open plan dining room an lounge and kitchen??? yay or nay???
Stacey
7 years ago
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Comments (2)I think I would leave the wall out but have more than one extra quiet extractor to deal with cooking smells. I would also look into increasing the ceiling height to increase the feeling of space....See MoreHow to make this dining room and kitchen into open plan?
Comments (3)I would suggest that the living room remains seperate and that perhaps internal doors are replaced with half glass doors so that they are more welcoming - as we have dogs with wet noses! we tend to keep glass on the upper half of the door only! Keeping the living room seperate will give you and your wife an adult area that you can disappear to when children have friends round in later years.... And also means you will have an area that is free from cooking smells etc for guests to walk into. I would move the door from the hall back into line with the existing wall of the kitchen to dinning room so as to get rid of that small little entrance from hall to kitchen. I would then knock down the dinning room to kitchen wall to have this as open plan with an island in the middle - with islands I would not recommend having it as your kitchen 'wet area' - I see this a lot in magazines but does after all mean that the main focal point of the kitchen becomes the kitchen sink and its dirty dishes!!! Instead I would have a hob etc on the island so that you can cook on that and eat on the other side of the island perhaps on a curved top. I would keep the toilet where it is but just loose a small corridor area between it and the kitchen for boots coats etc... thus separating toilet from kitchen. I have done similar to this in my home and it works a treat - love the fact that we have a seperate lounge (our sanctuary!) and a regular living space as well....See MoreWe are in! Open plan kitchen dining family room
Comments (27)I would have snapped it up too. I'm actually put of by 'staged' houses, I'd rather buy somewhere that needs bringing back to life. It looks fabulous now, but probably looked fabulous in it's heyday. We looked at a house that was very retro and sixties and although the estate agents were sniggering at the decor, it was obvious that the couple who initially had it were arty and stylish in their day....See MorePutting internal bi-folds to separate open plan kitchen/diner/lounge ?
Comments (6)sometimes its good to take a breath and really think about how you live - rather than all focus being on the plans, which can seem immovable. For example, I have a largely open plan ground floor but on the advice of my sister whose kids were older at the time, I kept a small snug living room that is separate and as my kids have grown up through teenage years that has been a saving grace - we can all go to separate places,! I dont have to listen to video games whilst cooking etc :) Does one person often watch tv and the other like to read? Where do hobbies take place? Would it be a simple solution to just turn that dining table round to make more space for those doors? If you like to entertain would you like to hide the mess inthe kitchen to be cleared up later? I for example insisted that I could close my kitchen off from the front room and hall (and stairwell) because one of my pet hates is cooking smells lingering everywhere! Also consider if the doors could be retro fitted - and l ive in the space for 9 months first to see if you really need/want them?...See More
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