Can I implement this kitchen into our design?
I found this kitchen today in Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom magazine's January edition and I totally fell in love with it. It is a magnificent space! I would love to be able to implement it into our kitchen, but in comparison, our footprint is sooo small and we definitely don't have as much light in the kitchen as they do. (you can't see it from these pics, but there's a wall to wall sliding door bit). Plus we have the dark floor issue vs their light flooring.
What do you guys think? Could I work any of the style into our kitchen? Our kitchen's pic's are in the comments, plus a design idea, that now really does look very clinical and boring in comparison. Thanks in advance!
Ps: We have to keep the flooring, ginger windows and appliances.
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Veronika Lavey
7 years ago
The wall bit next to the fridge and the breakfast bar between the breakfast room and the kitchen is coming out.
The beams above and on the wall to the right aren't on the design but are definitely staying. Also just here in the bottom left corner should be a little sofa. I've always wanted a little sofa in my kitchen and I think this is the only place it could go. The idea is to make the two rooms (or the one room once the wall comes out) much more social than it is now. As it is, everyone just stands in a circle in the kitchen bit when we have friends coming around. Not ideal really...
And then the plans... .
I had another thread going on the 'design dilemma' wall going with regards to kitchen colour ideas. I'm just really unsure what would work.
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7 years agoAh feel the breeze lock pain we have same in our basement kitchen and I had wanted exposed brick to add texture. Tiles def could be an option - if you are just doing it on wall wall a smaller space should be able to wear it well. I think I saw a Houzz pic with someone who had beams like yours and the walls looked great will try to find and send on! I think it's always worth trying , you should be bold in the spaces you want to love and go for what you want! Here's my bright yellow and pink combo (not everyone's taste but makes me and my family happy!)
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