Knocking through victorian living/dining - HELP! :)
Hi there!
So we're in the process of building a side return extension and also remodelling the downstairs of our victorian terrace.
We are 99% sure we want to open up the living and dining room to create one, multi purpose, space. The living room is a wee bit too small to get a big sofa in so our current plan is to brick up the first hallway door to allow for a large sofa and to make the dining room into a snug type space.
I'm wondering what people think the best way to configure this kind of space and make it feel like one connected room is? Our heads are spinning with options!
Current leading idea -
Keep the living room fireplace but remove the dining room one and build in integrated storage in the alcoves to 'join' the room. Maybe build the TV into the chimney breast of the snug space, leaving the front room as a bigger space for entertaining. However, whilst our current fireplaces aren't that pretty I am a little loathe to removing original features!
Ideas/help most welcome!
A few pictures:
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Comments (9)Hi Rhona, Your kitchen looks fantastic! A bright, bold colour choice in Canary Yellow would look great there. With our roller blinds if you redecorate later or just fancy a change you can swap the fabric of your blind by hooking off the old one and hooking on the new one without replacing the complete system. Well done on such a great transformation, enjoy! Kiera...See MoreVictorian knocked through living and dining room design same or diff?
Comments (16)Thanks Ensign! The magnolia comment was just about a temporary measure as the majority of the room is already magnolia and we have some leftover from recent touch ups to our rental. Definitely won't be magnolia long term. We originally had a room by room plan, but got waylaid as we had to rip out carpets and wallpaper from upstairs immediately to get rid of smells. Downstairs we haven't touched the kitchen/utility, although we have had to strip both halls, again due to smell. With the exception of dealing with the floor, our bedroom will be finished first as it doesn't need any tradesman input. Everything else will have to be done in bits and pieces as and when we can afford to get trades in to plaster/ deal with pointing outside causing damp and so on....See MoreShould we knock through from dining to kitchen?
Comments (13)Thanks Jonathan. That's definitely one of the options for the long term as we are planning on extending into the loft to move guest or master there. We are thinking about extending to the side of the kitchen (to the left) and incorporate the back reception room so that the open plan kitchen/dining/lounge is L-shaped. And then we could have the existing dining/breakfast room as really nice laundry/mudroom/dogroom with the back door into there. Alternatively, keep the back reception as it is (formal dining or separate lounge for growing kids), keep the dining in the breakfast room and extend out to the right to make kitchen a little bit bigger (big enough for island between galley sides), big glass doors to garden, etc - but also add on space to the right to make separate laundry/mudroom/back entrance. Above that we'd put ensuite and walk-in closet onto current master. And this is why I don't know what to do with the current 'temporary' kitchen solution - in all likelihood it will be there fore 3-5 years, so don't want it to be just thrown up without thinking about it, but I also don't want to have to re-do work later, and I especially don't want to take down period features and ruin room proportions for a 'temporary' fix. And of course we need to know what we want to do before we can get the electrician round to re-wire the house, so it's not something I can consider for too much longer......See MoreWorth Knocking Through Kitchen to Dining Room?
Comments (11)Like Sonia we too knocked ours through. It was one of the first things we did when we purchased our house 30 years ago and I have never regretted it. It is still defined as the eating area but the openness of the space Is great along with a wall mounted TV. Then when we decided to swap the kitchen round many years later the utility went too so we could have an island in the middle of the kitchen. That was another good idea for our family as it stopped the kids (at that time) dumping school bags in the utility leaving me no worktop space. It then made them put them in their bedrooms 😀...See More- PRO
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