He also wanted to knock down the wall between the kitchen and the formal dining room to give us the open concept kitchen that it seems just about everybody else.
Formal dining room open to kitchen.
Today home design trends have changed and newer homes have designs that connect the dining area with the living area and sometimes even an open kitchen.
Combining the kitchen and the dining rooms into one spacious family room kitchen is a much better choice for a formal lifestyle.
And with all that overly used space in the kitchen the dining room suffers from lack of use.
A family room adjacent to the kitchen allows space for casual entertaining.
The layout can be one long room with a kitchen dining room and living room or it can be more a square footprint or l shape footprint.
Plus by opening up the kitchen to the dining room you can easily direct traffic away from high traffic areas in the kitchen and maximize efficiency.
The key is that space is opened up.
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Just bring in the furniture you need to be comfortable at work or at leisure and replace or supplement the central chandelier with good task lighting.
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In many cases you won t have to do any major renovations.
Usually the dining area is in between the kitchen and living space but not always.
This was the common design of homes built before 1970.
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These colors along with the ash wood floors and the light yellow glass subway tiles make a nice and soft color scheme creating a feminine and elegant look.
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While many also had an eating area within the kitchen the dining room was a formal affair.
If your dining room is dusty from lack of use consider turning the space over to another purpose.
This kitchen though open to the adjoining dining and living room spaces still felt a bit outdated with its light wood cabinets dark granite and sharp angles.
We had hoped to put an island in the kitchen but after seeing how narrow it would be opted instead to keep the incredibly efficient u shape for the workspace.
The green walls kept it feeling a bit too warm and muted as well and overall the space was definitely in need of a contemporary upgrade.
Kitchen plan we looked at multiple layouts click here for details but decided opening up the wall between the two rooms would increase dining space and kitchen space.