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divya_muthukumaran

How to open up split level reception and kitchen dining

3 months ago

We have just moved into this house and starting to think about a knock through between the rear reception and dining to make a larger open plan kitchen diner without extending. The front reception room will stay as it is. The main problem we have now is the lack of counter space and it's a bit of the squeeze in the kitchen area if more than one person wants to hang out and cook together. The other issues is the placement of the dishwasher by the window which blocks the walking path to the dining area and the washing machine which causes a bottleneck when someone is loading unloading it. Ideally we want a lootility downstairs and a coat closet. What is complicating things is there is a two step height difference between the rear reception and the kitchen dining area. Any ideas what might work here?

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