After spending a long day working in the garden, shopping at local farmers’ markets, or hiking around Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods, absolutely nothing beats relaxing in the comfort of your own home.

After spending a long day working in the garden, shopping at local farmers’ markets, or hiking around Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods, absolutely nothing beats relaxing in the comfort of your own home.If you have just moved to the area or your kids have left home recently, you may be thinking about how to increase your comfort at home and ways that you can make the space totally “yours”.This means remodelling your space to suit your own lifestyle, to create the sort of home you’ve always dreamed of.

Contemporary open plan living space can be ideal for any home

One of the most popular upgrades nowadays is to open up living areas to create a more spacious, classic environment. If you’ve holidayed in contemporary apartments recently, you’ll appreciate just how open plan living increases interactions, and also creates a seamless, cohesive space. so, if you’ve always dreamed about leading a traditional countryside or farmhouse lifestyle, embarking on a kitchen construction project could be the way forward. You may not even need to plan out an extension to your existing space, if you make best use of what’s already there to create the open plan kitchen and living space that’s more suited to your requirements. Changes can be made to existing layouts without the need for an extension, for instance, a wall between a kitchen a dining room can be removed, and in its place, a steel beam to support the structure, thus opening up the space. Bi-fold doors can be also be added to completely revolutionize the way that the room is utilised.

Interior design kitchen ideas from the kitchen experts at Oakland

Island units can make fantastic dividers between the kitchen and dining/living area, and they’re also great for casual seating when guests call round. If you’re hankering to create the convivial kitchen and dining area that encourages the flow of chat and friendly interactions, check out all the different island dividers on the Oakland site now.

The team here at Oakland are experts when it comes to creating welcoming open plan living spaces, so if you’re contemplating extending your home or making an open plan kitchen with “wow” factor, why not browse our website now?