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Help with layout of long narrow kitchen / diner

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

Hi, i would love some advice on how to best combine a currently separate reception room and kitchen to make a large kitchen diner. We plan to knock down the wall between the reception room (red room in the image) and the kitchen (blue room in the image), but the issue is the room will be long but narrow, and we have a very tight budget. We'd like a layout that enables us to ideally get a patio door / french doors at the end of the kitchen so we have the garden views, but also have a kitchen with lots storage if possible. We are not planning to do an extension.

Hope you can help!

Thank you!

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The Kitchen Lady UK
3 years ago
You're probably looking at a galley kitchen due to the width. The second run goes flush to the old chimney breast. The alcove to the back wall can then be tall pantry storage, either with joinery doors to make a walk in pantry or just setting back tall units to make a bank of storage.

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Victoria
3 years ago
What do you plan to use the existing dining room for?
Have you thought about converting that side of the house instead?
I suggest you contact @OnePlan to get suggestions for all the options available to you. Looks like a great property 😊
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I like the layout- I don’t think you can do much else and there is not enough space for an island and a peninsula would cut down the kitchen space. Personally I think the extra storage at the dining end is useful. Personally I think there are a couple of extra things you could consider:- Firstly there are drawers under the hob flanked by cupboards. Personally I would rather see a wall of drawers to give you longer horizontal lines to make the space seem wider. Secondly I would prefer the storage at the dining end of the room to stop 300/400mm from each corner for an unfitted look which I think also contributes to a feeling of space. If there is no bin planned then you need that planned in a cabinet on the sink wall. Personally I prefer to see a wider raised cabinet over the hob as I think the likely lower cabinets each side crowd the hob. It looks like your fridge opens the wrong way and doesn’t fit in the units. I would rather see an integrated fridge- if it has to be free standing don’t build cabinets around it, put it at the end of the run. I think fitting cabinets around a fridge frames it and I think normally we only put a frame around treasured pictures not the plainest lump of metal in the house. Next you say the dining area feels too formal- I would make it more comfortable , choose a round table and upholstered chairs with a chandelier over. Flooring- your choose kinda depends on the kitchen cabinet choices. If you choose wood in your kitchen then porcelain tiles laid on the diagonal will help it seem wider. A wood floor direction can also help it feel wider. A rug under the table will also help the room seem less long. Lastly consider the lighting. Of course it needs to be light enough to cook but when you are sat relaxing or entertaining at your table you need to be able to switch off the ceiling lights in the kitchen and create an ambiance from under cabinet lighting, an over table light (with a dimmer), lighting in the dining end storage (glass cabinets?) or walk over lights that spill light up the wall
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Sonia
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Lovely house. I think it’s a great idea. So the old dining room will become the living room?

Patio doors at the end of the kitchen would be such a good idea. I love when houses are reconfigured rather like George Clarke does, no extensions, just moving walls!
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