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dhaksha_purbhoo

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8 years ago
Hi. I'm planning a single storey extension to make kitchen/diner bigger, add a loo and utility area. We are looking to extend out by 3.5-4m.

I've had help by an interior designer to plan the space but I'm not entirely sure that's it's the best design. The tall units consist of a double eye level oven, integrated double fridge and larder.

We plan to break through from the hallway. The new design incorporates the current kitchen and dining room.

Any suggestions are welcome to make the best use of the space.

Thank you
Dee
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    8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Hello Dhaksha,
    Well hmmmm! I'm not keen at all on that plan.. For me I'd try to link the loo to a corridor or have a double door configuration so you walk into a small area which leads into loo. As opposed to opening straight into kitchen area.
    I tend to always suggest free standing range ovens and the island could situate the sink. Thus you have food prep and sink which is rather useful.
    With a galley kitchen where all the functions are on one plane as it were the usual configurations don't apply.

    My own kitchen is a galley with sink one end and oven further along. Tall units I would situate closer to walk in, so that way you don't actually see tall monoliths which can spoil the eye line. I'll try to enclose a "spatial plan" I had worked on for someone in the past. It's not dissimilar in feel but has a few differences.
    I also rather like the idea of an island morphing into dining in an interesting way whether it be cantilever or merely an extended options that flows from one functional use to another.. :))

    Here's a glimpse in a mode I think you'll find fairly easy to see.. It's not unlike the space you have.. It's not a full render either but that doesn't matter for this suggestion. The closet and loo shown has two doors so you don't walk straight into "loo" area. Sliding doors helps spatially although my preferred idea was using the cellar space for a closet and loo.. It's boxed in fully on the other side which creates a corridor through one side from kitchen to dining area my client had wanted. Personally I would liked to have designed a slightly different island that morphed into dining and kept the two front rooms as 1 living area.

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