Kitchen Layout Potential Ideas

3 years ago

Hi all,

We are building an extension on our property to make our kitchen into a large kitchen diner. We are a bit stumped as to the best way to lay out if anyone can help. We do have one idea in mind but are not sure if the space would. The extension we are putting in will mean the space is roughly 5x5 metres. This the current floor plan below with where we are extending to.

This is one idea we thought but like I said we aren't sure if the space would allow. If anyone has any advice or recommendation it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Nathan

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Neasa
3 years ago
You need to give proper measurements to get proper advice!

Your u-shaped kitchen will be 600mm + (at least) 1200mm circulation + (at least) 800mm for the breakfast bar. If you want to accommodate stools at the breakfast bar then you need circulation space for those - at least 600mm. That's 3.2m, leaving 1.8m in the dining and sofa space. Most rectangular dining tables are 900mm, so with seats either side you need 2.1mm for dining. You can see that using these minimum sizes, you would need 5.3m for your current plan. Being honest, I don't think it's a good layout for the space.

Look at where the door is - it's coming in and opening onto two tall sets of units (oven on the right, pantry on the left) this will give a cluttered feel as you enter the room. Much better to build in your tall units on one wall away from the door. I would put them where the sink is in your plan. Where are you putting fridge?
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CJ Interiors
3 years ago
Hi Nathan, Here is a rough draft. You said the room was roughly 5m by 5m so that is the measurements I have provided for this plan. Of course there are so many other factors to consider. I would suggest keeping the pantry to a corner as it could look lost on the middle of a wall.
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Hello, I’m not speaking as a Pro but I have a young family and also having a ground floor extension this year. I would prefer to keep the living room as it is as it’s nice to have a room for some quiet time ( also knocking down walls and having big bifolds will add extra cost to your renovation). I’m not keen on the kitchen units all stretching down the whole wall on the left, even though you have made room for a ‘living area’ as it will feel like you are always in a kitchen. If you keep the kitchen area in the first half of the room and have the ‘living space’ towards the section near the garden/back then you have a defined ‘living space’, you can use that for a dining area, watching tv, sofa and relaxing looking out onto the garden. Also as the area is clearly defined, parents can keep an eye on their young kids in the rear section whilst they are preparing dinner etc. I hope that helps.
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I think it's a large space and it needs a hell of a lot of thinking about. There are many internal and external factors to take in to consideration. On one of the plans the Fireplace which I think is in the middle, had moved to nearer the Bay. ( are there two and your'e cutting down to one? ) Every plan has to start with the drains, where are they and how are you going to access them, it's crucial to the whole design. Then you can move on to what else is outside, what do want to look at, where's the light coming from etc.......................Then inside to where you want to place things for maximum usability etc. I think Karen's offer of help by a proper Concept Planner would be invaluable to you as she'll be able to offer up different solutions and take everything in to consideration that needs to be, thus taking the guess work out of it. Blowing the renders up in to 3D is enormously helpful, you'll find that designs that you like in 2D suddenly don't work for you in 3D and therefore will need to be tweaked often several times. Concept Planners offer an invaluable service in this type of situation, they know all the pitfalls and often are much better at this situation than Architects. Everyone has their niche and sometimes, you just need one or more different people in your corner with the right set of tools.
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Never sure about separate playrooms. If your children are young, you’ll want them in the kitchen/open plan space so you can all be together as a family during the day. If they’re a bit older, they could play (games consoles etc) in the front living room. I think your current design might mean you just have a walk way through to your kitchen with no purpose. How about opening up the whole of the back into one big space with plenty of built-in cupboard storage for toys? Kids are little for such a short time really, it seems a shame to ‘lose’ that space. Also can you have windows on that side of your house? If not, potentially the playroom would be dingy. Just my thoughts! H x
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Nathan Conlon
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3 years ago
Hi Neasa,

Thanks for your reply.

We don't yet have the keys to the property, we complete in a few weeks so we don't have exact measurements at the minute. Thank you for your recommendations they will certainly be taken into account. Like I said we were struggling to see what would be a practical use of the space and how best to achieve this.
Jonathan
3 years ago
I worry that if you put a small sitting area in a kitchen the main sitting area gets under used. Consider this alternative instead

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