layout ideas for 4m x 4.5m kitchen

2 years ago

We are having two rooms knocked together in our new house (a 225 year old cottage) to make a new kitchen. We want a cottage style and will have a separate utility so don’t need to worry about washing machine and tumble dryer. We would like to incorporate an American fridge freezer and range cooker and I like the idea of a corner larder although not a deal breaker.

We have the following design lined up which I like but I am not sure about the breakfast bar area. I think it is going to get in the way of the walkway and feel cramped. I am wondering if we could scrap the breakfast bar and include a small table in the center of the room, or if the room is too small. We have a separate dining room so it wouldn’t be for full family dining, just a workspace and place for breakfast or a cuppa.

Please let me know your thoughts or if you have any better suggestions for layout?

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faye_lloyd
2 years ago
I personally prefer the breakfast bar to the table idea but I would question wether it needs to accommodate 3 seats? If not then getting rid of the end one could open the access into the main kitchen space and make it feel more open?
rinked
2 years ago
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Where do the doors lead to?
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nikkip82
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2 years ago
Here is the downstairs layout. We are knocking the kitchen and utility room together to creat one larger kitchen and reconfiguring the front of the house to make one clear front door lining up with the hallway, a utility/boot room and wet room with shower.

The door on the kitchen design by the breakfast bar stools is the door into the dining room, the other door is the current kitchen door into the hallway. The door into the current utility will be blocked up. So both the doors in the kitchen are major walkway doors.

We want to honour the old feel of the cottage, it’s 225 years old, which is another reason I am thinking a table may work better than a breakfast bar.
Sarah M
2 years ago
In our old house we had a breakfast bar set up similar to this where a door opened directly into the breakfast area and it worked really well. The only thing was that we only ever used 2 stools (originally bought 3 and ended up getting rid of one) and if I was doing it again I would change the way the door opened so it didn't open into the kitchen. I think your dining room looks big enough that you could change the door so it swings into the dining room instead of the kitchen.
nikkip82
Original Author
2 years ago
Great idea Sarah, thank you
rinked
2 years ago
How is the plot layout? As in: wouldn't you like a side entrance (from kitchen to bin, to cut herbs, etc)?
nikkip82
Original Author
2 years ago
Ideally yes but sadly it can’t be done as the house is a semi so attached to another cottage next door and the back of the house has a very high garden with only a very small access path around the side of the house (you literally have to shuffle sideways down it).
rinked
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Made some layouts for you. Hope they may inspire. And let me know if you'd like to adjust some, as kitchen layouts are full of personal wants and needs.

Left: A table in the middle might look nostalgic, but would be in multiple 'traffic lines', so a working table with stools could be handy, multi purpose. Top left an open 20cm wide unit for cutting board/books, then a 60cm tall unit for microwave/oven/steam. Sink not under a window, as I used standard cabinet sizes and wanted the range (90cm) to be all stylish inbetween drawers. On the left of the sink 2x50cm doors, on the right 60cm dish and 60cm door. Sink unit itself 100cm with drawers (this is the starting point of the kitchen design and countertop depths). The another corner to display kettle/coffeemaker and a freestanding fridge freezer inbetween panels. Kitchen would have two corner units, I can recommend having at least one Lemans. Open farmhouse look, though with large working triangle.

Centre: Symmetric range (100cm) wall. Sink (90cm) under window. Peninsula with seats. Three 90cm corner units. Distance between peninsula and tall unit is about 135cm.

Right: Similar layout, but with sink and DW in the peninsula, two corner units under the window (starting point of kitchen design), range opposite the sink. Fridge and freezer built in. Shallow cupboards on the diningroom wall, perhaps a glass door in the middle with some lights in. Distance between peninsula and wall is about 140cm, between sink and range is 150cm.

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