Help with small kitchen-living-dining room
Hi,
I ask for ideas on how to best distribute the kitchen-living-dining room of my new tiny 3 bedroom flat I've just refurbished.
I attach some screenshots of a sketchup plan I have drawn, and an idea of how I'm planning to fill it. The main thing I don't like is that I only have 2.15m from the sofa to the TV, which seems too close.
Hopefully you guys can give me better ideas.
Some points to consider:
* There will be a family of 4 living on the flat.
* In the kitchen I need cooker, oven, microwave, storage, dishwasher (desirable), fridge
* 4 people able to watch TV sitting in the sofas/armchairs
* (The table I've drawn has only 2 chairs but the idea is to put one with 4)
* Yes, the living room has 5 doors and 2 windows which makes it difficult!
Thanks very much in advance!
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PRO9 years agoI like your plan better, but here is an alternative that gives more distance between TV & sofa.
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoAssuming you could put the kitchen sink on the wall with the small bathroom's sink, I thought you could turn the small bedroom into the kitchen. If two people are able to share each bedroom, this will make a much more comfortable and functional space. Structurally, you'd just have to move that bedroom door two feet.
I took it several steps further and modified/extended/walls and this would of course be major structural.
acontia thanked sheloveslayouts- 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
- 9 years ago
Hi guys,
Thanks very much for your replies!
@mdln: I also thought about a similar distribution (I'll post the plan if I can find it), but it doesn't have much kitchen storage (on mine there's a counter). Also the sofa isn't big enough for 4 people. But thanks very much for trying! :)
@benjesbride: Thanks very much for taking the effort of drawing it too. Moving the kitchen to that bedroom was my original idea too. The size of the flat (60m2) is more appropriate for 2 than 3 bedroom. But unfortunately it is a requirement to have 3 bedrooms, so I just can play around with the distribution of the main area.I attach a distribution I made when thinking about moving the kitchen to that bedroom. As you can see is very close to yours, even the laundry is moved to the main bathroom ;)
I guess with the given space there aren't many more options than what mdln or I did.I will give it another thought and if I don't get better ideas just go with it.
Thanks very much for your input, it really helps!
- 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Do you require 3 bedrooms or is that a requirement for your building? If it's your building (and two people can share each bedroom) I'd treat that small bedroom like a living/TV room and make the central living space a kitchen/dining. In our family of four (two adults, two children) a nice size dining table is a must have. Our dining table is 42 inches x 72 inches and that's where family life happens; I'd have an even a bigger table here if there was room.
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