skip to main content

Input on kitchen/diner layout please

Caroline Dimond

2 years ago

We are planning a rear extension, where we would like our new living room to be, overlooking the garden. We will be removing an internal wall to open up the kitchen/dining space. Is this the best layout do you think? We are reluctant to go completely open plan as feel we would miss the privacy.

I hope this can be seen ok?

Sort by:Oldest

Comments (2)

PRO
Kingfisher Designs
2 years ago
Could do with seeing the whole plan with the extension but it looks fine, you dont have to have open plan if you don't want to, some people prefer a more traditional arrangement and its better for heating.
PRO
Ideas for Interiors
2 years ago
The gap between the dining table and what I asdume us the door into the new sitting room looks a bit tight. Could you turn the table 90 degrees and even push it towards the wall, depending on how many people will be using it at a time?
Related Discussions
Please help me decide on my lounge / diner / kitchen layout
Q
Comments (15)
Thank-you very much for the comments. I hope it will be a great space, but playing around with it and changing the design at the last minute is getting a bit stressful! This is the design that the build company showed us initially - just their initial thought as it how it would look. I found feeling the area where they had positioned the fridge/freezer very tricky. We want a free-standing french larder style fridge and the doors and level of matching with the rest of the units didn't seem like a good fit. The support pillar for the steel that crosses the island in the attachment below has also been a real annoyance. It sticks out 23cm, so it can only really go through empty-ish cupboards. Clearly anything to the left of that steel is difficult to vent. On the design in my intitial post, I was intending to have a dropped ceiling element that stretched just beyond the steel. This would let me have a powerful extractor and exit the flew onto the flat room (hidden by the drop ceiling 'box'). I like the idea you describe of a full wall of units, then island, then table. I guess Jonathan's proposal is similar to that. While I love the efficiency of the "4 double door" hideaway I just don't like the aesthetic, so will need to think about something else. Bringing it back to what we need... Utility room: enough to stash the washing machine, store the vacuum cleaner and hang a few clothes. No need for a sink. Free Standing, 90cm wide fridge, nicely framed either by wall of kitchen units. Waist height oven with an additional "top oven / grill (broiler)" - so at least one full height column. Good size kitchen island with at least two seats. Approx 90cm induction hob, plus a gas domino hob. Powerful, externally venting extractor over hob. I'm relatively open to moving the kitchen/living area to wherever it works best. I'm also not desperate to have the hob on the island (but that would be nice). As far as I know, the builders haven't done anything that can't be easily adjusted at this stage - but I think that will change in a couple of days - and they are planning for the kitchen to be in the old part of the house. As for rooflights - I thought, perhaps wrongly, that it would be light enough with the big bifold doors. It is an east facing room, and the old room had some sliding paitio doors and it felt bright enough. So I have left roof lights out on the basis that - but I'm also concerned about noise. (Cheaper too!). The biggest window we can gave without incurring significantly more cost is 1800mm x 1000mm - I'm minded to be 2 or 3 of these in that middle section. Thanks!
...See More
New kitchen diner layout feedback please
Q
Comments (8)
I'm sure Karen will give you lots of options :) option 1 utility position doesn't work for me personally. I wouldn't want to be trecking through those doors etc. I don't know if an option would be to make the study a combined laundry/cloak and then extend the playroom to include a desk. If you work from home a lot though that could be an issue? Option 2, the kitchen doesn't feel big enough for the house and not sure how many tall units you're wanting? The loss of door in the play room is also tricky for hanging out washing. do you mean like an oriel window for the window seat? i don't know if i would change the window and door around? Just thinking of taking rubbish out, bbq's, al fresco dining etc so the door may be better from the kitchen?
...See More
Advice please- which kitchen diner layout?
Q
Comments (0)
Renovating our kitchen diner, I would like to include some or armchair seating (we have a front living room as well so doesn’t need to be a lot). Which of these options do you prefer? Please excuse wonky positioning - slightly tricky to line up as we have a wedge shaped room!
...See More
Kitchen / Diner Layout ideas please!
Q
Comments (31)
Hi!, as a furniture/kitchen designer for over 30 years I try to come to the clients with a complete open mind. I ask the question that I need to understand how you live and want to live 10 years from now 15 years from now and so on. It's vital to open the time conversations as often families consider that as it is, is how we plan and build. When in reality we all age together and we all keep moving, of we are lucky to be healthy and able. So! Starting from that prospective I'll build a picture based on first the practicals.... How many people living in the house ? Age profile? Special food needs? How do you like to cook Range or oven & hob? 6.Have you a preference of sinks? ie Belfast sink or undermounted sink? Have you a thought on boiling water taps? What's your opinion on worktops? Quartz, Granite, wood, Corian, laminate? After that it down to the nicer things. What colours, textures and layout work best. After that it's lighting and that's a life if its own.
...See More

Sponsored

More Discussions

Proposed floor plan help please

58

Opinions and suggestions on Howdens Kitchen Design

17

Room Layout - Help please!

3

Help…dilema I need some ideas

15

Does anyone know of a washer dryer that is less than 45cm deep?

5

United Kingdom

Tailor my experience with cookies

Houzz uses cookies and similar technologies to personalise my experience, serve me relevant content, and improve Houzz products and services. By clicking ‘Accept’ I agree to this, as further described in the Houzz Cookie Policy. I can reject non-essential cookies by clicking ‘Manage Preferences’.