New kitchen, help with planning from scratch please!
New to houzz with a renovation/ refurb planned for a 2000 build townhouse. I have lived here since new, not updated much overtime and now ready to update it all!
The kitchen is moving from the first floor down to the room shown. This gives garden access.
The plans show a kitchen design, thoughts would be appreciated.
Main need is a large table, we thought with bench seating for flexibility to seat more people. Don't need the extra seating in the bay.
Really wanted an island, with the hob facing the table.
Is the kitchen in the right space! Would this be better at the same side as the double doors? Is there enough space for an island?
Love the current modern/industrial type spaces.
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Jonathan
6 years agoThis is the perfect project for a concept planner so you can explore lots of options.
If it were me I would have a first floor kitchen/ dining room and a balcony with steps to the garden.
You could have a ground floor living room and if you want a wood burner where there is no fireplace you can fake it with a flueless gas stove.
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Comments (2)Bumping your question, but I would say you probably could. Would be useful if you posted a drawing of the space, with doors and windows. https://www.houzz.co.uk/magazine/ask-an-expert-do-i-have-room-for-a-kitchen-island-stsetivw-vs~50404095...See MoreHelp with open plan kitchen wall colour please as I’m struggling!
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Comments (13)Keiblum's suggestion saves an extension and could be built on. if the play space is no longer needed then that means the room uses can return to living, kitchen and dining. my thoughts run to keeping the doors to the patio bbq area, run the kitchen down that wall (and honestly I don't know how long or how many cabinets that could be), use your Ikea island and see if any you could make use of the under stair area for utility area (something like a European laundry) or maybe the fridge ? The fridge might be better in the cabinet run though. Add another set of doors where the kitchen sink once overlooked the garden and use this area as your dining. You might even find yiu have space for more informal seating. In doing this you will be able to connect your bbq area to the kitchen and find yourself using this area as an outdoor dining room, giving rise to possibilities of further development of this space to use rather than it be a walk through. Another thought is if the layout was swapped as described you might be able to explore gaining more outlook by adding a full length window into the wall between the two sets of doors, or even removing the wall completely and glazing it to become full glass right across the rear wall, but without changing the footprint? Putting in another set of french doors might be the more reasonable option if the kitchen is swapped, but Kieblem's suggestion makes great use of the available materials ....See MoreJesmondDene
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6 years agoLoving the style of this, worried about needing more storage.
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6 years agoA peninsular can be just as social as an island so I wouldn’t be disappointed if you can’t fit one in. I think the draft layout the architect has done is quite practical and a good starting point. Maybe put all your tall units on the short wall opposite the window, the sink where the range is drawn at the moment and the hob in the peninsular. Keep the wall units to a minimum and you’ll get a great open plan feel.
This example of a peninsular instead of an island shows how it can work well.
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