Kitchen redesign ideas needed
TraceyE
5 years ago
We bought this house earlier this year and the first pics are from the real estate agents advertisement for this house
I had a kitchen guy come in and he has suggested the plan above-
But I think It would be better to close this doorway in
and have a floor to ceiling pantry and fridge freezer beside each other and open the corner of the room ( on the lower right hand side of plan)
sort of like below
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TraceyE
4 years agoThank Ted :)
i think I am not getting the right pics of this room :)
the blue is ceiling here's another try at showing the shape this is the wall that looks toward the garden
And this looks toward the kitchen
The LR ceiling height is much higher than the other downstairs rooms
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4 years agoYes we have :) We got Danny and his team back
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