new kitchen...to breakfast bar or not?! need some ideas and advice...again!

[chimchar]

building new extension to house a new kitchen/diner.

room internally is about 3.5m in length and about 6.5m in width..it runs in a long rectangle across the back of the house iykwim?

we're having kitchen one end..(shaker style cream/white in colour if it makes a difference!) and a comfy battered white and pine table in the other end.

we're also having 3m bifold doors in the dining end.

so, my question is....would you split up the space with a breakfast bar to make the kitchen more enclosed and square, or would you leave it open and just have kitchen on 3 outer walls?

i'm not sure if the space will be more versitile and allow us to put maybe a setteee in the dining end and kitchen in the middle of the room, or whether to stick to my original plan of separating the areas...

please help!!!

Have read this with interest as I'd just been about to go ahead with having a breakfast bar built in my kitchen. At the moment I have a (small - seats 4) table in the kitchen and thought a breakfast bar would be better. I asked the wise women of MN and the majority opinion was keep the table and not get a breakfast bar. Hope you work out what to do

Hi, im currently designing my new kitchen and it's the same size as yours, it's 6.8m by 3.7m and a pulling my hair out over breakfast it not!! Mad to know what did you do after? ??????

Hi chimchar,
My kitchen is the same size as yours, I'm currently redesigning my kitchen and am pulling me hair out over breakfast bar or not!!what did you do after?
Any other advice would be welcome, thanks.

We have just moved into a house with a breakfast bar - its fab. The kids eat snacks on the stools and i drink wine whilst hubby cooks - very occasionally.

We have a table in there as well and the breakfast bar shields the scene of devastation that is my kitchen after i have cooked. Only problem is it is a bit of a dumping spot so i am forever rehoming stuff.

I did initially think i would remove it to create more space and put a table running down the middle of the kitchen but i am glad i didnt now and the extra storage space is very useful.

Our kitchen diner is only slightly longer than yours (albeit that it is wider) and we have island, table and sofa! Kitchen on one wall, island unit, table (180cm x 90cm with benches that slot underneath when not in use) a bit further down and then 3 seater sofa with tv at the very end.

I absolutely love my island - its not particularly big (about 140cm x 90cm deep). Have 3 stools at it - eat breakfast at it, children do homework or colouring at it when I'm cooking, H does work at it in the evening whilst I'm pottering. Friend drops over for a coffee, we both sit at it. The only time we use the table now is when we have friends / family over for dinner (so there are maybe 6+ of us) or when its a meal with lots of bowls to help yourself from. And of course when the kids want to do crafts involving glue and glitter (bit precious about my quartz worktop).

I would move the dining table into the area where island/ breakfast would be. So they a) food easier to go straight on table b) makes space where table would have been to add small seating area

This is roughly what our flat is roughly like. It's a large L shape main room. The top of the L is a kitchen on both sides of the wall with round dining table in between the kitchen. This frees up the bottom corner of the L for sofa area, and the actual bottom part of the L is now a play area for the children with desks/ rug/ playtable.

If the kitchen had an island the table wouldn't fit there so would have to go down where sofas are and sofas where play area is. Therefore meaning no play area space

I think it depends a lot on how you are going to use the space.
ATM where are you having breakfast ? Do you have breakfast at all?
We have a breakfast bar and we use it everyday. We use it too for lunch at the weekend. Our dining table is in the other room, not that far but not as easy when the dcs have breakfast and we do try and eat whilst preparing packed lunches etc.
Of this is how you normally organise your mornings, the breakfast bar is essential.
Of you have no breakfast or you take the time sit then it's or much use.

I would still separate the room with more cupboards bearing in mind how the room will look once your folded doors are loses or open.