Kitchen-diners are a popular choice for homes, combining two spaces in one and offering a convenient room for your family. Whether the only dining area you have is in your kitchen or you have another separate dining room for special occasions, it is important to style your kitchen-diner in the right way.

You want to make the most of the space you have, as well as create clear areas within the one room. There are a number of different ways you can do this in order to create a stylish and practical kitchen-diner.

Here are our top tips:

Separate the space

The dining area of your room should be separate from the kitchen space, which is easy to achieve through small touches.

While you may not want to draw a line down the wall and paint each half of the room in a different colour, you can make use of different flooring to the same effect. This can mean using wooden flooring in the dining area and tiles in the kitchen, or even the same flooring but in subtly different shades.

This helps to create two very clear areas while ensuring the overall look of the room works as a whole.

For a more obvious separation, you may want to some form of low wall to divide the kitchen and dining areas. This will ensure the room is still nice and open but defines the use of each half better.

Keep it cohesive

It is important to remember that although your kitchen-diner has two different uses, it is still one room. This means that both halves need to work together to create a cohesive design.

Decorating each half in a totally different way may separate the spaces but it won't work when you look at the room as a whole.

Choose similar colours throughout the whole space to tie it together. You can use small touches to define where the kitchen ends and the dining area begins but going too big with the differences can fragment your room.

Practical touches

It is important to plan practical aspects of your kitchen-diner as well as the design features that contribute to how it looks. This means you should plan things like extraction to avoid cooking smells and smoke taking over the entire space, which can be uncomfortable when eating a meal.

Ensure an effective but quiet extraction unit is in place for when you're cooking and that all kitchen appliances are positioned in places that won't affect the dining area of your room. 

You should also look at lighting options, as it is likely that you'll need a greater level of light in the kitchen section than you will around your dining table. You can make use of extra lighting features, such as under-cabinet spot lights to increase visibility in your kitchen without impacting the dining half of the room.

However you want to style your kitchen-diner, we can help you plan the perfect room that will fit your needs.