help, what can i do about my kitchen?!advice please

blushingbride_3

Hi there,

Please excuse the mess! I am trying to solve the darkness problem in my kitchen.

Our budget is £2500.

Here are the plans:

1. remove wall between kitchen and utility and increase patio doors to 8ft patio doors

2. fit roof windows in the utility and dinning area to increase natural light in the room

3. Replace kitchen for a ivory style to lighten the room.

Anyone else got any ideas? (other than cleaning )

thanks

Katie





View from patio doors

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moggylover

Large white tiles on the walls helps a lot - reflects a fair bit of light around, and I also used a very pale tile (almost white but with a bit of flecking) on the floor.

I think a starkly black and white theme makes a small dark kitchen look both brighter and larger:D

Steve_the_fitter

I really think youd be lucky to be get the kitchen for 2.5k let along the rest of it.

blushingbride_3

hi thanks for comments, there were 3 points, i.e. 3 options not for us 2 do all the work.

I have already had a quote of £2000 to do the new patio doors and remove the walls

£800 to replace the kitchen doors for ivory ones

£1000 for the roof windows

1ubthrifty

I had the same problem in my kitchen, we put windows in the roof but also put an extra window on the side wall. How about an window over your sink or is it an inside wall?

MX5huggy

How about some more lights! under the wall units to start. over them as well or in the plinth. The cornice on the wall units is very over bearing. take this off. In the end there is too much stuff! may be some wall units or a big full height unit in the utility room.

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1ubthrifty wrote: »

I had the same problem in my kitchen, we put windows in the roof but also put an extra window on the side wall. How about an window over your sink or is it an inside wall?

Thanks for reply!

Wall by sink is a internal wall to the garage! so annoying!

were your roof windows in the kitchen? do u think putting one in the utility room will help or be a waste of money?

We could enlarge the window in the utility room?