Kitchen diner layout advice-where does the dining table go?

4 years ago

we have a long and narrow kitchen diner room, the end of a semi detached Victorian.

Its roughly 3.8 wide and a little over 10 metres long. I attached the design of a kitchen company we didn’t go with and they missed out the last half a metre at the end it seems But my latest CAD drawings from our cabinet makers have not yet arrived.

The design for the kitchen is set and in the middle it is a chef’s table not an island which you can’t represent well in plan but maybe the picture gives you a better idea. There are two matching alluminium crittal effect bifold at the end of the room where there is a side return and at the back and a slim tall woodburner in the corner between the two bifold.

I currently have a 2.2x 0.9 rectangular dining table which we might change but will have to do whilst we replenish our funds (!) and I am wondering about the best layout for it? ideally I would have liked to keep room for a single chair or a small double sofa looking out at garden too?

We are a family of 4.

so questions are:

1/ where do I put the actual table and therefore main light As the electrician is coming next week.

2/ ultimately shall I buy an oval round table to break those lines? What table would you go for? And where Would you place it?

any advice with layout from someone with a similar layout or anyone interested in this greatly appreciated.

many thanks In anticipation.

below is the layout , the kitchen designer had put a huge table bang in the middle which I badly removed from the pix.

And this is a picture to show the look of the kitchen end channelling the PE kitchen look!

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Ensign Accessories
4 years ago
I would just question one thing - the chefs table does seem rather large compared to the size of the room. Is there any way of making this smaller? or is it the picture that makes it look this size? You are going to struggle putting a table in this configuration, unless you can have one that will fold up onto the wall.
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oddiegirl3
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4 years ago
Hi thanks for the comment. There is 24m2 past the kitchen area In the dining open plan area so I am sure that will be enough for a table? we went for a chefs table and not an island as it had to be narrow to ensure 1 metre everywhere around it and I didn’t like a narrow island but prefered It as a table in that configuration.
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Hi Keswing, I had exactly the same problem with my hubby!!! Haha! The great thing with concept planners is they will pass their trade discounts onto you! We actually used Gina from Create Perfect on here (but she does exactly the same as OnePlan) who I would highly recommend and the fab thing was that even after her fees it saved us money because she passed on all the trade discounts! I highly recommend getting in touch with OnePlan and Create Perfect and getting quotes from both of them. If you ask them both to send you the list of companies they get trade discount with then you can show that to your hubby and knowing you're in the market for some serious spending on a kitchen and presumably a bit of new furniture then you'll be able to show it's cost neutral! :) We saved over £1,500 in our kitchen alone through Create Perfect getting us discounts with our chosen suppliers (probably worth noting that it doesn't limit your choices as the kitchen company we chose from her concept plan she'd never dealt with before but she set up a trade account just for us, the same for our underfloor heating and actual floor) Hope it helps and good luck!
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I‘m wondering if its the fridge/ freezer that is causing the problem. if you could incorporate it into your kitchen area, perhaps by incorporating your outside store? if so then i think you could have a sofa against the stair wall and the table and bench seating infront of the understairs cupboard, you might even have space for an armchair in front of the french doors.
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4 years ago
I would have the table against the wall (opposite window) with either a bench of built in seating, this way you could have space for a chair / sofa on the opposite aide. If you used a bench, you could then put the table centrally for occasions (xmas etc). I think a central feature light would still work with wall lights to table area.
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