It’s nice to have an open plan living area, especially when it’s a kitchen, the dining room, and the living room altogether. But not everybody likes to subscribe to an open plan living space. There are many homes that have a combined living, dining and kitchen, but while this can give the house more visual space, it doesn’t do much for privacy.
Sometimes you need to know how to separate the rooms so that you can give each of them their own space, dividing them from each other. Being able to cook in the kitchen without the food smells going into the furniture is one reason. But maybe you want to separate the spaces because you like to work in the dining room, and you want to have that away from the TV and the noise of the living room. Let’s take a look at how you can separate your dining room from your living room and have more privacy.
- Invest in some sliding doors. If you own your property, then you’d know that sliding doors are getting more and more popular for home interiors. Separating your living room and your dining room with glass sliding doors is a great option if you want to keep the flow of the rooms without the noise spreading through. Matching the sliding doors to the furniture with a dining table with glass top at CFS is going to create some much needed harmony in the space, too. You can choose to keep your sliding doors a solid material, but glass does wonders for light flow and adding privacy at the same time.
- Enclose the kitchen. If you want to separate the rooms but still have that visibility and flow of light, then think about enclosing the kitchen in class. You’d be able to see the dining room through the glass. And if you’d like, you can also enclose your kitchen in an L-shape should you have an island. You can use sash windows on its front end to give you a direct view of the dining room while also giving you a way to close off the space.
- Use a breakfast bar. Partially dividing the kitchen and dining room is much easier when you have a breakfast bar in place. Not only will this serve as a countertop with easy access, you’ll be able to have the kitchen and the dining room functioning differently. The kitchen having a breakfast bar allows people to purchase and have a cup of coffee. The dining room is more of a comfortable, sociable eating space.
- Use dividing panels. If you don’t have the budget to implement permanent sliding doors and you don’t want to close off the kitchen by itself, then use dividing panels through the home to separate the living room from your dining room while keeping your kitchen connected. You can use them in a way that suits your needs. It’s not always easy to do this in a smaller home, but dividing panels can be taken away and stored if it doesn’t work for you.
