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Dining hall layout dilemma

3 months ago

Interested in a house with a problematic ground floor layout where the porch opens onto a large dining space, kitchen is then comparatively small with an adjoining snug which may be better as dining space. Any ideas for easy or more extensive reconfiguration?

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Isla Cherry
3 months ago
It depends on your budget and how you use your house. You could turn the snug into a dining room and get a firebox that serves both sides. Is that a working fireplace? Do you want a bigger kitchen? I would try and combine the current kitchen and snug as a kitchen diner. I would be tempted to increase the snugs size by moving the door to the left to square off the room. Do you use the dining hall as a dining space at the moment?
Lucy Cunnah thanked Isla Cherry
Jonathan
3 months ago
I think I would swap the kitchen and utility. In my opinion it would be easier to make an aperture to the snug because the chimney breast complicates that on the opposite wall. Also I imagine there is a garden at the back and in my opinion it’s better for socialising when the kitchen opens to the garden
Lucy Cunnah thanked Jonathan
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