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Dining (table) between kitchen & living or separate dining area?
Comments (14)Wow! Lots of questions! Haha! Let's see. We live in New Orleans and are a very casual, fun, energetic family. DH and I are in our mid 30's and have a 9 year old and a 6 year old. Both kids are active outside of school. TV is a big part of our lives because of sports, movies, kids, etc. But Mike's Den is where lots of the sports programming will take place. :) We are planning to offset the TV and put it to the side of the fireplace for two reasons....1) Now that the kitchen is further over, if someone is in there, it will be more centered to the room as a whole and 2) it can be a bit lower and more at eye-level if it's not above the fireplace. We can make the built-ins accommodate the TV at a level more comfortable for viewing. There will also be a playroom/media room upstairs for the kids. So the Living Room TV will be the group/family TV I suppose. We take turns cooking but both work. So we aren't gourmet cooks but we enjoy cooking meals. We enjoy conversations from the kitchen, thus wanting the open plan. I'd say that because of kids' evening activities, we probably cook 3-4 days a week maybe? Other nights we grill or get take out, pick something up or go out to eat on the way home. The porch. The house (again, in New Orleans...flooding) must be elevated a bit). This porch is elevated with the house. I know we will also have lower space for a table and chairs and the grill, that we haven't laid out yet. We actually did talk about widening the porch. How wide would you suggest? My dad suggested 1-3 feet wider. What do you think? The front door...you see the stairs to the right of the kitchen? And the open pass-through there under the stairs in the drawing? If you go through that pass through...actually straight from the back door, you'd pass the turned stairs above you and a guest room above, master below (in the drawing) and the front door is that way. It's a narrow, New Orleans lot...50x122, which has made things interesting to lay out! :) Thanks again guys! Your feedback is great! Oh, and again, the furniture placement and the kitchen appliances, etc. is just there in the drawings as a guide. It's not fixed or anything. It's just a visual thing for reference....See MoreDiffrnt rug patterns in a raised dining area that is off the living rm
Comments (3)It's your choice to be honest. It sounds like you want the rooms to read as similar, so picking 2 rugs with something in common would help. They don''t even have to share the same color; they can have a common pattern, design, or be in the same color family (for example, earth tones). Do you have pictures of the rugs you are considering?...See MoreHelp with long wall shared between living and dining room
Comments (1)a floor to ceiling cabinet to divide the space. Decorate the living room separate of dining area. I would lower the light over the dining table 30" above center of table. and a Large Mirror on the wll to reflect the light. ... is there a sofa opposite the TV? Center the TV on the rug and create seating area. Center the Table/chairs on the Light fixture and dcreate space around it....See MoreAwkward space in between dining area & living room area
Comments (1)The living furniture seems to be confined to some invisible boundary! Turn the area rug 90 degrees and spread the furniture out a bit. Add another chair at the closest end, which will fill some more of the empty space. Once you change the floors I would move the chandelier further up the ceiling, again to give your dining furniture a bit more breathing room....See Morel pinkmountain
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