Weird-shaped kitchen in new house - PICS

[mullingitallover]

The house we're buying doesn't have a conventional kitchen layout. It's basically an l-shape, leading to a dining area

Definitely no scope for an island.

There's a lot of built in storage down the side where the fridge is - installed by current owners - not sure whether to keep it all in.

Any ideas on how to make the best use of this shape of kitchen??

I’d open up the dining and study area and relocate the kitchen to the lounge for a big open kitchen/diner/living area

Whatever you do, don't lose the capacity to close off the kitchen area. Pocket doors can be good here

You have dead space between diner and kitchen. What's going on there?

@mullingitallover you know your friends name is on that screen shot right??

If it was possible ( perhaps too costly? ) I would also turn the lounge into a kitchen that flows into an open plan dining & lounge where study & dining is. I’d close off that area of storage with fridge at each end and put a door leading into new kitchen, creating a separate closed off pantry & storage room. The old kitchen can be study/snug.

@echt yes that's what I'm talking about. It's just dead space/storage space/walkthrough.

Racking my brain trying to think how to repurpose that area without undertaking big work.

How much work is possible?

Make it the utility "room".

I'd use it as storage/pantry and where washing machine and tumble dryer is. Essentially a very useful corridor.

Wouldn't even consider the dining area as that, maybe make it the study area instead and just have a kitchen/dinner. And cut off access at the 'dining room' end. So have a separate study/playroom/snug/bedroom

Let me draw a diagram!

@00100001 yes please!

Something like this?

So create a side room.

Out the dining table by the doors.

Block off kitchen and use that section as a utility and storage area

As an aside, I'd also try and get a toilet in that cupboard off the hall.

I would move in and see how I got on with it for at least a few months before making any decisions.

How solid are the walls and do they have brick walls above them, I.e. are they load bearing?

I would leave it where it is.

But move all the large stuff in corridor area where fridge etc is so it’s wider there. Move to the far end of the kitchen where there’s currently nothing and make that a floor to ceiling kitchen area

Moving the wall out to creat a wider kitchen and uniform lounge shape,green lines

If you can move walls and things like that, I also like @ivykaty44 drawing.

I assumed then lack triangle was a chimney

Kind of like this

keep low units along window side and where cooker is. Ditch low units opposite window. Ditch high units and fridge in corridor part, make that area wider

You can easily have a fake partition to see how blocking off the kitchen goes. So just a kallax type divider or whatever. Then you can live ok it and see how you feel with out spending a fortune!

Where does the second door lead to?

I quite like it OP. I’d probably swap the fridge and try to have floor to ceiling cupboards/bookcases etc all through the corridor bit so it looked uniformed. Do you need coat/shoe/ironing board/vacuum storage?

I wouldn’t put any appliances there, you’d be moving the noise closer to the dining area.

@FirstnameSuesecondnamePerb
The second door leads to side access to the garden.

Yes the black triangle is a really nice feature fireplace but not a chimney.

@00100001 thanks - do you mean leave the wall between the side bit of kitchen and lounge there?

Just thinking if not - it would mean carrying food through the utility room to the dining area

@UnionGlassCloth do you mean get a sleeker fridge in the same place?

I like the uniform bookcase idea.

The seller made the storage unit that's there and is very proud of it, but it eats up the space IMO.

I would get rid of the units and fridge in the fridge section of the room.
I'd move all of that into the main part of the kitchen, essentially creating a really great galley kitchen.
I'd then put a long wooden kitchen table where the fridge is, with padded built-in bench down one side and chairs down the other, with open shelving above. Then your dining room is freed up to be used for something else.

I don't know where some people have seen a diagram, but it's impossible to comment without one. The photos look awful. My pet hate is white goods on show and sticking into the room. The whole area looks awful. I know the clutter doesn't help, but are you sure you want a house like this? It's going to cost a fortune to make into a pleasant home.