ᐅ Open Plan Kitchen: Regretted Choice or the Ultimate Solution?

And to create a more "official and separate" area, you can also plan the kitchen/dining, preferably near the terrace, and the living area with reading/sofa/TV.

If 80% recommend an open kitchen here, but you belong to the 20%, does that help you?

Therefore, everyone according to their preference.

Benutzer200 schrieb:

Yes. Over the past 15 years, I have owned four properties for personal use. One had a closed kitchen, but after that only open kitchens. I would definitely do it the same way again. An open kitchen means sociability, coziness, and easy living together.
I don’t see any real disadvantages – some say you might have to look at dirty pots and pans, or there could be odors. The first is probably a matter of how you manage the kitchen after cooking, and the second depends on planning and technology.

I have nothing to add to that. However, I also agree with @driver55.
What good is “my” opinion if you are completely different from “me” 😉 or Benutzer200, or whoever else?

Open kitchen in the apartment.
Nice, but a bit too far into the living area.
In the summer, we bought a townhouse with a separate kitchen (access from the hallway).

Today, we had the wall to the living-dining area opened up (1.15 m wide (3 ft 9 in)).
I think we won’t regret it.
The kitchen is still clearly defined but also “communicative” and has short distances.
Now we have almost 40 m² (430 sq ft) of living/dining/cooking space in total.

Additional advantage:
The kitchen faces north and isn’t particularly bright.
We expect the lighting situation to become significantly more pleasant and friendly.

We will see the result tomorrow 🙂

And the best part:
All in (structural work and execution, by two independent companies) for just under 1,600 EUR.

So for us, a closed kitchen is definitely no longer an option.

We have already visited several famous castles and apartments, Schönbrunn, Sanssouci, Hofburg, Sigmund Freud’s apartment in Berggasse in Vienna, and many more… nowhere was there ever an open-plan kitchen. But every caravan has one….

Benutzer200 schrieb:

I don’t see any real disadvantages – some say you would have to look at dirty pots, or that there would be odors. The former is probably a matter of how you manage your kitchen after cooking, the latter a question of planning and technology.

I fully agree, a dishwasher with a quick wash cycle (20-30 minutes per wash) plus two large sinks should solve these issues. We have no regrets, and cooking vapors and odors disappear quickly through a 5-meter (16-foot) wide patio door.

Nordlys schrieb:

We have visited several famous castles and apartments, Schönbrunn, Sanssouci, the Hofburg, Sigmund Freud’s apartment in Berggasse in Vienna, and others… nowhere did they have an open kitchen. But every caravan has one…

That’s true; they also didn’t have outdoor kitchens as are common today, carports, showers (which you can find in every caravan), and many other modern conveniences. Times have simply changed. I can’t compare a Bauhaus-style home or similar to Sanssouci or Schönbrunn.