Last minute kitchen layout advice needed!
Hi everyone,
Please could you offer some last-minute advice on our kitchen layout?
It's a side return extension, and we've merged the kitchen with the old dining room to make a single room of 8m x 5m.
At the moment, we've made the garden end of it into the kitchen and dining area, with the other end being for reading, kids play and relaxing.
We are a bit worried that the kitchen island and dining table are going to end up a bit bunched up.
Here's a basic plan (my sketch skills are basic!) - please could anyone give any suggestions or thoughts?
Thank you!
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G W
6 years agoJonny Brighton
6 years agoThank you both for helping us out.
Jen P - thank you -I think we want to keep the island and dining table separate so we can to be a bit more flexible in future.kwg kwg - in light of your suggestion, I've tried a version switching over the dining table and island (and rotating the dining table 90 degrees). What do you think? I do think it makes more sense of the kitchen, and it does zone off the living space well. It would also allow us to be flexible as to the exact position of the dining table.
Yes, we had pictured ourselves eating looking out of the double doors - but we could still do that having breakfast at the island I suppose... What do you think?
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6 years agoJonathan
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6 years agoJonny Brighton
6 years agoThanks Tani, in answer to those points:
1. We've fixed the location of the kitchen but added the larder as an additional storage space for crockery etc - not necessarily food (so I guess not really a larder in the pure sense!).
2. Thanks - what sort of shape / size do you think would best to optimise the number of spaces? We're a family of 4.
3. The area by the dining table would be for kids' play, reading, etc. No TV in this spot though as this would be in the front room.
I've added a different view of the same layout here.
Jonny Brighton
6 years agoThanks Jonathan - we are at decision time so have to fix the shape / size / location of the island. Obviously the dining table can move!
Asifa - yes we've thought a bit about this. Where did you think of having the peninsula - where the tall units are? If so, we'd need to locate these across the room which might be less good for accessing the fridge etc?
Thanks G W also - do you mean like this (basically exchanging one for the other vs my last plan)?
kwg kwg
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoTani H-S
6 years agoTani H-S
6 years agoHa ha, just used my phone app to show where I meant for the table/island. Bit rubbish but you get my idea of the table was right against the wall. Would be a nice spot then and you could do a run of hanging lights in that area and even a feature back wall
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