Help with new kitchen extension quandary please
Hi all
We’re knocking through the kitchen / dining room and adding a 3m extension on the back of the house to create a living/dining/kitchen area. The extension is not flush with the existing wall (semi detached house) and will be built 30cm in. This gives a slightly staggered run of units with the tall units being set back by 30cm and starting at the protrubance where the RSJ sits. Do you think this will look odd?
i could get round this by including a stud wall to make the units flush but would lose 30cm of space - would that be significant?
Husband didn’t want the kitchen on the other side so that’s not an option. And, the door to the utilty will be a sliding pocket door so i hope to have 3 tall units and not 2..
Thank you so much for your thoughts - I’m so immersed in this I can’t make any decisions any more!
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