Help planning open plan kitchen/living extension on 1930's house.
Hi all,
My boyfriend and I have recently brought a classic 1930's house and keen to renovate the kitchen/living space to make a much more social modern space- great for hosting. We are wanting to 'square off' the back of the house and add in bi-fold windows and sky lights to make a big bright and airy space. We have a large and redundant area down the side of the house which we were considering a 1 story extension to move the toilet and add a front garage/storage area as well as a utility.
Unsure how to lay out the kitchen/living area, we have a supporting pillar which is a bit of a challenge to plan around. Then still working out the best way of organising the 1 story extension- should it have access to the garden?
The first picture outlines roughly what the floor plan currently is.
The second picture is what we are thinking so far, however, we've read a few different posts and still fairly unsure on the layout.
We'd massively appreciate any suggestions on how we could best organise and plan the renovation!
Comments (8)
emma_howard_1993
3 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (24)I’m struggling to find a way to have a kitchen/island (really would like an island to have useable counterspace), generous dining table (seating for at least 6 people) and a sitting area in the same room if we don’t open up the wall between the current front and back living rooms. Would it make more sense to have part of the garage incorporated into the kitchen? There is a slight difference in floor level though between the garage and kitchen (Step down into the garage). Or block up the current kitchen door and have the access to a dining/kitchen through the current back living room space and then somehow fit in a dining table and seating area?...See More1930's terraced house extension - help on layout needed
Comments (4)Looks great! Only issue you might have is removing the fireplace as it's an adjoing wall and you 'usually' share a chimney. If you have your own separate stack then it should be ok to put a lintel above and remove the bottom. Just thought I would mention that as we researched it ourselves ;o) Also - moving the kitchen - is your adjoining wall on the right? If so, then you might struggle to get all the waste etc out ie it would have to go under the floor to get back out to the drains. If that is the case then I would suggest blocking off the door from the hallway and keeping the entrance into the rear reception room and keeping the kitchen area where it is. But just re-modelling it. I would also suggest first, finding out where you can put support steels to remove walls as this will affect the room layout and you want to avoid having any posts floating in the middle of the room - if possible....See MoreHelp on extension for open plan kitchen/living on 1930's house.
Comments (19)If you are not willing to share your living space with a lodger perhaps you shouldn’t have one in your house- if you give them a bedroom, living room and build a new shower room for them it does seems like you are going to a lot of effort and expense, plus giving up a quarter of your house in order to earn rent on one room which could be £400-700 (depending on where you live) seems overly generous to the lodger. I don’t think your budget is enough for all of your plans. I think when you get a builder to cost it out you will easily spend £20k widening the kitchen and opening up some internal walls. I think £25k could quickly be spent on a kitchen, flooring, lighting, a new door to the garden from the back reception and furniture. Another £5k will quickly go on an oversized shed for the mower and skis and bikes and a patio outside your new garden doors. This means you will have to consider the laundry room and new shower room for later on. Consider if there is enough room upstairs for a washer and dryer- I bet you have a big bathroom...See More
PROSchmidt Bristol
3 years ago
Laura Bedford
3 years agoI don’t know if it’s something that you would like the look of but have you considered a sort of built in bench style dining table? You can add a lot of storage under the seats against the wall and by moving the table closer to the wall it then opens up the space and gives a wide opening to the bifolds to the garden. It can help to really create a zoned dining area rather than almost having it as something in the way to getting to the outdoor space. What do you think?
Laura Bedford
3 years agoI think the new plans for the layout are great though, creating a lot more useable but also practical space. The pillar in the island area of the kitchen can be made into a great focal point rather than just being a bit of a potential nuisance to the design. Have you thought about creating cookery book storage into the design point of the pillar? By creating shelves it would be great to add some design pieces to the room to add a bit of personality.
emma_howard_1993
3 years agoThanks Laura- yes having the table against a wall could be really helpful actually- good for storage and space. I'll see if we can work it in.
We've had a few more idea's on layout- it would be great to get your opinion(s) whether you think something like the below would look better/be more functional?
Laura Bedford
3 years agoI’m glad you like the idea for the dining table! If I’m being completely honest I don’t really know whether the new layout ideas really give you any more useable space. Do you need a desk in the room? If so it might be worth having the bit of extra space but it could be worth making the garage storage space into a study space as well rather than having the desk intrude on your living space too much. What do you think? If you kept the bigger storage room then you could maybe do something like the picture attached so having a multi purpose room?
emma_howard_1993
3 years ago
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