Kitchen Cupboards in dining room?

phill99

It's your house. If it work for you, do it.

smallblueplanet

sandyk01 wrote: »

Thank you all so much for you helpful replies. The extension is a long term plan maybe 5 or 10 years time ...

That's a long time. Think I might be inclined to open up the doorway a bit (make the gap twice as wide?) to make the rooms more one and then it'd be easier to blend cupboards and style.

sandyk01

Thanks for all your super helpful replies.

Smallblueplanet- unfortunately the door isnt wide enough to allow a bigger gap.

Had Howdens out today and they agreed putting in extra cupboards in the dining area- shaker style and they can make it look like a dresser. Sounds like a good option because the dressers we've seen all seem to have glass cabinet doors which wont allow me to stick all my rubbish in

kerri_gt

sandyk01 wrote: »

the dressers we've seen all seem to have glass cabinet doors which wont allow me to stick all my rubbish in

Have you checked out any second hand furniture stores / Freecycle or eBay for a suitable dresser? They frequently appear esp from house clearances because they're a little out of fashion with certain decorating styles at the moment (that said, they are right in with some others - my friend just posted a lovely pic of one she reclaimed complete with obligatory kilner jars )

Some ideas on Houzz (aka home !!!!!!) here

https://www.houzz.co.uk/ideabooks/33574276/list/decorating-11-ways-to-stylishly-organise-your-dresser

trailingspouse

How small is small?
How many standard size kitchen units do you actually have? I have 4 standard floor cupboards plus 6 tall wall cupboards. I cope by not over-buying store-cupboard items. I have a dresser and a sideboard in the dining room, where I keep all the crockery (apart from mugs), the 'special occasion' stuff that only comes out at Christmas etc, and some of the alcohol.

I could probably reduce the amount of stuff in my kitchen still further - we really don't need that many mugs, I have too many mixing bowls, I've never used the stove top coffee percolator I was given for Christmas one year... and so on.
With a small kitchen I find that keeping the worktop space clear is key. I have nothing on my worktops apart from the microwave, the kettle and the toaster.

maisie_cat

In my last house we had limited kitchen space, we had kitchen wall units used as base units in the dining room upon which the toaster and coffee maker sat, and crockery in the cupboards. It created more of a breakfast room. That freed upon worktop space and allowed removal of a base unit in the kitchen if that makes sense.
When we bought this house I ripped out the (very stinky) kitchen and we used "temporary" ikea freestanding units for 2 years. You are making long term changes so do what works best for you.