Awkward kitchen.
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Comments (3)Look into the idea of a garden room. That is, dividing each area into a defined hedged garden room with its own character. Then that stairs and long path area could be like an avenue between the areas. Whenever I see long and narrow block and kids I think bike track! Landscape with larger trees and hardy bushes and put in a gravel path the kids can ride up and down on.Clear out the plants but don't discard them, you might be able to reuse all that moses cradle elsewhere. Then get a load of mulch and mound it up along the path. It will give you a blank canvas to plant into. Look for shade plants that will give you some colour. I'd also put the gravel path back towards the fence as you come down the stair, and squeeze a little garden bed in between the path and the staircase....See MoreSelf opening/closing kitchen cupboards
Comments (23)The main difference between the two choices operationally are: Push catches on handle-less doors and drawers require pushing to open and pushing to close, whilst cupboards with handles (with soft close mechanism), you pull to open and nudge to close and they retract automatically. Push catches win the appearance prize, whilst I think handles with soft close on drawers and doors win the operational prize as they are a little easier to use. A few issues on both sides: Handles are better to grip on big/heavy drawers and doors than knobs. Don't choose handles that have a shaft set in than allows you to catch aprons or clothes on them. A push catch is particularly great for a bin drawer giving you two hands free to carry and dump the rubbish, however push catch drawers often inadvertently open when you lean against them such as near the sink. You also need to push it closed and you may have dirty hands leaving marks on the front of the door. Push catches on drawers need to be pushed in from the middle. People often say their push catches are faulty. It's because they have pushed the drawer in from one side. This causes one of the spring mechanisms (one on each side in the runner) to become disengaged. It is easy to fix by taking out the drawer and sliding in again. For overall appearance, the trend is to have handle-less doors on modern minimalist kitchens. Whatever you choose, don't get little knobs or grips like the one in the pic you posted. These are OK for less trafficked areas, but you will find them very annoyingly difficult to use in a kitchen!...See MoreNeed help with an awkward 70's floorplan
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Comments (27)Exxy to move the stairs (but brilliant idea!) - so how about take out dining/hall wall and put just one long line of low kitchen cupboards down where that wall was or closer to the opposite side - so you open up all space and see all from walking in the front door. Make either a horse shoe kitchen config with cooker at top end. Then paint all cupboards in same colour - say a gum tree green - and give them new handles. In area between cupboards newly tile or lay a lino floor as easy and inexpensive to do and there are some really pretty decent patterns these days. If you've any money left over or later, boost the lighting with a strip of spots that point to the island worktop, the window worktop AND the cooker. But where is the fridge to go??...See MoreHU-477105008
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