Help! which kitchen?

11 years ago

I am planning to convert my garage and downstairs to create an open plan kitchen/dining/living room. The whole room is 10.5m long and 3.3m at the kitchen area (4.5m wide at the living area) and I am undecided on how much to use for the kitchen. Here are 2 designs, one with a 4m kitchen and one with a 3m kitchen.

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minnie101

11 years ago

I'm just looking at my coffee table which is 1.5m which looks fine for an island. However, I would be reluctant to lose the larder. Can you lose the base cupboard on the right as you look at the pic? I would also take the back base units right to the wall. As I said before though it really depends on how you'll use the space. 3m feels a little too small but 4m a little too big unless you're in the kitchen all the time. Alternatively you could have units on the left hand side and have your dining table horizontal to the room which will define the kitchen area

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mukanal M
11 years ago
The one with the island
minnie101
11 years ago
It really a depends on how you'll use the space. Are you a keen cook? Do you need lots of storage and prep area? I would probably give about 3.5 metres to the kitchen in this space. Although it is nice to define the kitchen area, option 2 cuts off the space a little too much. Option 1 looks more aesthetically pleasing but how will you use the island? Could you go for this layout but a little shorter?.
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J W
Original Author
11 years ago
The island would just be for storage and seating, in the 4m design it is a 1.8m long island, so I think that would comfortably fit 3 stools. I suppose I could cut it down to a 1.4m island, and maybe remove the tall larder to bring it to around 3.5m, but would 1.4m look a bit silly/too small for a narrow island?
J W
Original Author
11 years ago
I think I finally have it right - 1.5m island to exactly match the width of the tall units, but narrower base units around the hob taking it down to 3.6m of the room. The base units at the back will go right to the wall, I am just not sure how much the full width will be once the garage wall is insulated and plastered but should be able to fit another narrow base unit there. We aren't huge cooks but we like entertaining, so the social aspect of the island will be nice i hope. Plan is to have the dining table perpendicular to the room just as minnie101 suggested! Then we can have just under 3m used for dining space and 4m for the living area, which seems about right.
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Worktops.co
11 years ago
I'm a huge advocate of islands, even if you don't plan on entertaining much the added storage benefit is huge and it tends to further open up the kitchen too. Sounds like you've decided what you plan on doing! Good luck and make sure you load up some pics when its done.
Vonn
11 years ago
I would go with the island, it makes the overall space appear much larger and yet is still very practical.
minnie101
11 years ago
That sounds great! Good luck with it all!
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NK interior design
11 years ago
Island way is better, I join.
But there are some things I recommend to correct:
- put the sink (fixture head) into the center of the window
- put away the left wall cabinet.
Now the central point of the wall with sink is the sink, but the window is rather bigger and is the real accent of this wall.
So putting the sink at the central point of the window you'd optically make the window the central point of the wall (no matter it isn't fiscally in it).
If the left cabinet is important for storage: it's better to place the fulhight cabinet (with depth of wall cabinet) at the left wall. This will also optically make your kitchen more wide.
J W
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks NK, as the window doesn't exist yet we can definitely make sure it is centred with the sink and maybe even a little wider. Unfortunately, the left wall cabinet is boiler housing so not sure if much can be done. It is directly in the corner so I don't see how we can fit a tall cabinet without blocking other base cabinets sadly.
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NK interior design
11 years ago
I am not sure we understood each other properly: I mean to put full hight cabinet at the left short wall facing the entrance.
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11 years ago
Design is looking nice, just another couple of pointers that could be considered;

What type of worktop material are you looking to have in your new kitchen ? Depending on the type of material, have you thought about rounded ends on the worktop ?

Would the tall unit next to the tall oven housing be for fridge / freezer or a pullout larder system ?
If its for a fridge freezer then make sure your designer and fitter allow a filler between the two tall units as recommended by most oven manufacturers.

Jamie