…while giving it a nice designer touch in the meantime by John Cherveny
Do you want to give your kitchen a new look? Do you want to take down a few walls and make one big kitchen-diner section? Here are a few factors you need to consider in order to begin working on your new design.
Work the New Space
One of the benefits you will have when organizing your kitchen-diner space is the more flexibility to decide on the size and shape of your layout. Some basic ideas include large square or rectangular rooms, the best for carefully zoning everything you want, and L-shape arrangements, which allow you to make a kind of separation between the two areas.
Focus on Your Lighting
As you manage to increase your kitchen-diner space, its need for illumination also increases, giving you the opportunity to change its appearance through a new lighting system. Some options you will need to include are:
- Ambient or general lighting.
- Task lighting, as the one included under the cabinets to make some activities easier.
- Accent lighting, which is used to highlight some features like art or other artifacts.
Another illumination factor you can consider is the introduction of natural light into your kitchen-diner area. If to this you manage to add a nice way of accessing the garden, you will then have a natural extension of your living space to the outside world.
Create Zones by adding an Island
Large spaces can sometimes be very hard to fill. For this reason, adding an island in the middle of your kitchen-diner area can be an awesome solution. In addition, an island is a great way to create zones and separate the kitchen from the living-dining area, without creating different ambient.
Install a Proper Extraction System
You could have the best-designed and more comfortable kitchen-diner space, but if your guests constantly perceive annoying odors, your relaxing area can turn into a smelly nightmare. Focus on installing a proper extraction system consisting of a potent extractor fan capable of expelling the smells to the exterior.
Do Not Forget About the Flooring
Another topic to consider regards flooring. This requires considerable attention due to its capacity of giving a sense of unity or division to all the areas. Basically, you can choose two ways of doing things:
- You can use the same flooring for all the areas, providing cohesion across the entire kitchen-diner space.
- Or you can choose a type of floor for the kitchen and another one for the living room. If you choose this option, consider using a hard-wearing floor in the kitchen, like slate, and something more delicate in the other spaces, like carpet or wood.
Make the New Area Work for You
You can consider hundreds of artistic ideas, thousands of ways to improve the space, and millions of kitchen-diner designs, but in the end, you just have to add your own style to the area. Doing this will allow you to use the room just as you want, but remember to make the proper decisions and give the area a coherent look.
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