Partitions Question

[magblr]

Hello Experts,

I need some suggestion on few questions I am raising

1) Is it advisable to have no partition wall between Living area and dining and then to kitchen.This will give us more space for us to move around. Is this is what is called as open kitchen

2) Point 1 means from living area my dining and Kitchen will be visible.Does this mean its over exposed to all the people visiting us.

3) Is it true according to vastu that dining area should not be visible for visitors (living room).

I need to decide If I really need a partition wall between Living and Dining at the earliest .Please suggest the pros and Cons of this with your past expereince.

Thanks in Advance.

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[blrsiteseeker]

Hello
first off, I am not an expert, but will give you my opinion on your questions
1. Your answer to question of open floor plan is exactly what you describe - the kitchen is visible from dining/family area.
2. In my opinion (everybody's life style and preferences differ), it is better to have them all open. If one person is busy in the kitchen they will not feel left out of the family/guest mingling, they can still participate in the gathering. If your TV is positioned properly, then you can enjoy it even while working in the kitchen.
3. don't know about the vaastu points, but my architect who insisted that he will only build per vastu, agreed to our house being built in the open style (our kitchen living and dining rooms are all open to each other).
hope this helps you in some way to make your decision.

some advantages of the open style -
1. the couple of ads I mentioned above.
2. less cost to build, since the number of walls are reduced.
3. you will have more ventilation (light and air flow).
4. the house will seem much bigger than if you did with separation walls (which take up room and also make each room appear smaller).

[ardesarchitects]

Hi,magblr
Like blrsitesekeer said planing a home is all about reflecting your life style.Few things you need to consider while planning for dining and kitchen in open format

1.Does your life style demands privacy in the morning times (do you expect guests at home right in the morning while the lady of house is cooking or cleaning the kitchen ,since you cannot expect women to get ready neat and then start working in the kitchen)
2.How comfortable to maintain the dinning table aesthetically clean every time.Since Indian style we leave some brought over food or pickles right on the table
3.Is it practical for your food style to keep kitchen aesthetically clean all the time
Considering the above issues you can plan for a visual partition between dining and living like roiling blinds that you can roll as and when required.

Below links are just a Google search results

http://www.adalons.co.uk/images/uploade ... re_curtain
http://hgtv.sndimg.com/HGTV/2010/03/19/ ... 4x3_lg.jpg
http://www.feminiya.com/wp-content/uplo ... room-8.jpg

Regards
Ar.Praveen.N
Ardes Architects and Interior Designers
ardesarchitects@gmail.com
www.ardesarchitects.com

[magblr]

Thank you all for your quick response.Considering the advantages of ventilation and space I will go without wall and regarding keeping kitchen clean it will be discpline we need to work on ..