Layout help for kitchen/lounge/diner. Please help

6 years ago

As you will see from the photos we have a very large lounge and small kitchen. The plan is to make the lounge smaller (5m) length, take the existing wall out between the lounge and kitchen and put a stud in to make the new smaller lounge and have a larger kitchen with hopefully somewhere to fit in a table or breakfast bar/island.
The window on the left of the lounge is high and obscured glass. I have no idea where to put the new door going into the kitchen. Originally I wanted double sliders in the middle but this would take up a lot of room in the kitchen with the extra opening required so maybe best to put a door either left or right.
There is also a small porch attached to the kitchen. It really serves no purpose so any ideas to incorporate it into the kitchen would be great. We may even knock it down and have bifolds where the sink currently is.
Any ideas would be so much appreciated because I just can’t see the finished article in my head. Thanks so much.

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Sarah Baker
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6 years ago
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The Kitchen Lady UK
6 years ago
I think shortening the lounge is a great idea. Could the new kitchen door go through the cupboard in the hall next to the shower room? This would make the new wall nicely balanced with the window in the new dining room.

If you want help with visualisations, I offer 10 hours of design work for £250 which gives you a full design and the confidence to proceed with any supplier of your choice. If you want to have a no obligation chat to bounce some ideas around, feel free to get in touch 😊

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Hi there, I have a idea for the kitchen. I think your trying to pop too much in the space. And in your proposed plan, ironically your creating a less efficient kitchen as you've lost the wall space. But when the wall is down your going to have a nice generous room which will be lovely for the family. My thought is that you should stop seeing the space as two rooms. But think of it as one large dual purpose room. Think traditional large country kitchens with the cabinetry around the walls and a central large table. of course this can be in any style. This way, you can leave the door to the loo where it is. The drains can stay put and you just need to open it all up. And probably take out the fireplace...maybe :D This is my quick sketch. Extend the counter to the doorway. Then you will have a nice long run of counter. Plenty of work space. Remove the chimney and fill up that wall with all the fridge and tall n' bulky stuff. So this becomes your pantry and other storage. Then pop your large table in the centre of the room. And as a Mr J Oliver likes to say - Happy days.
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Sarah Baker
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6 years ago
Hi Emily. Thanks for your idea but unfortunately the cupboard in the hall is no longer there as we have done a loft conversion and there is now a stairway there.
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6 years ago
Hi Sarah,

It is a really long lounge and it sounds like you've got some good ideas. I offer an online Home Design Workshop if you'd like help to figure out the architecture of the space. Happy to have a chat with you to see if it would be right for you.

Possibly you could move the kitchen into the lounge and make it a kitchen diner with the dining to the front. Then make the kitchen into a lounge that opens up more to the garden, taking away the back porch.

Jane, i-architect.co.uk

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