Open plan kitchens have been a firm favourite among self builders and home improvers for well over a decade now, while ideas and designs are ever-changing.
The perfect blend between a practical kitchen area and a social entertaining space, open plan kitchens are often the hub of the home, offering somewhere for the family to congregate and keep better connected.
What's more, they're the perfect space for celebrating summer lunches or Christmas with guests.
https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/ideas/the-best-open-plan-kitchens
Hi there,
This would be a suitable approach when the kitchen is used occasionally, or for simple meals.
If it is used more intensively then the smell of food can be quite pervasive and can become unbearable.
More than a few clients I worked with are against open plan for that reason (they are keen cooks).
Also, I think this was more of a fad / preference a few years ago.
There is an appeal to open plan kitchens, it all depends on the space that you have, if you are designing an apartment building the open plan kitchen/dining/lounge works better because instead of 2-3 separate rooms. You are therefore incorporating the 2-3 spaces into 1 larger room (still much smaller in area). This all comes down to cost effectiveness for the developer.
I've found that the lack of walls in most cases leads to a noisy environment. We all need our own space from time to time, and it's not ideal to have to shut ourselves away to find it within our own homes.
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