Reduce living room space and create hallway?
Our house has a tiny hallway, with access to the stairs and living room from it. The kitchen/diner is then accessed through the living room. We feel we would prefer a longer hallway. This would mean putting up a wall to create the hallway with doorway to the living room, knocking through a doorway at the end of the hall for access to the kitchen, removing and closing off the double doors currently between the living room and kitchen diner, removing the wall currently between the stairs and living room and putting in a banister as well as opening up under the stairs, and closing up a doorway in the kitchen which currently goes under the stairs! It seems like a lot for this layout change(!) however it will mean more wall space in both the living room and the k/d which will be great for when we hopefully put in a new kitchen! It will also mean two separate living spaces which we’re excited about, as well as a hallway we can all actually stand in!
Question is, does this all sound a bit mad? We’re not moving any time soon and it feels like a better setup for our family.
Absolutely no idea how much this would cost but I’m keen to see what others think or if anyone has done similar before!
Many thanks in advance!
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Comments (3)Hi Phil My first reaction is yes, put in the hallway so that you direct access to the kitchen/diner from the main hallway but this does make your living room space very narrow. I work in a 2.5m square office so I know the space would not be big. I would recommend you having a full floor plan design completing for the living room based on the smaller size and the existing size so that you really understand what you can have in the space and how it could be laid out to maximum affect and flow. I would be delighted to help you with this. Check out a lounge design I completed late last summer www.myclaybrickhome.com/post/multi-functional-family-lounge or any of the other features shown on www.myclaybrickhome.com/case-studies If you wanted to book a free no obligation consultation call drop me a reply. Rgds Vicky vicky@myclaybrickhome.com...See MoreCharlotte D
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last yearMeasurements for the lounge as pic: 13ft 9in in length by 13ft wide. By introducing the hallway it would reduce the width to 9ft 9in.
I assume these are the most beneficial measurements but I can grab the tape measure again if needed!
Thanks in advance!
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