How to repurpose “skinny” kitchen and garage
Hi all,
So the fiancé and I have taken the plunge and bought a nice 4 bed detached with a garden backing onto woodlands (what convinced us this was the right one).
We plan on extending in a couple years once we’ve saved up again, with a wrap around extension being the dream (starting about halfway back).
Thing is, we’re not sure what to do with the old kitchen or the garage as they’re not the widest of rooms. We’d probably have a utility room but feel it might be a waste of the sun coming in through the front.
any ideas are very welcome, we really want to unleash the potential in this place!
Comments (7)
tessalaynes
8 days agoWe have a very similar house. We knocked through the kitchen and dining room and blocked off the entrance to the living room. We also converted the garage into a long thin playroom. In hindsight I might have taken a bit of the garage for the washing machine (the internal wall that backs onto the downstairs loo). Had we not had kids we might have done something a bit more open plan but we wanted doors we could shut!
tessalaynes
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