Layout help please! - Dining & kitchen separated by peninsula

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Hi everyone!

So I have a small house with an open kitchen and dining room running from the front to the back of one side. We took down a wall and put in a peninsula when redoing the kitchen. I also built some builtin cabinets in the dining room. But I am now not loving it so much as there isn't a really good setup for the dining room table.

I was thinking originally of having a bigger counter with an overhang and stools on the peninsula and pushing the dining room table up to the built in seat near the windows, but I don't know. I'd like to maybe redo the built in cabinets so that there is a ledge behind them, like a windowsill for plants (or my cat to sit) but I'm at a loss for a way to make everything I want fit.

Any advice?

Not the best picture, but it shows some of the kitchen. The drywall was for another project, it was just leaning out of the way on the peninsula.

The bookshelf wall is opposite the wall that has one window:

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Beth H. :

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

perfect spot for a built in. you can build the bench seating, or purchase a type of chair that puts together like bench seating. looks like these:

if you did this bench under the larger window, you could do two narrow type of storage pieces on either side.

basically something like this is how you could build it. this is an Ikea hack. ikea book cases (Hemnes) with custom trim work

or, on the other wall if you need more storage, unpainted stock oak cabs, build a base for them, paint and top w/whatever you want

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amieplum
Original Author
7 years ago
I also just wanted to add that the painted floor is just temporary. It's the subfloor and I haven't decided on final flooring so I just painted the checkerboard pattern for a quick fix until I can make my mind up!
damiarain
7 years ago
Can you post a layout with dimensions (including any furniture/builtins you have)? It seems squishy to try and fit seating at the peninsula with the dining table right there...
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amieplum
Original Author
7 years ago
sarahachevalier
7 years ago
Are pictures #1 and #2 the same space?

Otherwise, where are the built-ins relative to the table and peninsula in picture #1?
amieplum
Original Author
7 years ago
Yes, 1 and 2 are the same space, just the only angle I had of the room that way was before the built ins
jbtanyderi
7 years ago
Please post a sketch with dimensions.
jbtanyderi
7 years ago
Sorry, I didn’t scroll down all the way.
jbtanyderi
7 years ago
I would put the bench under the smaller window.
amieplum
Original Author
7 years ago
By bench do you mean the built in cabinets?
Kris Mays
7 years ago
Okay, there is no overhang on your peninsula and it's just not enough room for bar stools there. I think you need some chairs and some art and perhaps some baseboard because it's just looking unfinished in there and it needs to be tied together.

Your kitchen is really chopped up. I am not sure how you manage in there.

I don't consider painting checkerboard a quick fix project. It sounds like a lot of work and you did a great job on it. I like it.
Manon Floreat
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
There isn't enough room for a counter stools at a peninsula with an overhang and a dining table with chairs. You don't have enough clearance. So, I would say this is a no counter stool room.

The measurements indicate that pushing the table up to the built in seat would work. I imagine it would look something like this. Although I can't tell where the built in ends on the other side of the double window.

Alternately, you could consider banquet seating with a built in perpendicular to the peninsula, like this:
bkeith
7 years ago
I think it looks beautiful as is! Love that painted floor. Most important is that you have enough space to walk between the peninsula and the table. Your built ins look nice plus are practical storage solutions. As far as a shelf for cat or plants, can you put something like that under the smaller window?