North facing kitchen

[Catmom213]

AIBU to be panicking about building a house with a North Facing open plan kitchen living dining area? Due to site constraints and planning conditions in our area the house has to be built so the KLD area are facing North. I'm not worried about the garden, it is long so we will get pockets of light there. But will the kitchen be really gloomy with no direct sunlight? We plan on having a vaulted ceiling with a large A-window, sky lights and a few more windows in the space also. Will this suffice to make the area feel bright and airy? Would love to hear from anyone who has a North facing kitchen and how they feel about it

I have a large north facing kitchen/diner with skylights and large windows. I love it. Doesn't feel dark or gloomy at all. We have underfloor heating so it's never cold.
Also the windows never look dirty 😊
Having previously lived in a house with a south facing kitchen, I hated it in the summer, always too hot to work in.
My front room is south facing so nice and sunny and a lovely place to sit and relax and read a book during the day.
Garden has shade for kids but also sunny spots.

I think a north facing room brings out the cooler tones in paint so grey paint will look greyer etc. We have used tones of a nice warm greige on cabinets and walls and it looks nice.

My north facing kitchen is very bright (plenty of windows). It does get cold though as it’s a cottage with a stone floor and we didn’t put in enough radiators.