How much wall to leave ? between lounge and kitchen

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about to knock down a wall between lounge and kitchen.

i thought to take the wall as fas back as possible (ie remove as much of it as we can to just leave enough for the joist to sit on)

getting advice to leave the wall still coming out 600mm (same as the kitchen units will come out)

here the middle option would leave a 600mm wide wall, but floor to ceiling , so if you were in the lounge looking to the kitchen the units would be hidden and you wouldnt be able to see the worktops

right option is more what i imagined, leaving it more open so you can see down the worktops and imo give a feeling of more space

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another example how i imagined it
the bit at the bottom of the photo/ looking at the sides of the units/ (not the walls at the top)


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I guess either way isn't going to make a huge deal of difference.

How much light do you have coming in from either room? Looking at the above picture, if you have a wall coming out at least 600mm, then that corner may be a little dark.
 
I would do it 650mm out from the wall to hide the units and the worktop - if you trim it all the wall in it will be a bit weird to have say 150mm of wall, then an end panel on your kitchen. It also gives you bit of hidden worktop space which might be good if you are entertaining and want to leave dishes sitting about!
 
Your picture of how you imagined it is completely different to the later photo of how you imagined it as the walls come past the units.
 
Semple said:
I guess either way isn't going to make a huge deal of difference.

How much light do you have coming in from either room? Looking at the above picture, if you have a wall coming out at least 600mm, then that corner may be a little dark.
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the far end will be double doors to the garden (kitchen end) and lounge has window on opposite wall (facign the double doors)
 
the_r_sole said:
I would do it 650mm out from the wall to hide the units and the worktop - if you trim it all the wall in it will be a bit weird to have say 150mm of wall, then an end panel on your kitchen. It also gives you bit of hidden worktop space which might be good if you are entertaining and want to leave dishes sitting about!
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thats what my builder is saying , leave more wall . but i think it will make the room feel smaller
 
pepp77 said:
Your picture of how you imagined it is completely different to the later photo of how you imagined it as the walls come past the units.[/QUOTE

its the other end of the photo to look at .. the bit nearest you and the end of the cupboard/ worktop (not the far end)
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pepp77 said:
Your picture of how you imagined it is completely different to the later photo of how you imagined it as the walls come past the units.
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I presume thats the other side of the kitchen, i.e where the pic is taken from is the side he's talking about.
 
Paul11 said:
thats what my builder is saying , leave more wall . but i think it will make the room feel smaller
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You've got a tall unit and wall units all along the walls so you'd just be looking at the end of a kitchen rather than a bit of wall?
if you just leave 150mm bearers on each side it will look random, you need something to help define the areas of the room
 
the_r_sole said:
You've got a tall unit and wall units all along the walls so you'd just be looking at the end of a kitchen rather than a bit of wall?
if you just leave 150mm bearers on each side it will look random, you need something to help define the areas of the room
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the taller units would go at the furthest end of the kitcen . the low units would be near the lounge end
 
I think it would look better as per second photo personally

Some years ago my parents had a house that had lounge and dining room knocked through, they had probably 150mm left where the old dividing wall was, was always a bit wierd as it felt like something was missing

One minor advantage with most new houses is that the internal walls are mostly optional ;)
Although sods law will normally say the one you do want to move is one of the few load bearing ones
 
Paul11 said:
here, better example photos

A ) no wall (or very little wall)



B ) wall
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I see, I thought you had posted a visual of your design...
If it's between a kitchen and a lounge rather than a diner, much better to have the walls - otherwise it will feel like a couch in a kitchen! unless you have another sitting room somewhere? I think people would prefer a bit of definition with the spaces in a situation like this
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Some years ago my parents had a house that had lounge and dining room knocked through, they had probably 150mm left where the old dividing wall was, was always a bit wierd as it felt like something was missing
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My folks have just had this done between their kitchen and dining room, albeit there was an external wall dividing the two. So the wall left over is quite large, and also covers the waste pipe. It hangs out about 300mm i'd say, so means they've effectively got half a kitchen unit (depth) where the wall was cut down. It fits flush with the other units, it just means they're lacking a bit of space, and the worktop above it is also small.
 
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