan. Personally I always go for a kitchen diner for the same reasons as Jaimie but also because the sense of space is so much more relaxing to work in as well. Choose a good classic design and colour for the kitchen units so that you can zone the dining area in complimentary colour if you want to.
TwoHearts
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9 years ago
Thanks for your very helpful & informative comments :-)

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