So, I have read to death all the kitchen threads I have come across - so much learnt!!!
I completed on my post divorce house on Friday and am starting to get all the things done that need doing before we can move in (the main thing that made me decide to stay in current rental is the fact that full rewire is needed).
From the start I knew I needed a new kitchen as the house was priced to take this into account and the existing kitchen is old, basic and pretty grim.
I went round the house with my builder the other day and one of his first suggestions was knocking through into the dining room. I had considered this but was not sure if is was feasible for me but it seems it is. He suggested closing off the existing kitchen door from the hall but I don't think I want to. Am i missing something? The plan was to use an alcove in the hall to create a larder because of the small kitchen, and were this to be the case, with a blocked off door, it would mean walking all the way round (through lounge/ diner) for everything i need.
I def do not want one entirely open-all-the-time space, as i am living with that at the moment and it drives us all up the wall at times when one of us is watching the tv, the other on the computer, and maybe me in the kitchen. so much clashing noise etc. So I am thinking I will have some sort of (sliding? bifold?) doors installed between lounge and dining room, which means that living room can be almost it's own room. Keeping the hall to kitchen door means that the kitchen and diner are accessible without using the living room as a corridor every time, plus it is possible to use both end separately eg when i have friends over but the kids want the tv....
Am i making any sense? Do I need to add diagrams?
Essentially I am interested in advice on a) tiny kitchens, b) knocking through (prob with a peninsula /half wall along part of the knocked through all), and the issue the the hall door...
My, I am confused, hope someone understands.... Thanks!