Kitchen layout advice

[Wanderlustwoman]

Hi,

We recently moved into a house and the kitchen space isn’t working for us as a family so we are saying life is too short and trying to make it better. We are getting rid of a conservatory and replacing same footprint with an extension - we can’t extend into the garden any more as it’s too small so we have to deal with the awkward space that we have. We’ve had some kitchen designers round but I’m hoping for ideas that make me excited! We need kitchen/ some informal dining space and space left for a play area. We have 2 very small children so would like to future proof and maybe have this space become a small snug/coffee area. We have formal dining elsewhere in the house but do not have a utility room.

I appreciate this is a very rough drawing and may be hard to gauge idea of space from it but any help would be so much appreciated as I keep thinking up scenarios instead of sleeping!

The top part doesn’t have any doors/windows drawn in as this is the extension so that is flexible.

Thanks in advance!

Can you sketch in where the current kitchen is showing where the sink and plumbing is? Also where do the doors lead to?

Added some detail to the plan- scaling is a bit off as I’m not at home but hopefully it makes sense!

I would have the kitchen on the external wall going into the 290x380 bit then going round into the 290 wall. Maybe putting in doors going put into the garden in the 380 wall.

Leave the 240x240 bit free of units and use that as a play area and then put dining table and more doors out into the garden in where the kitchen is at the moment

Or swap the kitchen bit and playroom bit around

Okay - so I would have French doors at the end of the extension opening onto the garden. Where the sink etc and back door are now, I would put an insulated stud wall up to create a utility room, keeping washing machine, etc out of the kitchen - especially as you want a play area/snug.

What's the rectangle with a cross through it at the bottom right?

The play area/snug in the area where the rectangle with a cross is (if workable), kitchen in the middle section, including against the wall sectioning off a utility room, and the bulk of the extension for the dining area - roof lantern or rooflights in the extension roof.

A belated thanks to the replies to my post- I have been thinking and planning non stop since!

I’ve determined there is only one set up that works for the space... we needed informal dining and a place for me to bake with my kids....I definitely wanted a utility area... we needed a playroom/snug as don’t have one elsewhere so voila!

The space to the right of the door is currently free but I thought I could have a sideboard here or else if I decide to swap our dining room and the snug around then I could make it a coffee area.

Bin is in the peninsula- there are 3 sets of 800 pan drawers,dishwasher, Belfast sink, 90cm range, 2 wall cupboards, a 30cm pull out larder and a 80cm freestanding fridge freezer. Washer dryer in the utility with broom cupboard and space for excess coats and shoes. Would have light coloured units with white quartz top, antique mirror splashback and herringbone engineered wood floor.

I found a Humphrey Munson kitchen (Berkhamsted) kitchen that has a similar layout and looks beautiful so I was cheered by that! Do you think it looks ok?

I think the dishwasher might be in the way of the utility opening ? Why not get a design done by a pro. We used a lady who doesn't sell kitchens. She just designs technical stuff for people. ( did our whole ground floor and we went back to do upstairs too) Then we shopped around with one plan an got a good price as they were all competing for the business. Pm me for her details if you like.

Thanks- I also posted on Houzz and got the same remark so I’ve started again- made me start thinking in another way so that’s good! I had wanted to get a pro but it was £600+ which is a bit too much. I’m hoping just to get a pro to sense check a final design which would be a lot better value!

That's about what we paid. It took five days . I had a plumber here the same time, his five day bill was over £1100. Made me realise what good value she actually was. She's on Gouzz hope she can help if you post a question.