New open plan kitchen & living-room in a traditional victorian maisonette. Taking down the partition between the 2 former rooms allowed to reconfigure the space and create a dedicated dining area which was previously missing. A new kitchen was designed to suit the new layout and optimise countertop area.
The decommissioned living-room door has been replaced by an internal window bringing daylight to the stairwell.
The project also included the design of 2 wardrobes for the small bedroom alcoves and cat-friendly joinery units for the living room.
Materials have been selected with sustainability in mind. A recycled glass composite material made of old windscreens and windows has been used for the countertop, rotary cut european pine plywood for the cabinets and low VOC paint throughout.
What was the brief?
The brief called for a reorganisation of the layout to provide a dedicated dining area, more worktop surface in the kitchen and a comfortable living room.
What were the key challenges?
The floor space being limited every inch of the space had to be used to full potential.
What were the solutions?
Instead of closing the connection between the kitchen and the living room as per initially suggested by the clients, the space has been fully opened up to locate the dining area astride the former partition location. A kitchen 'peninsula' pushed against the chimney breast provides the much needed extra kitchen counter space and storage.
The living room has been moved to the far end of the open space, the existing door omitted and replaced by an internal window bringing natural daylight into the stairwell.
