Kitchens/dining rooms, what`s fashionable now?

[speccy1]

I`ve got the classic layout 3 bedroom semi, with good size rooms apart from a matchbox sized kitchen, which gets on my tits

Most of my neighbours have binned the stud wall between the kitchen and dining room and made a pleasant space. I can`t make my mind up

Do people have this as one room nowadays? Or is the kitchen and dining room layout still the way to go?

What`s the general opinion nowadays?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

What do you want/prefer?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Ceilings are popular.

 

[speccy1]

What do you want/prefer?

My kitchen doesn`t have room to swing a cat, drives me nuts.

Don`t know whether to bin the wall and start again, is it worth it??

 

[IBarrett]

When you're having a dinner party it's nice to be able to keep all the cooking smells out of the dining room and shove all the dishes in the kitchen after dinner while you sit and chat. So I'd say keep the rooms separate.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Extend the kitchen..
im not a big fan of open plan...noise and smell..

 

[winjim]

When you're having a dinner party it's nice to be able to keep all the cooking smells out of the dining room and shove all the dishes in the kitchen after dinner while you sit and chat. So I'd say keep the rooms separate.

Yeah but then you're stuck in the kitchen cooking while everyone else is in the dining room having fun. I say knock it through.

Nice family space too, if you've got kids.

 

[speccy1]

Extend the kitchen..
im not a big fan of open plan...noise and smell..

I can`t, if I did I would block my bike den....sorry, garage

Time for a house with a double garage....and a decent kitchen!!

 

[Fnaar]

Serving hatches are the way to go
I'm going to move our lavvy indoors too.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Serving hatches are the way to go
I'm going to move our lavvy indoors too.

You'll cut down on cooking smells but up the pooing smells. Swings and roundabouts.....

 

[speccy1]

Serving hatches are the way to go
I'm going to move our lavvy indoors too.

Yeehah, a job for my jigsaw!!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

My kitchen doesn`t have room to swing a cat, drives me nuts.

Don`t know whether to bin the wall and start again, is it worth it??

I have a kitchen/dining/livingroom open plan thing. I'm a bit of a claustrophobic nobber so like "space". Never found that "smell" is an issue or "noise".

One of these (edit - not as "glamorous" as the pics) /www.fjordhus.com/gallery

I used to live in a small (very) cottage and got round the "small space" thing with having "the countryside" outside.

 

[snorri]

Or is the kitchen and dining room layout still the way to go?

No, kitchen with dining area is the way to go.
Depends how frequently you actually use the dining room for formal occasions like having people in for a meal?
I think fears about cooking smells in the dining area are a bit old hat since the introduction of extractor fans, unless you eat a lot of kippers or fry ups.
A bigger kitchen is good.
OTOH if you saw my place, you'd possibly tell me to get it sorted out before offering advice to others.

 

[Hill Wimp]

To answer your question open plan is the want/desire of most homebuyers these days and would seem to give you what you want regarding kitchen size.

It's purely personal. Write down what you want/ need from your layout and and go from there or go onto Rightmove and look at some houses like yours and get some ideas.

Warning :- Propery porn can be addictive.

 

[Fnaar]

Move the cooker and sink into the living room, and use the kitchen for bike storage