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Proper after I completed writing yesterday’s put up, I bought a telephone name from one of many three contractors that I had known as earlier within the week about our addition. I’ll be assembly with him this morning. So naturally, whereas I used to be working within the studio yesterday (and making some actually encouraging progress that I’ll share on Monday), my thoughts was spinning with the completely different concepts I’ve had for the addition, the knowledge that I wish to you should definitely inform him, and so on.
One factor that I virtually forgot about is the kitchen. I’ve weighed a number of completely different choices for the kitchen over time that I’ve been considering and planning for this addition, the whole lot from leaving it simply as it’s to making a cased opening on the wall between the kitchen and the place the longer term household/media room might be.
The wall in query is that this wall of cupboards. The brand new household/media room might be simply on the opposite aspect of this wall. (Sorry, that is an older image.)
I feel the final time I shared about my ideas about this wall and the way it will be affected by the addition, I had envisioned one thing like this actually unhealthy mock up I did final December. 😀
However since sharing that, so many individuals have cautioned me about having the kitchen so huge open to so many completely different rooms of the home. It cuts down on invaluable storage areas, however it will additionally remove any privateness within the household/media room as a result of there can be a straight line of sight from the road, by way of the entrance lounge, by way of the kitchen, and into the household room. Throughout the day, that’s not an issue. However at night time, if I’m in there watching TV, I’d actually favor some privateness. (I by no means shut the blinds on our home windows, and I don’t plan on beginning that sooner or later.)
So I’ve been making an attempt to concentrate. First, I’ve been making an attempt to concentrate to how we actually use our residence, and the way the brand new household/media room would possibly change issues. And second, I’ve tried to concentrate and be looking out for an thought that may meet all of these (new) wants.
We host a gaggle from our church each Wednesday night time, and that group has been as much as about 17 individuals. As soon as we’ve got this new room, I’ve little question we’ll meet in there as a substitute of the entrance lounge for the reason that new room might be greater and (hopefully) extra snug. And we eat a meal collectively each time we collect, so the kitchen could be very a lot part of that gathering. Due to that, I actually would really like for the kitchen and the brand new household room to be open to one another ultimately.
So I’ve been looking out for an thought that can (1) permit the kitchen and household room to be open to one another, (2) permit me to maintain as a lot storage as potential within the kitchen, and (3) permit for privateness at night time.
Nicely, a number of months in the past, I got here throughout what I consider to be the proper answer. I occurred upon this stunning design from Wilcon, Inc.
In fact, it is a passthrough from a kitchen to a eating room, and mine can be from the kitchen to a household/media room. However what struck me (and what I had by no means even thought of earlier than) was placing storage on each side! A great deal of household rooms have built-in storage, so I couldn’t solely make the most of the complete width of decrease cupboard area on the kitchen aspect, in addition to have two floor-to-ceiling peak cupboards on every finish on the kitchen aspect, however I may additionally add storage on the bottom (i.e., the household room aspect).
So what about that privateness I needed? Nicely, I’m pondering that I may add some pocket doorways (half-doors, actually) behind the cupboards on the kitchen aspect and re-create the same look that I’ve within the music room, which is correct subsequent door to the kitchen.
Besides as a substitute of getting full-length doorways and a walkthrough like within the music room, the kitchen would have half-length pocket doorways and a passthrough with a full width of decrease cupboards beneath.
In order of proper now, that’s the plan. And it’s been the plan for a number of months now. I didn’t wish to share it earlier as a result of (1) the addition wasn’t actually on our radar on the time, and (2) I needed a while to let this ruminate on this plan with out the confusion of quite a lot of exterior enter. However the extra I give it some thought, the extra I find it irresistible!
Right here’s a very horrible mock up of what this type of passthrough would seem like on the again wall of our kitchen…
In fact, no kitchen cupboards of mine would ever be white. And I don’t have the slightest clue about easy methods to mock up these pocket doorways that may give privateness at night time. So that you’ll have to make use of your creativeness there. 😀
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