1930s kitchen help

[fuckadoodlepoopoo]

I have a typical 1930s house with an extension on the back and need to put in a new kitchen. I've had a look to see if i can find any websites with layout ideas for my sort of house but can't find anything. Its quite a standard house with the original very narrow kitchen down one side but Im thinking of changing the layout. I have ideas but don't want to miss anything obvious.

Does anyone know of any websites or books?

Have you got a floor plan link that you can upload? Showing measurements and door and window locations.

Ooooooh, watching with interest! We have just had an offer accepted on a 1930s house with a long narrow kitchen! We want to knock into the dining room and extend outwardly at the back to create one large kitchen/dining/family space, ideally with room for a sofa too!
Would love to know what people think!

No not yet, only roughly drawn on paper.

Lola. We want to knock the wall through as well.

I would imagine that some dimensions are fairly standard in a rough sort of way which was why i was wondering if there is an ideas book or website for these sort of houses.

Rightmove is your friend. Find similar houses from same era. Then look at floor plans and photos to see if they have been extended. If the houses you find are local it will also give you an idea what local planning will allow. I spend man a happy hour doing this! When you find what you like you could pin images into Pinterest.

My friends have a lovely 30's semi, they kept the front room then blocked the kitchen door up so the back of the house is accessed through the rear long living room door. The kitchen wall is knocked through so the back of the house is one huge space with those fancy oak bi fold doors onto the garden. When you open the door they have 2 sofas facing each other with a tv on a wall bracket in the alcove to the left of the fire ( they fitted a raised real fire in the fireplace, it's gorgeous). The floor is wooden except for the part of the room with the kitchen, that's slate. They kept the sink where it was and the fridge is where the door was, the cooker is in the same place, basically they've kept the kitchens original layout except there's a long Island where the wall was, cupboards underneath on kitchen side then the other side has seating with a groovy long light fitting running above. Table and chairs are adjacent to kitchen with 2 velux windows above.

They also made a wc out of the cupboard under the stairs, small but perfectly formed. They still have a door where the old kitchen door was but behing it is a row of coat pegs, genius!. They have also converted the attic, the stairs are in the back bedroom, you open the bedroom door and the stairs are straight ahead, the stairs are steep but it works.

Sorry for essay, I love house stuff! Good luck!

We have done a renovation of a 1930s semi which had a back extension. Have reintroduced the front sitting room (which had been knocked through) so we have one enclosed, grown up room with a log burner.

Then for the rest you go down the hall, through double doors into the dining area (old kitchen) which has been knocked through sideways (RSJ required) and the kitchen in is the old dining area (range in the chimney breast). In the extension the half next/beyond to our kitchen is all open (again RSJ required) and has bookshelves and a sofa and second television. BI-Fold doors onto the garden. The extension beyond our dining area has been turned into a utility/downstairs loo (teeny but functional). So large open plan family/dining/kitchen plus futility and grown up sitting room.

We love it. Can hugely, hugely, hugely recommend the open plan stuff (though not necessarily the pain, tears and money to get it )

We looked at a layout that blocked the way between the hall/kitchen and didn't like it. Wanted to be able to walk straight from hall to kitchen/diner area without walking through sitting area. The reason we didn't like it is whilst we were planning everything we went to see a couple of 1930s semi's on the market with different layouts (ones which had been renovated already) to see what we liked/didn't like/if we could learn any lessons from what others had done. This was very useful and the estate agent was happy to give us a quick show round (even to one that had just been offered on).

Oh FishFingers so useful to hear what you have done!!! Thank you! We are planning to block up the archway too, to make a cosy living room with a log burner!
Hadn't thought of switching the kitchen round to put it in what is currently the dining room! LOVE the idea of the range in the chimney breast! Did you hire an architect at all? We think we might, as I really struggle with envisioning it all! Do you have any photos at all? Sorry for all the questions!

BTW, is the log burner lovely and do you have a fire surround or mantle over it? Our house-to-be (hopefully) has had all the fire surrounds removed and just has holes in the chimney breasts...

Log burner is just in the origional brick hearth/chimney (still need to get a mantle on) with just plain plaster up to the brickwork. Was neatened up/repointed and woodburner just in there. Wll try and put a photo on profile

We have recently extended a 1930's semi. The layout, plans and before/after photos can be found here.

www.extendingmyhome.co.uk/

There are links to some of the suppliers we used.