Bringing back to old kitchen hatch, broken plan kitchen diner
We are doing our kitchen dining room in a month and we thought about how to maintain the ability to close off the kitchen and the dining room but still be able to keep it open if we want.
On the current plan it would be an L shape, see below (without the utility and with an island in the middle of the kitchen).
Our current plan is to put a separator between the kitchen and lounge which can be slid open and closed easily.
We plan to put a hole in the wall between the kitchen and lounge to make a hatch and were thinking of having something like the doors below the separate as a nice design feature.
Any ideas welcome and the finished product will of course be uploaded!
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI'm in Jonathan's camp re splitting the lounge, I'd also think before doing it about your lounge furniture.
The wall that you are thinking of having a hatch in looks like a prime sofa wall. Therefore, where will you put sofas?
Also, why would you want a serving hatch going through in to a lounge anyway? They traditionally go through to the dining room, which, here is not the case. Not sure why you would want one on that wall, and what you would be passing through it?
I don't like to pooh pooh peoples ideas, but it does sound just a little odd.
I think that a lot more could possibly made of the space in general, with the help of a good concept planner maybe, as they're worth their weight in gold for using all available space to the utmost.
Here's one idea:- Bearing in mind it's not to scale, just 'an idea' .
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