My new build of kitchen and dining area will be about 316 sq feet. My house is 2836, so my kitchen will be just a hair over 11% of the square footage.

My house, built in 1947, is 1,800 sq feet, the kitchen is 11x15 so 165 sq ft...so slightly under 10%...and that is after we increased the size a little in the remodel last year. That does not include the adjacent dining room.

We were at 11% and after remodel a little over 13%

Kitchen is 96 square feet, or a little more than 7 percent of the area of the house. Smallish house; very small kitchen.

Kitchen will be 117sq ft. House has about 1500. So about 7.8%. Huge compared to the old kitchen. However, the kitchen/dining area combo is about 280 sq ft -- or about 18 .7% It's hard judge when you included mudrooms, eat in areas, laundry areas and other items now merging with kitchens.

I tend to judge the "size" of the kitchen independently of the size of the house. Would a 150 sq ft kitchen be any larger or smaller if it were attached to a 2 bedroom or a 5 bedroom house?

My kitchen, including the large walk in pantry but not including the separate dining room is about 16% of the total square footage, when the basement is not included.

As a side note, I don't know why basements aren't included.

Slightly under 5% and will increase to 7% with the renovation. And the house isn't big, <1500 excluding basement.

A 200 sq foot kitchen in an 800 sq ft house might be too much. In an 8 bedroom house it might be the dungeon where you stash the servants.

I was curious because I know that what we see in advertisements and on HGTV is not reality, but I don't know what real kitchens are generally like these days.

My kitchen is approximately 12% of the total square footage. This includes the main kitchen area and the space with our kitchen table (we don't have a dining room).

Mine is about 5% (110 SF kitchen in a 2200 SF house). If the breakfast area is included then it's about 10%. I'm still using the original 1968 kitchen footprint, btw. :)

13.7% after remodeling, about half that before. My home is 3bd, 2ba, 1608 sq ft.

Mine will be around 12%. House is 2500 sq ft, 3b 2.5ba.

Our house is about 1700 square feet. Prior to the remodel our kitchen was about 90 square feet which is about 5 1/4 percent. After our remodel the ktichen is about 126 square feet, which is about 7 1/2 percent. It is not an eat in kitchen.

We have a separate dining room and a separate (tiny) breakfast nook (which is used as my youngest's art area).

Our 1938 house was originally 910 sq. ft. (2 bd. 1 ba). It now stands at just over 2600 sq. ft. (4 bd 3.5 ba), but the 10x12 kitchen hasn't changed. 5%.

After remodel and taking over the breakfast/pantry/office desk area, the kitchen will be 220 SF which is 7% of the house.

Our home's major living space is 1800 sq ft. This doesn't count the 900 sq ft basement or the attached garage.

Our kitchen is 9x13.5, so 121.5 sq ft making it 6.7% of the house.

This doesn't include half that laundry room which is pantry and beverage/snack center so that would add about 60 sq ft for a total of 181 sq ft making kitchen and kitchen storage 10% of the house. It also doesn't include the adjacent dining/sitting room which the kitchen is open to which is 230 about 200 sq ft, or 11% of the house.

So if you add them all together, the kitchen, pantry, beverage/snack center, and sitting/eating area is about 27% of the total space in the house.

This doesn't count the basement storage where I keep my canners, dehydrator, smoker, empty canning jars, and the majority of home canned items. If, for example, I do 30 jars of peaches, I only have maybe 3-4 in the pantry at a time and then just move more to it as they're eaten.

Hope this helps. I don't think there's any right or wrong for this as our homes are all so different. I actually don't want or need a bigger kitchen area (when you just consider the kitchen work zones and in-kitchen storage but I couldn't function with that small of a kitchen without the other spaces for storage, eating and visiting with the cook.

It's hard to say what constitutes "kitchen" because it's an open plan loft, but if I just measure from the wall to the back of the island, it's only about 6% of the overall square footage.

My kitchen is 156 square feet, or 13% of my 1200 square foot house. If you count the scullery too, and you probably should because that's where the sink is, it adds 36 square feet for a total of 16% of floor space.

Kitchen alone: 6% of the whole house

Kitchen + walk-in pantry/laundry: 8% of the whole house

Kitchen + walk-in pantry/laundry + breakfast table: 12% of the whole house

Oh, I didn't even consider the separate walk-in pantry, or the dining area! It goes up to just under 8% with the pantry, and 15% if I include the dining area.

123 sq ft in a 1465 sq ft house. 8.4%

Our house is 3000 sq.ft. and the kitchen plus eating nook is 300 sq ft. so exactly 10 %. We do have a separate dining room.

When we redid our kitchen we enlarged the house very slightly and made the kitchen and dining room bigger. It and the dining room were too small in relation to the living room and entrance way.. So basically the public areas were out of balance but are now in-balance.

According to the builder's website, our kitchen is 15'6" x 15'1" (~233 sq ft), not including the breakfast area which is an additional 11'10" x 12' 6" (~147 sq ft). Our house is about 3950 sq ft, so if you are looking at just the kitchen not including the breakfast area it's just under 6%. If you include the breakfast area then it's a little under 10%. However, after we do the kitchen renovation both the kitchen and the bathroom above the kitchen will be getting bumped out 4', so that will change a little.

Thanks everyone. This has been very interesting. I guess I can't blame any kitchen planning challenges on "not enough space". ;-)

House (1250), kitchen (100) = 8%.

The house has 950 square feet and the kitchen has 63 square feet. So 6.6%

1941 house, 1000sq ft, and the kitchen is about 12%

1200 sq. ft ranch with 131.6 sq. ft kitchen = 9.11%. Adding remainder of the same single room which is the dining room part @ 159.6 totals 291.2 = 24,2%

House is 2700 sq. ft., kitchen is 240, so 7%. This does not include the separate dining room or the closet pantry outside the kitchen.

120 SF, house is 1000, so 12%, but the washer/dryer is in the kitchen.

Original 1953 1100 sq.ft. house when we bought it in '84, 10'x10'-8" kitchen = 10%

Added on in 1989, almost doubled the size of the house, kitchen is now only about 5%...still functions just fine!

(does not include dining, or bar counter area)

Our 12x8 kitchen plus the former 10x4 mudroom, now pantry, comes to 7.5% of our 1800 Sq.Ft. home. It's small and, since the re-do in 2010, works really well.

I messed up!! My house isn't 2500 sq ft, it's 2300! And I didn't include my pantry or butler's pantry. And I apparently did my math wrong. Still around 12%! It has been a long, long, long day, okay?

Small house (1200.) Small galley kitchen; kitchen proper with no doorways or seating is 93.75 sq ft or 7.8%.

1600 sf for "main house" (doesn't include studio space in a somewhat separate building, although I did have to pay for that to be built, it's a little specialized. Kitchen is 10 x 14, so 9%. Dining area is separate. But I agree that this house could have another bedroom or two, and another bathroom, and wouldn't need a different or larger kitchen.

Interesting to see the amount of variability! We do have some pantry storage in different places, and laundry is elsewhere.

We've got about 2500 sq ft and the kitchen is 277 sq ft...so right around 11%.

What a cool thread!

Our kitchen is 182 square feet, and the house is 1295, so about 14%. Our kitchen is all work, with no table or other dining space, and it is open to the DR, and there are no thru-traffic areas. We have 33 drawers, and no uppers. For two cooks, it feels plenty big enough.

Our house was build in the 1920's. Kitchen has been expanded over the years and is now about 6% (11x17) of the 3100 sq ft house. If I include the hall/entry to the kitchen from the back door it is about 7%, My kitchen is open to the family room/sun room addition so feels huge. I never would have guessed that our kitchen itself is that small as a percentage of the rest of the house!

I'm delighted there are so many people with small homes like me here! Ours is 1920s - we opened up the wall between the kitchen proper and breakfast nook so total is 187 sf, or ~13% of 1400. It's still a funny shape and we are down to 4 of the original 5 doors! Size is pretty good, but shape and doorways definitely made things interesting. When we moved in the fridge was in front of one of the doors, because seriously, 5 doors.

The *percentage* of house that is kitchen will vary depending on the size of the house -- and what you consider 'kitchen'.

Our house 'lives' single-level -- for us. Finished stairs lead to a full-height attic that can become a second level with the addition of dormers -- for some future owner. Our 2900 sq ft home can become a 6000 sq ft home -- rooms over our finished space and over our attached garage. We built this way because our acre+ is zoned for the larger house, and most of the neighboring homes are at least that size.

The 'working' portion of my kitchen is 320 sq ft. Within the room are also a desk and large buffet -- 'kitchen' becomes 370 sq ft. At one end is an eating area -- another 150 sq ft. Between kitchen and garage is a back hall -- 150 sq ft. Include what you will and get different percentages for the house as it is and as it may become.

Texas_Gem -- In my area only above-ground HVAC-ed space is counted -- and taxed; no basements, finished or unfinished -- and no attics.

1600 sq ft home, 209 sq ft kitchen, 13%

Really interesting question. I never thought of this. My house is 2000 square feet. My kitchen is 257 - so it's almost 13%.

When we remodeled, we combined the kitchen work area with the dining area, to create a more open floor plan. My 257 square feet of kitchen does NOT include the open concept living area where my full size dining table is. It's just my main kitchen area with casual, island seating.

In my case, we're a busy family of 5, my DH works from home as do I a few days a week, and we have three young kids. We spend a LOT of time in our kitchen. Cooking, prepping school lunches. Homework hour(s) at the counter, quick meals at the counter, reading in the window seat. I think it's a perfect ratio of space for how much we use it.