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Kitchen diner extension plan help

systine
8 years ago

Hi,

We will extend the rear of the house to be a kitchen diner for a family of 4. The parents will come quite often, so need a dining place for 6. We don't entertain much, and don't have other guests coming over to diner very often.


The size of the extension is 6m * 3.8m (20ft*12.5ft) (inner size). We came up with two possible designs for the kitchen.


The first one is a one wall kitchen with an island.


This is an overview of the extension related to the existing house. The close-up plan of the one-wall kitchen diner is below:


The second plan is a L shape kitchen:


Could you please comment on the two plans? Which might work better in practice?

In the one-wall kitchen plan, the dining table will be stuck under the island, which is roughly 1.3m (4.2ft). Will it be too narrow to put the dining table in both plans? Or am i too ambitious to do that and should kick the sofa out and put the dining table in the sofa's position? Our kids are 5 and 2.5, so need to be in the same room while i am cooking. That's why i need some place in the kitchen diner to engage the kids.

We are in the UK where radiator panel or underfloor heating is needed. In both plans, a radiator panel could be fitted under the side window. If there is not enough space to put the radiator panel, we would probably consider underfloor heating. But at the moment DH is a bit hesitated. Any advice on this?

Thanks for reading. Thanks for your advice!




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  • doristhedinnerlady
    8 years ago
    Hello
    I think your second plan may work better, please see attached really 'rough' sketch. I don't know your dimensions, but you could incorporate the sink and dishwasher in the island, a workable island 2.5m X1.5m for example gives you a good breakfast bar overhang and space to 'dish up'. You may have to loose your second window/door, but maybe you could consider a roof light in the kitchen area, for example over the island. You could also have a good run of worktop on the L return with cupboards above and below. Pull out slim larder units are brilliant, it looks like you have a pantry, so maybe loose the wall cupboards. Any good kitchen company will come up with some good storage ideas and plans for you. I contributed to this as I had an extension a few years back, and the room looks very similar size and shape to mine.
    Good luck!

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