New kitchen
Gemma George
7 years ago
Hello,
I'm in the process of buying a new house and I'm having trouble envisioning the kitchen. We love having people round for food and drinks and we want the kitchen to be a real social space. The attached plan is the layout that we have but our dimensions are are slightly different: 5.87 x 3.84. I know what I want but I was hoping for some advice on whether it's doable. At the edge of the breakfast bar I would like two stools and a dining table in the same position as in the plan. I'd ideally like an 8 seater table but if there's not enough space we could buy a 6 seater extendable table. We'd be happy to have benches instead of chairs to save space. I'd then also like a slim sofa like the one pictured against the left hand kitchen wall. My question is, do you think this is doable or will it be too cramped in this space? I've tried using apps to plan out the room but I'm not very technically minded and I've struggled to get it right.
Thanks in advance for any help/advice/suggestions that you may have :-)
I'm in the process of buying a new house and I'm having trouble envisioning the kitchen. We love having people round for food and drinks and we want the kitchen to be a real social space. The attached plan is the layout that we have but our dimensions are are slightly different: 5.87 x 3.84. I know what I want but I was hoping for some advice on whether it's doable. At the edge of the breakfast bar I would like two stools and a dining table in the same position as in the plan. I'd ideally like an 8 seater table but if there's not enough space we could buy a 6 seater extendable table. We'd be happy to have benches instead of chairs to save space. I'd then also like a slim sofa like the one pictured against the left hand kitchen wall. My question is, do you think this is doable or will it be too cramped in this space? I've tried using apps to plan out the room but I'm not very technically minded and I've struggled to get it right.
Thanks in advance for any help/advice/suggestions that you may have :-)
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