Help with kitchen/dining room layout

3 years ago

We have a Victorian terrace and would like to do a downstairs renovation to maximise functional living space and to create more work space and storage in the kitchen. Our fridge is currently in the middle of our narrow kitchen opposite the kitchen sink, which is pretty inconvenient when both of us are in the kitchen at the same time!

We are considering taking down two walls: the wall between the dining room and kitchen and the wall between the dining room and hallway. We’re inclined to seal off the door between the hallway and living room, and perhaps install Cristal effect doors (or something similar) between the dining and living rooms so there is the option of closing the lounge off. The back of the house is south facing so this should also let the light through to the front of the house.

We would love to hear suggestions as to how we should lay out the kitchen. We are open to switching the kitchen and dining room over, although keeping the kitchen at the back of the house will probably be the cheaper option.

Looking forward to your ideas!

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User
3 years ago
Hi, looks like it's a 3 storey house, so building regs may prevent removal of wall in hallway. Best to check with your local council.
Caroline C
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3 years ago
Thanks Sarah, we’ll definitely get that checked out.
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annabellaamy
3 years ago
Are you game for keeping the traditional features ? Or have you given it a more contemporary feel ?

I would be reluctant to seal off door into living room from hall because it would only leave one entrance into living space. Or have I mis understood you ?

If you take down the wall where the fridge currently is and make a lovely kitchen diner I guess it would make all the difference. Agree with putting doors in between the dining room and lounge. It will give you 'a different room to go into'.....

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Caroline C
Original Author
3 years ago
Yes I would definitely want to keep as many of the original features as possible. We have two original fireplaces and seems a shame to get rid of them. I take your point about sealing the door off into the lounge, will have a think about it. I think we’ll definitely take the wall where the fridge is - it used to be an old external wall (the skylight bit of the kitchen is an extension) so will probably need some steel. I’m wondering how that will look if the wall between the hallway and dining room remains intact though as I think that the hallway will just be dead space.
donep
3 years ago
I think you can increase space in the kitchen by removing the wall in reception2 to make a kitchen diner with moving the fridge to the wall side of fireplace in reception2 and also moving the wall of reception1 into the space in reception2 to make the space of lounge bigger. This would give more natural light to the house and also make the space huge.
Caroline C
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks donep. What do you mean by moving the wall of recption1 into reception2? Our lounge at the front of the house is fairly long as it stands.
donep
3 years ago
I was thinking of increasing the lounge 1 size as well. But if the room size is good then you can leave the wall between both the lounges as it is.

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