Layout ideas for ground floor
Hi everyone,
we have a detached 1960,s house that we are going to change the layout of. The right hand sketch is the current layout with a large porch and internal window through to the dining area that has a full width opening to the lounge.
We plan to incorporate the porch into the current dining area and possibly open up the kitchen to the current lounge Making an open plan kitchen, dining family area.
Couple of dilemmas?
1. What should we do with the opening between the current lounge and dining area - should we fill in the wall, have pocket doors or glazed opening doors (the afternoon light comes from the front door end of the house)
2. How would you layout the proposed open plan kitchen/dining/lounge if we knocked through?
(Sorry the sketches are different sizes 😀)
Any ideas would be gratefully received!!!!
liz
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Liz Bton
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Comments (6)Hello Danielle. I can understand why you brought it. A great house. All these ideas depend on your budget, and do you have children, a partner? But also which way is north? Which is the lightest room ? As an office space when you are working and someone else wants to watch TV etc.. is annoying. Another picture so we see the alcove area and back window may help a bit more. It does look like the downstairs has been cut in two. Interesting. Mmm... Some ideas When you say a place to work how big a space? For example do you need filing and laptop space or more ? 1. The easiest thing to do is to just knock through the dinning area so that you have another way to get to the rest of the house. By getting rid of the kitchen door and knocking through to the dinning area will give an more open flow. 2. Do you need a door to the kitchen ? You may not use the door to the kitchen as if it is a direct route to put your groceries and from to the dining area. 3. Close off the kitchen, where the door is. That space under and around the stairs could be your work area. Then knock through the lounge wall to get to the rest of the house. 4. Still with the kitchen closed off opp the front door, knock through the dinning area making it your lounge, the alcove area make your office space and the lounge will be you dining area and possibly room for small comfy area too. 5. Knock down the wall with the extractor so making a dining kitchen area. The dinning area is your lounge. The lounge at the same side as the dining area could be your workspace, with room for a small breakfast area. If you can, and budget dictates all these, you may need to live with it for a bit just to get used to how it works. But the more I look at it I think it is the flow and sight lines. Once that has been solved you will have more options so I think its the dinning room wall. I hope these ideas or combination of ideas are helpful. But most of all have fun with it making it your home....See MoreLiz Bton
4 years ago
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4 years agoI've tried to duplicate your floorplan with the measurements in the scetch. Is your hallway about 100cm wide?
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4 years agoAnyway, there are quite a lot of options on how to lay it all out. My advise would be to contact a designer or concept planner (after getting a structural report and quotes on what options you have with the walls), to talk through all your wants and needs, as a house is very personal.
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