vote - dining room/kitchen or open plan

[HerHonesty]

we currently have traditional layout. living room (4.54), dining room (3.63.6), kitchen/breakfast room (7*3) (metres, obviously..)

so all rooms are comfortable but not massive. currently use dining room as a dining room about 3 times a year. otherwise its a playroom/dumping room.

we're consdidering knocking through the dining room/kitchen breakfast to make one big kitchen diner playroom (retaining seperate living room as grown up space) which would be L shaped ish approx 7 metres by 9 metres but I am seriously wavering so mumsnet vote yes or no?

[nikos]

YES!!! Would definitely want the bigger space. Think it would look good and if you don't need a new kitchen, reckon would only cost a few thousand

[weegiemum]

Oh yes go for the open plan - we love ours!

[pasturesnew]

def open plan, with L shape it's perfect

[ElectricElephant]

Open plan, definitely.

Sounds like it could be a good family area/playroom most of the time, but easily convert into a dining area when you need it.

I'm jealous.

[Itsjustafleshwound]

Yes!

[Sputnik]

yes

[IsThisNameTaken]

Definitely, yes!

[HerHonesty]

well thats definitive then... only problem is we do need a new kitchen ....

[fanjolina]

Definitely go for the open plan. You can get an Ikea kitchen for just a couple of thousand pounds (maybe less, depending on number and style of units)

[Alwaysdithering]

Open plan but make sure you plan your kitchen so that you could rebuild a wall if you wanted to. That's what a builder advised us. Putting up a stud wall isn't too dear if you changed your mind when kids are older.

[trixymalixy]

How tidy are you?

Open plan is only good if you are incredibly tidy.

[toja555]

Open plan!