No eat in kitchen or dining room - where to eat?!
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Eat-in kitchen: do you eat at an island? Do you like it?
Comments (41)Before we remodel we struggled w/ this issue. In the end we made a bigger investment so that we could eat at a table & have an island. I am very glad we did. I almost always choose to have our family dinner at the table-- it seems so much more civilized and relaxed and an improtant time for our family of four to be/dine together -- which is only 3-4 times a week. When we sit at the table there have been so many improtant discussions that take place. They are critcal teaching moments for our teenage children. Also I am a stickler for table manners & it is hard to do that the island. Lunch & Breakfast happens at the island. FYI- We increased the kitchen floor plan byremoving diningroom wall & absorbing that space into our kichen plan. The dining room furniture then moved to share space with our oversized living room. Two years later- I am sooo happy we did this....See MoreEat in kitchen as only dining space?
Comments (18)Huh. I completely lost my post. So--multifunctioning rooms for smaller houses. That's what I did for years, and am still doing even when I don't have to. I suggest using the play room (now) as a family special-togetherness dining area, cum library, homework center, play, project room. Maybe put a bird feeder outside so they can breakfast with you and a birdbath so they can bathe during dinner? For the kitchen, improve the communication between it and dining/play room by closing back up part of the opening, and moving the refrigerator to this restored wall opposite where it is now, but STILL in the kitchen. (There's enough space for a good kitchen there--I'd absolutely stay within it.) ALSO, with children I would check the feasibility of rotating the U so that I had a short work counter on the hall side to give me a sight line to the dining room. For the present dining area, it's wonderfully positioned right in the middle of everything--a perfect place for sitting and chatting with the cook, playing by mommy, relaxing with a laptop while water comes to a boil, etc. I'd put maybe a loveseat or sofa, chair(s), and maybe a little round table for setting drinks and coloring books on. Most homes these days have only one relaxing area--focused on the TV, and it's very nice to have another place to go when you'd rather chat on the phone or share a glass of wine with a friend than watch basketball or Scooby Doo. Note, this use would also give you a pleasant, inviting, even gracious passage through the active living areas....See Morechairs reupholstering eat in kitchen/dining room
Comments (1)Dining room will be painted Coventry grey Metal Chair frame painted a brass gold as sink. Would chevron grey white material work? Or a dark grey? Table top round glass with metal base will be also dark gold as sink...See MoreGreat room: Eat at dining room table or add in breakfast table
Comments (6)Your layout is similar to what we're putting together (excerpt below) except that I have a separate, dedicated breakfast room off the kitchen that opens to a wraparound porch with views to the mountains on one end and faces an interior courtyard on the other end. We want to breakfast room to be more intimate than the other eating spaces. We decided that we don't need formal dining beyond what's in the great room. For us, it would be wasted spaced for square footage that we hardly every use. It's still a work in progress to finalize the ceiling heights and window locations, but we're getting closer. I don't think you can do much better that what you have and think it's pretty good. No plans for windows on the kitchen wall behind the stove?...See Morebaffholder
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