Co-ordinating lighting for open plan ground floor!
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minnie101
6 years agoPics plus ceiling height would be good. Are the ceiling lights hanging over any furniture too as you could then go lower? Not sure if you like this for the living room? Chandelier is graham and green (drop 75-115), obelisk table lamp by Laura Ashley. Maybe if you have any lights in mind people can look for coordinating ones?
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Comments (2)The Wofi lights look like they'll be great for a kitchen space but going for something very similar elsewhere might end up feeling a bit cold and clinical? Here's some options anyway- http://www.diy.com/departments/bulyon-dome-white-pendant-ceiling-light/584723_BQ.prd http://www.diy.com/departments/tibbon-white-pendant-ceiling-light/584725_BQ.prd https://www.wayfair.co.uk/Schalen-Pendelleuchte-1-flammig-Classica-HNL2485-HNL2485.html?piid%5B0%5D=14971413 https://www.wayfair.co.uk/Schalen-Pendelleuchte-1-flammig-Twin-70631-HNL1586.html http://www.gardentrading.co.uk/lighting/pendant-lighting/battersea-light-clay.html#.WCH-LuGLQdQ http://furnish.co.uk/items/536218-white-enamel-ceiling-pendant-light...See MoreGround floor layout- comments please (open plan kitchen, utility&hall)
Comments (18)Sorry- I don’t like your plan. In my opinion the space between the sink and hob is where the work happens so you are actually a bit tight for space. I think the door from the kitchen to the playroom is a massive fail- firstly you are inviting the kids to run past the cooking area, secondly is splits the kitchen and there are safety implication for having a walkway through the kitchen, I also think it makes your kitchen plan feel disjointed. I also think that if the children are young they won’t want to be in the playroom, they will want to be where you are. If you are worried about the playroom being dark this is easily sorted with better lighting and a pale coloured floor. Alternatively make this the grown up room and the kids playroom near the front door. I also think that putting the sitting area around the corner in the extension makes it feel enclosed and a little tight because of its location. I think you have put too many stools at the island and in reality people rarely use more than 3. In my opinion better to have fewer comfortable seats that are spread out with room to eat. I also think you missed an opportunity to have a cupboard near the front door to hide coats, shoes and a vacuum cleaner. I think that if you want an extra shower it may be easier to put this off the bootroom- a bigger utility/ bootroom area may help later to keep sports equipment/ dogs/ ironing etc etc out of sight. There is a privacy argument to put it where you have but I suspect the wall you have moved to take a corner off the kitchen is a job that will require a steel....See MoreGround floor layout dilemma, full open plan or separate living
Comments (11)I think you're right to move the kitchen into the new extension. You can close off the living area with a stud wall or I've seen some half walls with sliding window partitions that allow in light and the ability to open up the space whilst still remaining enclosed. If you want some flexibility, you could design the windows, services, UFH, flooring etc in a way that would allow you to easily add a stud wall to close off the snug/back lounge, if you decide the 'openness' doesn't work for you further down the line. I feel like you could make the middle room (anteroom) work harder by relocating some of the doorways from the hall. If you push back and rotate the toilet, the door wouldn't then open out to the front door and you claw back some breathing room at the immediate front entrance. You'd also have light and an open-able window in the utility/cloak area as well as more wall space for the sofa in the front lounge 1 = 100 x 60 x 200 wardrobe for cloak cupboard 2 = 40 x 60 x 200 cleaning cupboard...See MoreLighting help for open plan kitchen/dining/snug
Comments (3)Snug/entrance - will enter the house in the right. View also of the pitched roof - tricky with pendants? Waste pipe and beam will obviously be boxed in but the stone pillar will be exposed stone...See MorecazSF
6 years agoOk, so, it’s not done yet - still a building site, so I’m attaching some pics of the vibe from Houzz... the new snug with the big bay window will he modelled on the pics with the fireplace, with a baby grand piano in the bay. The through-living room will be something like the pic with the l-shaped sofa, except that it is completely open to the extension (please let’s not debate the wisdom of this!)
I’ll add some more of the kitchen below...
cazSF
6 years agoCeiling height in the kitchen starts at 3.4m and drops to 2.4m at the garden end.
I like the pic with the rattan pendants - I think our design might need a bit of warmth on that side of the room. Alternatively, I was also think rattan stools, and something with a touch of brass for the pendants.
cazSF
6 years agoThanks for the comments so far - I do like that pendant, and love minnie101’s suggested chandelier, although I’d love one with a warmer metal...
Some of my faves so far below - do I just buy a jumble of designs like this? How to tie the whole thing together? I love all of these, but some are too ‘heavy’, some are too funky for DH, some are just too darn big. The sad thing is, we both loved the Eichholtz for the front room (with the piano) but it is WAY out of budget...!
minnie101
6 years agoMost of those work together as the brass element is repeated. What flooring are you having in the kitchen (which looks great) as that could really add warmth? Ignore the first pic as that is £xxxxx but I thought the trumpet could be fun for the piano room although DH may hate it! The brass doesn’t match on this particular wall light but something like this would go and should be easy to find. I love the pearl drop light so thought I’d show it to you in case you like it. I really like the pendant in your first pic so have shown this one too, it’s reminiscent of 1930s Parisian jazz clubs. I assume the eichholtz one is actually chrome (as most tend to be!), do you want a similar brass version?
cazSF
6 years agominnie101
6 years agoThe wall light is Rockett St George. It’s hard to find lights like the eichholtz one in a warm metal. The first is vintage on eBay and the 2nd is also graham and green
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