My kitchen diner (diner part) help.

7 years ago

The kitchen is ordered but not sure what to do with the diner part. The kitchen walls will be white, as is the rest of the house. I quite like the navy blues or perhaps a grey, perhaps on one wall.

I've attached photos of the kitchen we've ordered. The flooring will be the same as the kitchen.

We're not sure - a wooden table or white gloss.

Fixed seating or a bench type seating against the wall. With the chairs for the rest of the seating.

Curtains or not (for the window)?

Any other ideas would be most welcome.

Thanks.

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Julu
7 years ago
I would go for a grey on the wall opposite the patio doors and use this to show off some artwork, photos or position a large mirror. A white gloss table would look great against it and definitely use curtains or blinds on the window to soften the lines. Hope that is helpful. Regards Lucie
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dynamo91
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7 years ago
Thank you.

what do you think - a light grey or dark like the worktop? Its quite a cold room, so will need a warm colour.
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Thank-you very much for the comments. I hope it will be a great space, but playing around with it and changing the design at the last minute is getting a bit stressful! This is the design that the build company showed us initially - just their initial thought as it how it would look. I found feeling the area where they had positioned the fridge/freezer very tricky. We want a free-standing french larder style fridge and the doors and level of matching with the rest of the units didn't seem like a good fit. The support pillar for the steel that crosses the island in the attachment below has also been a real annoyance. It sticks out 23cm, so it can only really go through empty-ish cupboards. Clearly anything to the left of that steel is difficult to vent. On the design in my intitial post, I was intending to have a dropped ceiling element that stretched just beyond the steel. This would let me have a powerful extractor and exit the flew onto the flat room (hidden by the drop ceiling 'box'). I like the idea you describe of a full wall of units, then island, then table. I guess Jonathan's proposal is similar to that. While I love the efficiency of the "4 double door" hideaway I just don't like the aesthetic, so will need to think about something else. Bringing it back to what we need... Utility room: enough to stash the washing machine, store the vacuum cleaner and hang a few clothes. No need for a sink. Free Standing, 90cm wide fridge, nicely framed either by wall of kitchen units. Waist height oven with an additional "top oven / grill (broiler)" - so at least one full height column. Good size kitchen island with at least two seats. Approx 90cm induction hob, plus a gas domino hob. Powerful, externally venting extractor over hob. I'm relatively open to moving the kitchen/living area to wherever it works best. I'm also not desperate to have the hob on the island (but that would be nice). As far as I know, the builders haven't done anything that can't be easily adjusted at this stage - but I think that will change in a couple of days - and they are planning for the kitchen to be in the old part of the house. As for rooflights - I thought, perhaps wrongly, that it would be light enough with the big bifold doors. It is an east facing room, and the old room had some sliding paitio doors and it felt bright enough. So I have left roof lights out on the basis that - but I'm also concerned about noise. (Cheaper too!). The biggest window we can gave without incurring significantly more cost is 1800mm x 1000mm - I'm minded to be 2 or 3 of these in that middle section. Thanks!
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Michelle
7 years ago
I have the Luca units in matt. I painted the walls in B and Q's ' Rockey Shelter's I was worried it would be to dark, but it worked out well.
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Bloc Blinds
7 years ago
Hi there,

You could opt for a light grey roller blind in dimout fabric to keep with the contemporary feel of the room. Our system allows you to swap the fabrics whenever you like without having to replace the complete system. Check us out at blocblinds.co.uk.

Good luck with such an exciting project!

Kiera
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dynamo91
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7 years ago
Vintage1958 - your kitchen looks lovely. The colour looks really nice and not too dark. I'll keep a note of it and get a sample. Thanks

Bloc Blinds - thanks for the suggestion but we will be keeping the fitted in blinds as our windows open inwards.

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