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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My perspective is that a formal dining room that is open to the kitchen isn’t actually formal. I especially object when there is bar seating jammed in next to the dining table.

If it were my house I might eliminate the island/peninsula and do the kitchen around the perimeter with as much furniture or furniture-like cabinetry as possible, then put a large table in the middle of the room to use as food pre workspace/homework/etc most of the time  and treat it like a “chef’s table” for formal dining.

BUT, a lot of people like to have standing workspace (counter height) that faces the living area and they wouldn’t like my solution and would prefer a peninsula. Plus some people would say I “lost” the dining room and now just have an eat in kitchen. I disagree but yada yada yada.

I do think that no matter what, if you have a smaller home where the kitchen is visible, you MUST identify a coherent design style and make sure all of your interior architecture and finishes suit each other. This is not the moment to look at a jillion kitchen pictures and pick out the cement tile you loved in a glass house in a California unless you have a huge row house that you’re taking to the studs and redoing all the interiors/moldings/finishes in a new and consistent style. [/quote]

I agree on keeping the coherent style.  We have a somewhat classic style so I would stick with classic cabinetry/counters/trims.  I'd also still keep a cased opening around the peninsula so it would still feel like two different rooms.

As for putting the kitchen around the perimeter, our kitchen is smaller in width than the dining room (there's a dogleg on the other side of the kitchen), so that wouldn't work.  It's two rooms and it would also be exorbitant to switch the dining room with the kitchen.  [/quote]

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