All together at the dining table, all day long
Such a busy place first and foremost requires a durable and sturdy foundation: the dining table is the epicenter of your living kitchen, and ideally, as many people as possible can sit around it. Need inspiration? Just search: Tomasso Tables | Quality furniture for your dining room. And take a look at the 'Antonini Rectangular Mango Wood Dining Table', a piece of design that meets this requirement and fits perfectly into the 'country-industrial' trend. Almost two square meters of living enjoyment to spend endless time together.
Matching dining chairs
Given the intensive use, seating must also have the necessary quality. And tastefully match your table and the rest of your living kitchen. Which dining chairs will you choose, will you go for the flamboyant Acquabella models in vibrant red, or more business-like chairs like those from the Accoli line, in gray velvet? They must be comfortable anyway, as many people also hang a TV in their new living kitchen. This has been the case in other cultures for decades, and is now no exception in the Netherlands either.
Lockable glass canopy
The living kitchen is often an extension towards the garden or living room. In the first case, you can be inspired by programs like Buying Without Looking, where contractor Bob Sikkes continuously provides living kitchens with a glass canopy. Preferably a lockable one: on summer days, you can easily create ventilation, and in winter, this space retains sunlight. This saves on your energy costs, as far as a living kitchen doesn't already do that: since family members spend more time here, other rooms do not need to be heated. Another advantage is that you can grow all kinds of vegetable garden plants here. Let's not forget that you become happy from all the light you bring inside!
More 'bringing the outside in'
The direct access to the garden through French doors gives that wonderful outdoor feeling: around March, the vegetable garden plants go into the ground, you pick fresh herbs from the garden while cooking, and everyone goes in and out all day long. You are, as it were, bringing more of the outside in.
French sideboard and kitchen island oriented towards the space
The living kitchen is therefore a real hit, and within it, more trends have emerged. A staple is the French sideboard filled with dishes and supplies, but another displays a collection of cookbooks. Another living kitchen trend is the chopping block on legs, which serves as a kind of side table. Because you want to keep chatting with your children, partner, or guests while cooking, you orient the kitchen island towards the space. This is for many hobby cooks the reason to create such a living kitchen. Cooking itself already provides conversation topics. All in all, this will be the most enjoyable space in your home. Is it already tingling?
