We have a modern house (16 years old) and it has a kitchen that is 16 years old ie getting to the end of its practical life.
My plan for this year is to redo the kitchen.
We're planning to spend on nice new appliances (range cooker!) and then get Ikea/B&Q entry level fittings around them: I need reliable function rather than top end style, I cook loads so a good cooker and dishwasher and fridge freezer would be priority rather than high end gloss and marble worktops.
The biggest issue for me is that our kitchen is 11 foot 2 by 10 foot 11 (so it's a medium size square) and we are a family of 5. There's an entry door in the inner front corner of the square and the back exit door is in the opposite outside corner with a boiler by the back door (don't want to move it!)
Our old house (sob) was far smaller overall but had had a glorious 13x18 foot kitchen diner that I miss like crazy.
We don't feel as if we have the extra cash or more importantly the garden space to do an extension (smallish garden which I value every inch of, only side access would be blocked off if we extended...)
Is it mad to consider redoing the kitchen as it is? 11 foot square should be ok for a kitchen, surely..,, but is it overoptimistic to plan a table to fit in there too? We currently have a folding table but we often end up squeezing around it, and I don't want to regret fitting it out at current size... Argh!
How big do you think a kitchen needs to be to be a kitchen-diner? Views gratefully received.
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Minimum size for kitchen diner? Wwyd?
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Aethelfleda · 03/01/2016 21:36
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