ᐅ Opening direction of the sliding door to the terrace / patio
Created on: 11 Jun 2021 19:52
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NilsW87
Hello dear community,
As you might have guessed, we are currently building. Just a condominium unit and not a house. I hope you can still help me 😉
The floor plan of the unit is fixed. However, we still need to decide in which direction the sliding door to the roof terrace should open and we are undecided. The designer planned for the sliding door to open to the right (as shown on the plan). We are considering changing the opening to the left side of the plan.
In our opinion, the direction of the door opening depends a lot on how we want to furnish our living and dining area in the future. So far, we have created two possible furnishing concepts.
We actually prefer the first idea since it separates the dining area somewhat from the seating area. But do you think this would be feasible? Or is the space between the chairs and sofa/wall too small?
The second idea allows for a larger dining table. However, we don’t really like that you walk directly toward the dining table when entering from the living room door and that the sofa faces the table all the time.
We would appreciate any suggestions or tips 🙂
Thank you very much for your help and best regards
As you might have guessed, we are currently building. Just a condominium unit and not a house. I hope you can still help me 😉
The floor plan of the unit is fixed. However, we still need to decide in which direction the sliding door to the roof terrace should open and we are undecided. The designer planned for the sliding door to open to the right (as shown on the plan). We are considering changing the opening to the left side of the plan.
In our opinion, the direction of the door opening depends a lot on how we want to furnish our living and dining area in the future. So far, we have created two possible furnishing concepts.
- In the first idea, the dining table (140x90 cm (55x35 inches)) is placed in front of the window and a sideboard for additional storage is positioned on the left wall of the living area. The distance between the kitchen wall and the chair is about 70cm (27.5 inches). The same applies to the other side between the sofa and the chair.
- In the second idea, the dining table (160x100 cm (63x39 inches)) is placed along the left wall of the living area and a display cabinet is positioned in the transition between kitchen and living room. The distance between the dining table and the rug is about 100cm (39 inches). Here, the sliding door would open as planned to the right:
Here, the sliding door would open to the left:
We actually prefer the first idea since it separates the dining area somewhat from the seating area. But do you think this would be feasible? Or is the space between the chairs and sofa/wall too small?
The second idea allows for a larger dining table. However, we don’t really like that you walk directly toward the dining table when entering from the living room door and that the sofa faces the table all the time.
We would appreciate any suggestions or tips 🙂
Thank you very much for your help and best regards
guckuck2 schrieb:
The roof terrace a little smaller and a few more square meters in the open-plan living area would have been nice ;-) That's true, we would have also preferred a bit more living space in the open-plan kitchen-living area and less terrace space. However, within the small radius where we have been looking over the last two years, the apartment was the first really good option to buy that matched our criteria. Sometimes you have to accept a few compromises. Overall, we find the layout very good otherwise 🙂
Thank you very much for your input! The result is: The sliding door will remain as shown in the plan and will open to the right as planned 😀
We will decide whether option B or C will be used once we can enter the finished room and get a better feel for the space.
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Fummelbrett!15 Jun 2021 12:17I also find Option C the most appealing. Although I would find Option D cozy as well – in that case, the dining table could be a bit larger (perhaps with a comfortable upholstered bench on one side), and the large room with the kitchen and dining area would be the central space, while the sofa corner would serve as a lounging and retreat spot. This would also have the advantage that potentially more kitchen cabinets and possibly needed pantry cupboards could fit. But the issue with the connections is just how it is.
(Option E, on the other hand, is my favorite, even though it’s not feasible: To convert part of the terrace into a conservatory and place the dining table there 😎 )
(Option E, on the other hand, is my favorite, even though it’s not feasible: To convert part of the terrace into a conservatory and place the dining table there 😎 )
NilsW87 schrieb:
The apartment is planned for a household of three (or maybe four) people. I have to honestly say that I completely underestimated the kitchen needs for a couple (in our case). We have more tall cabinets than your total shelf space, more countertop area, and very little clutter. And I still had to extend the kitchen. For 3-4 people, you will need to make significant compromises. Tell your wife 🙂
ypg schrieb:
We have more tall cabinets than you have overall storage, more countertop space, and very little clutter. And I had to build an extension. For 3-4 people, you really need to limit yourselves. Tell your wife that 🙂 Kitchen planning is next for us. The developer gave us until August 30th to decide. But I hope you can manage something even in about 8 square meters (86 square feet). We mostly cook with the Thermomix anyway 😉
Fummelbrett! schrieb:
(Option E is my favorite, even though it’s not feasible: turning part of the terrace into a conservatory and putting the dining table there 😎 ) We actually considered that too 😀 Maybe I’ll just jokingly ask the developer if that would be possible 😎
NilsW87 schrieb:
We basically only cook with the Thermomix anyway 😉I suspected that. It's called food preparation. I just hope there's even a designated spot for it. But you're right: if that's all you focus on, you don't need much kitchen space for baking trays and so on.Similar topics