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Dan Tree
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Help needed! Layout dilemma for kitchen diner / space planning
Comments (16)I completely agree with OnePlan. Take your time. Don't settle for less (unless your budget really doesn't allow..). I sell and design kitchens and my boss pays me per hour, not commission. And everyone gets the same lowest possible price. People can come back time and time again, until their kitchen fits their needs perfectly. I hear plenty of stories on people being pushed into a signature or lured in with discounts. Or salesmen without any technical insight/background. Or designers not really listening to someone's needs/wants. It saddens me. A kitchen is not a car you can trade in after a year or so. Always look for something you can live with for 10 years plus (and longer). Your workspace would ideally be 80cm (minimum), that means the area inbetween sink and hob. Every other bit of surface can be used to place other items, make a drink, etc. When you regularly work with two people you could downsize the tall cabinet left of the ovens to a 30cm pullout larder, so a 90cm drawer cabinet could go next to it (for example)....See MoreHelp with designing kitchen diner please
Comments (23)Sorry I had trouble with the app, had to delete and re-install! I am really grateful for your suggestions and a lot to think about. The box st the top right hand corner of the last picture is the garage, and that’s what we are joining to the house. We can’t extend longer or wider, as it has been extended before, and the house is only about 7m wide if that. The hallway would probably about 1.5 to 2m wide if that. We have a footpath about 1m to the south facing aspect, from where the left hand side of the house is hence why we would rather not do much to that side, due to space, as you would be stepping directly onto the footpath bar a thin hedge, more’s the pity. And we are slap bang in the middle of fields with hedges surrounding us so makes planning a little difficult. Does that make sense at all? Really appreciate all your input!...See MoreL shaped - kitchen diner living room
Comments (6)Hello, Do-er upper. Mmm I was a bit confused just as I think you need to pinpoint your needs a bit more to find out what is the best layout. @rinked I agree, an interesting layout. How old are your children? You say to create a social space and a play area too. Depending on how old the kids are you will probably need to future proof too. All these changes depend on weight bearing walls as you say. Sounds like you want some flexibility... so maybe consider disappearing walls ? But some questions 1. Do you want a social space to be when you are the kitchen ? 2. Do you want the social space when you have family and guests over ? (We all long for that day:) ) 3. Do you want to see the kids playing when you are in the kitchen ? If 1 or 3. Then you want the kids area to be near the kitchen sight-lines. So the play area does not have to be overly big and can be the dayroom general do every thing room. If 2. Then your sight-lines change and area changes as you will want a bigger area so that you are not cut off. Then the dayroom area could be (when socialising) the drinks and chat room before you go to the dinning room...? ( Sounds very formal ) So your dinning room does not necessarily have to be open plan. Then your Kitchen is the centre and everything is around it....? Which is rinked 3rd plan with the garage wall partially down. More questions.. Does anyone in the family work from home ? Oh and the garage is there a room above it ? If you are willing to spend the amount of money on steels and including the garage area etc you may as well look at the whole of the ground floor as a whole. Which means you get exactly what you want and may not be as costly mmmm... ??? because you will future proof and depending on the age of the house and what materials it is constructed in... There are so many different construction materials these days. Your garage could be made of just glass or wood or even plywood. And even if knock through it may not be completely as you may need some wall space for storage. (Also remember there is no point knocking through a wall to only then put up a full height cupboard). I hope this helps to pinpont your needs a bit more. :)...See MoreHelp please with 1930’s Kitchen diner layout…
Comments (20)I’m not 100% sure I have the dimensions or orientation correct - hopefully I have. I definitely agree with taking out the stud wall between the kitchen & hall. I presume you will replace it but further away from the back wall of the house which will lengthen your kitchen. If you keep your kitchen in its current room I think you could have your run of tall cupboards as proposed in the new kitchen plan but switch the orientation of the island to run in parallel to that wall. Put the hob on the island and you will look towards the dining area as you are cooking. Having the island parallel to the tall cupboards is also a more modern look. If you take out the wall between the kitchen & current dining area too you would have the scope to make that run of cupboards a bit longer too by taking them over to your double-doors. I think you need to make that whole space at the back of the house feel like one large room (kitchen diner) - which could be achieved by including some of the same kitchen units in the dining side. Are you keeping the fireplace if you keep the kitchen in its current space?...See MoreDan Tree
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