Open Plan Kitchen/Living/Dining Design Dilemma
Hi everyone, hoping you could help a girl out! Yesterday we had our kitchen (partially) installed (image attached). As you can see, the kitchen is pretty dark, and the floor have a marble effect. We (think) we're going for the Miami White Silestone Quartz countertop+spashback (however, feel free to suggest an alternative). I would really love an oval dining table (that seats 6 pax minimum but don't know in what colour) and wishbone chairs (again don't know in what colour). For our sofa I would really love the BoConcept 3 seater Modena sofa (I would love it to be in a white/neutral colour but I know it won't be practical) and as a TV console I would like to do this DIY: https://lonefox.com/blogs/journal/diy-woven-cane-storage-console. We have a large 5 meter sliding door that brings a lot of light to the room, I intend on hanging white ceiling to floor curtains.
I would really, really, really appreciate it if you could help me create a moodboard as right now I feel like I am mixing too many styles that do not necessarily go well together.
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minnie101
9 days agoHi, I think they work together (but might be biased) as the wishbone and cane cabinet have an oriental aesthetic although mid century. I’ve added a couple of other bits but for anything else would probably keep it quite non-style/period specific and add lots of texture and plants. Sorry I’ve used black for the moment as struggle to get rid of the background otherwise and I can’t get into Bo Concepts website 😂
did you have a table in mind and are you having a splashback?
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Comments (29)Hey Nisha! I love your Option 4 and what a fab design- looks amazing!!! I think Option 4 has lots of space and flow through the room without having to walk around furniture and is a great adult space with formal and informal dining with the addition of the breakfast bar. If little people do come along in the future and you need a play space when they're a little bit older, you can always whip out the breakfast bar and move the table up closer to the kitchen at that point- it's a lovely flexible design. In the meantime Option 4 feels light and open and spacious and looks fab to me. What a long way you've come since your first post! How exciting!...See MoreNeed help with designing kitchen/dining/living room open living plan
Comments (10)Thank you for your response. We had plans pretty finalised until we found out that we can keep just that long wall into the large space as it is a load-bearing. There is an opportunity to put a door in though. I am attaching what it looked like with all the walls that we can now remove. We have also been tinkering with ideas which I am adding as well. I added some comments on the plans as well. What we want to have is a dining area with a large table that seats 8-10 people. We want enough space for two people to work and cook in the kitchen. Thus, we were thinking of an island or an L-shape workspace coming out. We'd like to have a utility room to have space for all the cleaning utensils. Washer and Dryer will be upstairs in a separate laundry room. The living room is nothing formal but an area to relax and watch TV. We'd like to have an L-shaped cough in there for a family of four (2 kids under the age of 10)....See MoreSuggestions for open plan living dining kitchen for family of 6
Comments (23)Indeed! Lots of changes! I have 3 kids and having a front, separated lounge is essential: always tidy-ish and quiet-er! By putting a wall between lounge and kitchen, you could then use it to put floor to ceiling units in kitchen side( oven, fridge...) Then, get rid of units on left and have the space for the island of your dreams ! You could put a banquette on the right of the new extension , that might give you room for some seating. If it were my house, I would also make the entrance hall more spacious by getting rid of the first cupboard. ( maybe make the other one a little longer?) And as you only have 1 meter between the stairs and front door, I would open the front door the other way, so people walk in a spacious area, not a cramped space! I personally like a home with elbow room, rather than always have to squeeze by, going around furniture, bottled neck corridors, cramped hall where you cannot properly greet guests without brushing against each other... ‘Empty’ space can make a house feel luxurious... What ever you decide, your project is going to be life changing! Keep us posted!...See Morere designing living room into open plan kitchen dining living space
Comments (12)Ok. Where do you enter? And where is the bathroom? Bedroom is upstairs? Fireplace will be used as such? Is the space next to the sitting room a hallway? Where could the soil pipe go?...See Moreaimeemuscat
8 days agominnie101
8 days agoWhat do you think of this table? It comes with different tops and leg finishes but is 240cm long, not sure if that’s too big or ok? (Spookily they used the same light I did 😂). I can’t get an image of the white top with the dark legs hence the blue.
PROSandra Lawson Interiors
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