The kitchen has become the socialising place of the home, due to it now being known as the ‘new living room’. These open-plan spaces are made to get family and friends together in the same room, but without getting in each other’s way. We create these spaces as multi-functional as can be, where you can cook, eat, relax and most importantly socialise together.
How do you want the space to be used? Island/ breakfast bar seating? Or is a formal dining table the one? How about both if you have the room? Here at Planet Furniture, we can design your bespoke kitchen around the functionality of how you want the room to be used incorporating your much-prefered seating arrangements, separating them but combining them with the overall aesthetics.
Seating at the Island and Breakfast Bar
Kitchen island seating can have stools pulled up to it providing space for casual dining and inviting conversations with the cook. The island defines the cooking and living areas and directs traffic out of the work core. The seating will be designed on the outer perimeters so those seated can enjoy the cooking action without being in the chef’s way.
Do you want your island to have an uninterrupted span of countertop or with multiple levels designed for different tasks?
The same goes for the breakfast bar too.
The dark and sultry In-Frame kitchen layout located in Hitchin allows our client and their guests to sit on the comfy stools at the island, where there’s ample room for up to 4 people to catch up with a coffee during the week. Entertaining has never been so easier due to the formal dining space at the left of the kitchen. This huge open-plan space also has another entertaining area on the other side including a games table and walk-in wine room! The perfect place to host dinner parties any day of the week!
Padded cushions and a seating arrangement that flows around the corner of the island are found in this attractive and modern handleless style kitchen in Hitchin. This type of seating makes for a more sociable conversation and a worthy place to relax at with nibbles and bubbles.
The calm and relaxed style in this contemporary handleless style kitchen in Royston below has been designed with entertaining in mind. With the large island centred in the middle, it becomes the perfect spot for guests and family to relax without getting in the way of the host preparing the food. They can easily glide across to the comfy sofa until dinner is ready!
The fresh and inviting green kitchen at Ashwell has been designed with style in mind. A convenient seating area has been incorporated into the kitchen island design with room for three bar stools that are a wooden texture, tieing in with the aesthetics of the whole space. It’s great for breakfast, quick family meals, to perch on for a catch-up coffee, or for children to do their homework.
Dining Table Seating
If you have the space and your room is large enough to allow your dream kitchen plus a separate dining table, this is the ultimate socialising option everyone wants! Having a separate dining table to the main kitchen allows for a clear division between the cooking and dining spaces. This is particularly ergonomic for hosting dinner parties when you aren’t so keen on your primary cooking area being interrupted by guests.
We designed and built this hand-painted In-Frame shaker with cockbead in Royston. To match the Full Stave Solid Oak breakfast bar our client opted for the same table top on their dining room table. Guests can flow from the main kitchen into the luxurious dining room that is lit with plenty of natural sunlight, bouncing around the different metallics and the gorgeous mirror.
The wooden elements from the large solid table add character to this open-plan space that has been designed to entertain. This modern, smart handleless kitchen in Walkern has push-to-open doors and drawers, so when the space is full of your favourite people, all the essentials are kept hidden but easy to get to.
Hosting your next dinner party in this kitchen design which is of an industrial style and a gorgeous one at that. This striking kitchen in Baldock is filled with many wooden features that create a cohesive style and the rich colour of the cabinets anchors the kitchen perfectly in the large open-plan space. There’s plenty of room for many seating arrangements and you can see this in the shot below.
Get yourself comfy in this dining space that is made perfectly for this transformed room in Baldock. A narrow galley kitchen and an open kitchen-diner that boasts three connecting zones make this family home perfect for all who live there. the ultimate space for family living and socialising!
Are you looking for a handmade bespoke kitchen with versatile space and adequate seating? We at Planet Furniture create multi-functional spaces for you and your family that will be loved for many years to come and play a key part in everyday living. Contact us today for more information – our design team can help realise your vision.
