Garage conversion into open plan kitchen and living room.
Hi, We are planning to convert our garage into an open plan kitchen and living room. We are having to put a load bearing column in the kitchen area. We wanted to put bi folding doors throughout the length of the house. However it's too costly to have so many bifolding doors and we don't like the fat that there are 3 sets of doors as in the drawings. Any ideas would be much appreciated of how we can make the load bearing column not be an odd column in the kitchen and how we can locate the back doors to make the house feel bigger when opening the doors as we are planning to put decking outside. Or any ideas to improve layout are most welcome. See draft drawings attached.
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5 years agoPersonally I think that it would be good to have an uninterrupted sightline from the front door to the garden. I also felt that it would be better to have the wc accessed from the hall.
I felt a square deck would be easier to put furniture on and it would be good to have some garden outside the dining area so the view is softened although of course you might prefer more decking and doors.
In my opinion the pillar in the middle of the island is the best way to hide it but would remind you that unless at the edge of the island your work surface will need a join in it.
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5 years agoThank you all for your comments, they are really helpful. I don’t like the open laundry area as well. It was meant to be a utility room. Drawings are from an Architect. We were really disappointed after seeing the drawings and it took him a week to do that. Then asked for another week to make changes to drawings which we still haven’t got.We have paid a deposit already, so can’t really back out. Hence why I am seeking help. Please see current layout attached. Do you guys think that I should have a separate utility room or have washing machine and dryer under kitchen counters? Thank you all!! Really appreciate it.
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5 years agoThank you all for your comments. This is what we are thinking of doing. I quite like looking into the garden while doing the dishes. Ideally we wanted to have bi folding windows but I think they would be too expensive. We are thinking of using a 4m bi folding doors. Not sure if we can have a toilet under the stairs and be joined to shower room yet due to load bearing wall.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoIs your child/ren old enough to play unsupervised? Will the play room also be used as a guest room frequently? Are you planning on a shower cubicle or wet room? If yes, using your plan I'd do something like this. Personally I'd need a separate room for adults hence closing the front room off but you'd probably need a window by the dining table. The pillar could be used to disguise washing up on the island and you still get a view. I'd swap the utility and wc (may be easier with soil pipe) and stack the wm and td and use the cupboard for ironing board etc. The other side of the cupboard in the play room could be used for toys etc. Having said that I'm not terribly good at planning and it depends if you want a fully functioning utility room (As I literally just use mine for doing the washing!)
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