open kitchen vs seperate kitchen

[Ribarca]

Originally Posted by Jonesy55

Eating out for every meal soon gets expensive though, especially for multi-person households..

In Europe definitely. In most of Asia you can have a good meal for a few EUR even in expensive cities like HK or Singapore.

[Disturbing Reality]

Originally Posted by Eric Offereins

Maybe because you don't cook so well?

let's say there's nothing special about my cooking but it's decent. i use a lot of spices, bay leaves, onion, garlic, and cook a lot of meat (bacon, leftover kfc, chicken liver, fish, ewwww, especially fish)

Originally Posted by AsianDragons

you must certainly not be a spoiled teenager or young adult eating and dropping food in their living everytime watch a movie or play games or just watching normal tv

if you see my apartment, you'd think i'm a little too clean for a man.. LOL.. I love food but I hate the smell..

[TheZoolooMaster]

Honestly a closed kitchen is only useful for those who host formal occasions or dinners, especially if you have a maid doing the cooking. My parents' house is quite old, and beneath their dining room table there's an ancient buzzer mechanism that once upon a time would be used for ringing the waitress; I believe this is quite common in old European manors and villas.

[AltinD]

Originally Posted by Jan

^ think more about takeaways then restaurants here. Again some of them are so cheap buying the ingredients needed at a downtown grocery is probably more expensive. Restaurants usually add up because of the drinks.

I am not a fan of take-aways at all. The food gets spoiled so much in both taste and texture ..... except a GOOD ITALIAN pizza. That, just like wine, it gets better with age (or getting cold)

Originally Posted by HKG

My Dad's takeaway shop has an open kitchen.

It's the Cantonese style probably

However in a sit-in restaurant, while the concept of the open kitchen might seams nice and trendy, still the smell would interfere with your dining experience, so a Glass partition would be a good compromise.

[Eric Offereins]

Originally Posted by Jan

^ are you going to cancel the standard kitchen as well? You get €5.000 in return if you do (cash!). It's not a bad kitchen but to upgrade it to the level that I wanted (marble plate, induction cooking, gripless) they asked another €3.500. For €8.500 total I think can do better, or at least get me something that doesn't look like it came standard.

I kept mine, but with some modifications, like a black granite plate for example.

[ikops]

I have an ensuite living room. The ensuite is where the dining area and the kitchen is. I really like this kind of lay-out.

[Disturbing Reality]

would you mind sharing your floor plan?

[ikops]

I can draw a picture for you. I don't have an official floorplan. It has however two living rooms, one of which has the kitchen and the dining area and then there are three bedrooms (all rather small). And then there is the bathroom and a seperate toiletroom. On top of that I have a balcony on the backside of my apartment.

[Disturbing Reality]

based on your description, you have quite a big apartment.. if i have 2 living rooms, i wouldn't mind having an open kitchen in one then save the other for a more formal venue for my guests, the only drawback of an open kitchen for me is the smell, otherwise, it looks good..

[poshbakerloo]

separate room, I don't mind living/dinning room combined though. But not all 3 into 1, that's just an excuse to be cheap.

[luife100]

I agree with the idea of an open kitchen for those who cook for themselves and singles in general. However, in case of a family it could be better to have a separate spot for the kitchen, but the living and dinning room can be kept together.

[Seattlelife]

My answer is kind of in between. I prefer my kitchen to be a separate room but open to the living room.

[Dimethyltryptamine]

Mine is joined kitchen, living room and dining room.

[Dahlis]

Separate, open kitchens is just a cheap solution to avoid walls.

[B4rt]

Separate kitchen because if it's mess in kitchen - it's mess in whole apartment.

[Dimethyltryptamine]

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[Dimethyltryptamine]

Originally Posted by Dahlis

Separate, open kitchens is just a cheap solution to avoid walls.

We wanted our kitchen, dining room and living rooms all combined for ease of access, less walls and crap to manoeuvre, you can talk to some one in the lounge from the kitchen, keep an eye on any kids (whether they're in the lounge, kids room, pool, dining room), etc etc. There are many benefits to an open kitchen/dining/lounge, and it isn't the cost.. believe me

Kitchen, dining and lounge rooms from the hallway to the kids play room




The kitchen, dining room and deck from the capsule hall




Deck, BBQ area, dining and kitchen from the backyard.

[Eric Offereins]

Nice. Without walls betweem these spaces, it looks more open and bigger.