Open plan kitchen living layout help
Hi all,
We are planning on a single level rear extension that is north facing and have an open canvas to work with. The space will be about 6m x 8.5m (roughly 51sqm). We are very new to this and would love some ideas on kitchen, dining, entertainment layout for the open space.
Thank you in advance.
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6 years ago
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Comments (6)You didn't mention the face-brick wall that is a real feature of this room. If you are keeping this brick wall as it is I would go with a plain white benchtop, as a marble will be lost with the face brickwork and feature timber. I think that you are on the right track with the grey floor tiles, however a bluestone grey is a cool grey, and you have a lot of warmth in the brickwork and timber. I would suggest a plain warm grey tile, with a hint of brown , perhaps similar to the mortar colour in your brickwork would complement the rest of the room quite nicely.This is a render of one of my current jobs with a similar scheme to your proposed white and timber which works quite nicely for the 1970's home that it is in. Best of luck with your kitchen renovation, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls...See MoreOpen plan living, dining & kitchen - proposed layout
Comments (1)'best way to make this decisions is to add scale sized furniture to the space and unless you have the TV wall moved then the existing arrangement should be fine with the lounge facing the TV but there seems to be too much wasted space in the central hallway that could be better used in the rooms or even better added to outside...See More- 6 years ago
6 years agoHi Sal, we are currently building and a must for us was the kitchen/dining/family leading to the outside. We like the laundry at
the back as we grow vegetables. Here is the copy of my plan that I designed myself. The dimensions excluding the laundry are 9.6 metres long x 4.8 metres wide.
- 6 years ago
Thank you for your replies. As I said, we’re new to this :)
Here are a few photos of the current layout and the rear of the house where we want the extension to be. It’s a double brick house, internally there are floor boards and there is crawl space under the house. The land slopes down from north to south. We rarely use the front entrance and usually come in from the rear. The exisiting deck is relatively new and would be nice to have the extension open up to it and the northern aspect.
6 years ago- 6 years ago
The layout that Karen has posted works well for 9.6 metres. But you said yours is to 8.5m long. Comfortable space for living would be 3-4m, dining 3-3.5m, kitchen 3m. This adds to 9-10.5m.
An option would be to put kitchen with island facing north, and cupboard, appliances along south and east walls. It depends greatly on where are you putting laundry etc. if demolishing existing rooms, at the back. So as said by others, you need to look at the whole home, not just an extension.
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