you could always have a coffee table that converts to a dining table when required - that way you will have more day to day space - and if you buy height adjustable stools you can use them and the desk chair and bring in one more chair from a bedroom to use for dinner parties ? this is assuming you don't mind eating at the breakfast bar most other times ... and that there's just the two of you !

this will allow you to move the island out further into room a little 1000mm is a good distance between cabinets and island. In some countries the guidelines suggest even larger gap. you need 600mm each sitting space at an island - so you could extend yours towards the windows a little too !

What is the overall dimension of the kitchen / eating area? Looks like there are some structural walls that can't be removed so it would be a bit tight to have a proper sized dining table with an island.

yes, that was the idea with the height adjustable stools, so I can use them if I need more chairs around the table. I think, we`ll be using both the dinner table and the breakfast bar(if we keep the island :).
The kitchen/eating area is approximately 18 square meters, and the living area - 16.
One more thing that drives me crazy, are the two columns on the wall where I want to put countertop and cabinets. Any ideas for some smart solutions?

Thanks

For us to help you more, we need measurements in width x length , metric is fine. But 18 sq metres comes in many different shapes!

For the posts in the kitchen - do what you have shown, use narrower lower cabinets, matching with the full depth cabinets beside.

from experience - corner sinks are horrible! Particularly if any appliance right beside - i.e. oven or dishwasher. I don't see the sink in plans - where is it?

Here are the kitchen measurements. There is something that looks like e sink, but it`s not in the corner in the images. The corner sink is an idea, that may not happen, because the post in the kitchen is in the wrong place :) Makes the space for the sink very small.
I moved the island a little bit farther from the countertop, cut the width a bit and rearranged the dining table. But the orientation of the table seems a bit strange now :)

Hi, but my first idee is you start with the Basic and start with the checklist. Where is the water pipe and do you want a hood to blow up ? The next step what style of kitchen do you want and now you change the floor ? Is it Wood for warm feeling
or is it Stone? Where must by the heating ? If you want i send
you the checklist from Your German Kitchen, Boston Mass.
With Kind regards

Hard to tell from the plan, but there seems to be a lot of unused space in the desk area. Can you move the living room to that area and the desk to the living room area. Put the wall unit on the end wall.

Hi,
I wanted to have some free space in the center of the room. Which is the end wall, I don`t understand :)

@ kuecheandmore
The dining and living area will be laminate floor, and the cooking area - tiles
And yes, can you send me the checklist. Thanks

Hi, that's my idea.The first picture is in front of the backwall.
That' the view from the diningroom.
For more informations and details send me a mail.
Best regards.
kuecheandmore.

About putting the sink in the corner, do not, verry uncomfortable if you are planning on using it for alot of dishwashing ext. i have it in the corner in my kitchen not comfi at all, it savs space but thats the only advantage.

http://www.coroflot.com/BSavov/Various-Interrior-designs-for-a-client

Hmm... I'm thinking that you could perhaps let the kitchen go through the corner, under the windows, and let a peninsula come off that with a dining table perpendicular to that. Have the cooker in the island, the sink where the cooker is in your plan and the wall where the fridge is a floor to ceiling storage wall.
Something like this. Rough sketch, I'm not a designer, but to give you an idea:

Have an island-dining-table in one. Or just a big family table.
How about switching living and kitchen? Would that be possible?
And how high are the window sills in the kitchen area?

Another idea, with full height cabinets on the fridge side.

And one more, with a full wall full height cabinets (built in fridge) as a background, so all clutter removed from view and workspace. Coffee maker and such can be kept behind a door.

First:

Second (with some imagination):

Hi rinqreation, I think we have the same idea here. Great picture examples.

You have an incredible amount of wasted space in hallways that serve little purpose. Remove the WHOLE wall, then try configuring the space.

Or if it gives you more practical space to use, you can close off the door to the kitchen. Since you can easily get into the kitchen through the living room.

If possible, this could be a great layout too:

In rinqreation's plan above, instead of the 2 parallel work areas of the kitchen, make them an L-shape. (You would end up with L-shaped kitchen counters in same spot as the L-shaped sectional sofa on your original plan). That gives you more room for your table and chairs - but no island.

How many people need to eat here regularly? A smaller table - a 40" or 1m diameter round table that opens up to seat 6 or even 8 people, would be small but still comfortable for every day, if only 2-4 people everyday.

Hi all,
First I want to thank you all for the suggestions and I`m sorry that I did not respond in time. I was busy with other stuff and the project was on hold. It is about to restart soon, so I will need your advices once again :)
I made some changes with the kitchen. Decided to drop the kitchen island due to lack of space for the dining table. I`m also thinking of installing something like a movable breakfast bar next to one of the windows, so you can enjoy the view.
I upload different variants of the living room and the current situation with the kitchen. What do you think about the furniture arrangement in the living room? We hope, we will be using the TV mostly for watching movies, so it is not necessarily to be the main object in the living room.

...and the kitchent images

@rinqreation and @carolins - great ideas that I wouldn`t think of, but I think we won`t spend so much time in the kitchen, so I don`t want to waste space there. I`ll ask the contractors if we can swap the kitchen and the living room. The window sills are 90cm.

@groveraxle - I can`t remove what you`ve highlighted, because there are two columns.

Hi again zorkata :-)
I like your third layout the best, with your living area near the windows.

Consult a kitchen designer for your island question.

What if you'd try to place the kitchen in the centre? Dining on the 'left' and living in the large area? (if the window heights allow this)

Unfortunately the window sills in the living area are 65 cm and placing the kitchen there will be very difficult, because the water pipes need to be moved 6m. And with minimum 5 degree angle of the pipe, one end has to be raised 50 cm. Otherwise, it`s a nice idea to swap the kitchen and the living area.

I really appreciate the efforts for the many different layouts, but I for now, the kitchen will stay the way it is. I`m more worried about the living area. I can`t figure out the best position of the furniture. The desk with the computer is for multimedia purposes, it`s not a work desk.

Thanks again!!

@carolins I also like seating area near the windows, but I think that blocks the entrance to the living room?

I don`t know, may be something like this....but it`s more or less the same :/

is su?

Sorry, I don`t understand

In the first layout that I liked (pic attached), if you put the bookcases/cabinets against the back wall, you'll have more space to walk past the sofa.
I would prefer to have the TV against the wall, not in front of the windows.
But whichever layout you choose, if the size of the furniture allows you to, you can shuffle it around and see what works best for you when you live there.

I'm happy for you that the project is no longer on hold. Hope it all goes smoothly :-)

SketchUp ?