Ideas on how to update a serving hatch/ kitchen hatch?
We are currently renovating our bungalow but have decided to keep our kitchen hatch as we want to be able to shut away kitchen smells and washing up. We are looking for inspiration for the living room side. One possibility is a breakfast bar so we can sit looking into the kitchen. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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4 years agoConscious Orchid8
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Comments (10)I think the plan looks more like this?? Therefore, the plumbing is at the rear of the house as you'd expect. Thus the kitchen needs to be near that. So, i'm guessing that you may have room by the stairs for a little window or possibly a light tunnel. As you say the back garden is level to that floor, i'd put in french doors for extra light at the rear. I would not knock down the wall between the dining room and the corridor as, with the kitchen the other side of the rear, you will have no view of it from the relaxing area behind the dining room table - I would also retain around 500-600mm of the wall between the kitchen and the dining room so that a structural steel can sit above it without ( hopefully ) the need for underpinning or a party wall agreement. - ALWAYS CHECK! Thus, it could look something like this:-...See More1960s Courtyard House - kitchen tips/ideas
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Comments (14)I'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' ....See MoreKitchen hatch or breakfast bar?!
Comments (11)I don’t think the hatch adds anything to the rooms so I would remove the wall but not in its entirety. It’s a narrow kitchen but I wonder if a U shaped kitchen might work. This would necessitate blocking the kitchen door that leads into the hall. Access to the kitchen would then only be from the lounge roughly located where the hatch is now. Leave the base units that house the sink and hob where they are and run slimline base units along the kitchen/hall wall. I have heard of people using wall cupboards for this purpose. You could perhaps have open shelves above. Going back to the wall with the hatch. Take it down to base unit height on either side. Or slightly above to screen the work surfaces from the lounge/dining room and take it down to ground level where the hatch currently is to allow access. You would of course need to relocate the radiator but that shouldn’t be too much of a job....See More
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cheddarmum
4 years agoWe put doors in front of ours to match the kitchen. The dining room side has a large ornate picture frame around it.
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4 years ago
Carolina
4 years agoI think you've already installed a wonderful new kitchen, so you have to work with the hatch as it is or make it a little bit larger?
How about this: a floor to ceiling sliding door, with a bookcase built around the hatch and a sliding door that you can slide either in front of a bookcase or in front of the hatch part. Think of the TV as the hatch.
To me it feels a bit odd to make a kind of breakfast bar in front of such a small opening.Conscious Orchid8 thanked CarolinaC D
4 years ago
Derdriu Campbell
4 years agoI have just purchased a flat hat has been refurbished by the previous owners. It has a hatch and it's been updated to include a small breakfast bar. I bought some stools and they are handy when you have friends around for dinner and the can talk to you while preparing the food. Personally I would prefer to have the wall knocked through making a larger breakfast bar and opening up the kitchen into the diner but I am not about to change it anytime now.
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Look at this photo. Very interesting solution. Elongated narrow window. And a very effective wall decoration. The main thing here is to change the emphasis. You look at a beautiful wall and do not immediately notice a narrow window. And at the same time, the functionality remains. This picture Taylor Swift’s Former West Village Carriage House, you can find them in Google.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWe had a serving hatch that we have opened up so we can use as a small breakfast bar - we didn’t want open plan as our dogs sleep in the kitchen if we have guests over. We also want the option to close it (if I get up in the night for a
drink, the kitchen light wakes our parrot up!!). we want to avoid Louvre doors but can’t find a blind that seems small enough. Any ideas?
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