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Kitchen / Dining Room layout

2 years ago

Hi all, just bought a small 70s home thats a tad crampt! We will probably take the wall down separating the kitchen from dining area and either have the kitchen on the right, or left. Both back doors can be easily re-jigged to suit the best plan, thinking the space will used best if the lounge is separated from the dining room having access off the hall door? Would love to hear any suggestions, thanks!

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Isla Cherry

2 years ago

Everybody wants a kitchen diner. Well most people. It would look better without the wall. I think the layout as you have shown it does not leave much room for a dining table and chairs. What size is your table or are you changing it? It's a great idea to close the wall between sitting and dining as that wall can now be much better utilised as part of the kitchen. It will be a stud wall though so that might have implications for wall units or full height ones. Getting the water supply over to where you want it for the washer/dryer might prove very costly. Your design is an efficient use of space but moving the whole kitchen is going to be expensive because of the services.

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Josh Adams
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2 years ago
just an idea?
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granulka
2 years ago

i always crave the light so may be biased, but would not block the lounge unless with pocket doors.

5m wide is tight for both peninsula and table so i would lose the breqkfast bar and if needing more storage, i would add more cabinets on dining room wall - but not full 60cm depth bit rduced to 30-40 like wall cabinets, and make it look like dresser with some glazed display units
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rinked
2 years ago
Any specific reasons why you want to close off the lounge again?

It looks a lot like my own home and i would never close it up again ever.
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Josh Adams
Original Author
2 years ago
@ Isla Cherry yes i agree the space for a table and chairs might be too small. The cost implications of moving the plumbing and electrics wont be too bad, as we are having a new combi heating system installed anyway, although the washing machine is in the most awkward position.
Josh Adams
Original Author
2 years ago
@ granulka love the idea, do you think it may feel too opened planned with all the doorways? separating the spaces, i thought would give you a larger kitchen/diner, and still a good size (cozy) living room (which has a large bay window for lots of light). Pocket doors sound great but would they really be used? @ rinked ....thanks for the comments !!
rinked
2 years ago
We did this, and have a small extension behind the kitchen where we have our fridge, freezer, heater and washing machine (our kitchen is just 230cm deep, hall to rear). The peninsula is made from back to back shallow units.

And our neighbours have done this, as they don't have the extra utility extension, but they have pets and their bowls are next to the back door:

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