Open plan layout suggestions please

3 years ago

Hi, please could you post some open plan layout suggestions based on my floor plan below.

Currently the plan is to remove the two walls (marked red in the floor plan), main reasons to not fully open up is to retain some wall space for storage / privacy and achieve an L shape kitchen. I would also love the creation of a utility.

I posted yesterday about something else and got some great suggestions so just wanted to see if there were anymore out there! Thanks

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Ellie
3 years ago
I wouldn't remove the wall between the living room, I like a completely separate room.

I'd remove the wall between kitchen/dining. Have l-shaped kitchen starting on far right wall
Kat739
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3 years ago
Thanks but we’ve ruled that out as the back of the house is too dark and cold (north facing) and so needs some light from the front. Plus having separate rooms at the moment is not working for us, we have a young family and need to free-flow.
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Holly, not a bad dialema and what great spaces you have to play with! There are so many options for you here. I have worked on these type of properties for over 9 years and I always provide the same advice to a client. You will need to consider how you want to use the space/the environment that you want to create in order to determine where you will place the furniture. Key elements such as how you intend to travel through the property, what is practical for you, how your family spend their time at home etc. will all dictate the interior configuration. For example, some of my clients would look to create a formal reception room at the front of the property, introducing a door from the hallway. They would then utilise the second reception room as a play/TV area, library, piano space or even insert the kitchen within this zone and create a very large open plan dining/entertainment space (large sofa/TV area) at the rear, directly connected to the garden. As you can see there are so many points to consider. Have you thought about appointing a team to assist you with the space planning/visualising how it could look?
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USB sockets seem like a great idea, until you have them and realise that most smart devices require more "umph" through it's plug/own adapters rather than the weedy trickle out of the USB socket and you end up never using the USB's. It's worth noting that there is nothing special about the wiring to these, so can be swapped once you have been using the space and know where you need them. Interesting spots for ethernet, I would have through they would dominate the TV area more than anything, to get the TV, game consoles etc off the wireless network, reduce the load, leaving laptops and tablets with more freedom and reliable connection rather than be tethered by cables at designated points. Thats an awful lot of sockets for a larder!... youre having worktops in there instead of full shelving?, I cant imagine wanting to use a worktop in such a small space when theres a lovely amount of it in the kitchen.
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Hi all, Thank you for your comments; I appreciate them! Natasha - the units you have suggested are very much what I had in mind. We will have a shaker kitchen and the media unit would also be shaker style and would have 4-6 cupboards with the TV in the middle with book shelves either side. Part of the reason we kept a partial wall was to make the space more usable. I can’t envision how the fully open plan room will be able to meet all our needs, but I am open to ideas! I feel that open plan would be more impressive, but potentially less usable. With regards to the doors. I do plan to reverse the doors both into the kitchen and family room part, but couldn’t work out how to do it on the app I used for the floor plan. It is a 1920s house and we have the original doors which we are planning to keep. We are also keeping a lot of floor space as when the table is not extended, we still have young children with lots of Lego and trains etc. I plan for these to be hidden in the cupboards at bedtime. J - we haven’t installed the kitchen but we have ordered it and paid a big deposit. Some of the units are bespoke/irregular sizes and I don’t think we would be willing to change this. I have attached a photo of our rendered kitchen plan. Thanks again for your comments. It is good to have other people’s opinions and ideas.
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Thanks both for your comments. At the moment all quite flexible as we are just planning how to use the space. I’ve marked up the plan showing the location of the garden, utility and bedrooms, plus where the new extension actually is (hatched blue). I’ve also shown where the kitchen is at the moment which will become a snug. There are two adults and two very small children living here. Neither wood burner is installed. Ideally six sofa and dining room seats. Doors to the garden can be anywhere along the back wall they are shown on. Play area is just a rug and a little storage as you’ve mentioned. TV is not essential in this room. Not sure on kitchen size yet. Other half would like an island with two seats for breakfast but I’m slightly worried it will become the middle of a racetrack!
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kazzh
3 years ago
Maybe a classic double pocket door between the dining and lounge. Open for monitoring, closed if needed. I have seen examples which are fully flush with the frame giving a more seemless finish - so much better than what we usually think of!
kazzh
3 years ago
It might be better placed where your red line is between the study and lounge!
Ellie
3 years ago
You say you have a young family need the lot open..... has the building work started? If you are only sketching, the time it takes to get permission/building warrants/a builder booked..... that can take time. The wee ones are only at that stage for such a short time that I think you shouldn't plan for the moment
Kat739
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3 years ago
Builder is booked in, works start in approx 3 months, we only need building regs for what we’re doing, so that’s a couple of weeks notice to the council. Thanks but we didn’t even like the layout pre-kids, the rooms are so long and narrow, it just doesn’t work for us and how we want to live, hence why we want to open up.

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