How to reconfigure my kitchen
K Owen
6 years ago
Hi.
We’ve recently moved into a house and looking to make the kitchen bigger so we can incorporate a table and maybe a seating/tv area. The kitchen is north facing so it’s a dark room and gloomy.
One idea is to knock down the utility room walls and open the kitchen to the dining room. Or move the kitchen to the current living room. Any ideas what we can do? We need some inspiration on what can be done.
The living room is 19.9*18. Ft. Dining room 11*12. The kitchen is a funny shape and is 18*14 at the biggest parts.
Thanks
We’ve recently moved into a house and looking to make the kitchen bigger so we can incorporate a table and maybe a seating/tv area. The kitchen is north facing so it’s a dark room and gloomy.
One idea is to knock down the utility room walls and open the kitchen to the dining room. Or move the kitchen to the current living room. Any ideas what we can do? We need some inspiration on what can be done.
The living room is 19.9*18. Ft. Dining room 11*12. The kitchen is a funny shape and is 18*14 at the biggest parts.
Thanks
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6 years agoFirstly, I think you need to specify whether or not you want / can extend and what the budget is. It's great to have ideas, but you need something to work with.
Clearly the easiest way to gain everything is to extend as OnePlan says. I don't think you need to lose the Balcony above, In fact, you could extend that too, over the top of the extension, and, maybe have a staircase down on to the garden, who knows?
You also need to know which walls are structural especially on the lounge / study side as one of those should be able to go. I've used the one at the top on the render above, but it may need to be the other one, thus making the lounge smaller
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