Planning a kitchen - where to start ?

jos28

We are finally tackling our kitchen and apart from drooling in all the kitchen showrooms I haven't done anything else. It's a smallish terraced house built in 1949. Several years ago we knocked down the wall between the 2 back rooms and put french doors leading out to a deck. The space I have at the moment is L-shaped and comprises of those 2 rooms (20ft x16ft approx) and a galley area (5ftx12ft). Ideally if we had loads of money and a large back garden I would square the whole lot off and install the kitchen. However, I don't want to lose the bit of garden we have. Our family have grown up and do we really need the extra space - the dilemma ! Our garden is tiny but south facing and we use it a lot (not on days like today obviously ). Do I need a builder, architect, interior designer .......

paddy147

jos28 wrote: »

We are finally tackling our kitchen and apart from drooling in all the kitchen showrooms I haven't done anything else. It's a smallish terraced house built in 1949. Several years ago we knocked down the wall between the 2 back rooms and put french doors leading out to a deck. The space I have at the moment is L-shaped and comprises of those 2 rooms (20ft x16ft approx) and a galley area (5ftx12ft). Ideally if we had loads of money and a large back garden I would square the whole lot off and install the kitchen. However, I don't want to lose the bit of garden we have. Our family have grown up and do we really need the extra space - the dilemma ! Our garden is tiny but south facing and we use it a lot (not on days like today obviously ). Do I need a builder, architect, interior designer .......

Some things things to look at are.....

Existing kitchen wall socket locations and how many sockets do you want?

Window location and existing sink/washing machine waste pipe locations?

External and internal door ope locations?

Radiator locations?

Do you want an extra living space in this area aswell??

As in a kitchen/dining/living area??





We had our L-Shaped kitchen installed.....7 meters x 3.5 meters and then we incorperated a dinning area and also a living/relaxation area aswell into an open plan area.

TV on the wall,leather couch,large tropical palm plants and trees and a free standing custom built fish tank aswell.

This acts as a "live room divider" but still gives a great sense of space.

jos28

Thanks Paddy,
I thought about sockets but never even thought about radiator positions. I shall add all those things to my list. We don't need a living area but a good functional kitchen/dining area. I cook and bake a lot so I am dreaming of a kitchen where I can spend hours cooking. One of my neighbours used a local architect to plan her extension so I am going to give him a call to see what my options are.

paddy147

jos28 wrote: »

Thanks Paddy,
I thought about sockets but never even thought about radiator positions. I shall add all those things to my list. We don't need a living area but a good functional kitchen/dining area. I cook and bake a lot so I am dreaming of a kitchen where I can spend hours cooking. One of my neighbours used a local architect to plan her extension so I am going to give him a call to see what my options are.

Cash is king and haggle hard for the kitchen you want.;)

You cant beat a nice roast dinner and then some home baked cookies or fruit pavlova.:D