The kitchen operates as an essential room in our day-to-day living, typically for food preparation and mealtime. Modern homeowners have evolved the kitchen to become a room for both mealtime and socializing with others. The right layout can transform your kitchen into a multipurpose space, but a standard kitchen can limit the options to expand its use.
Explore the following ways to transform your kitchen into a social space through remodeling, strategic use of space, and investing in multifunctional pieces.
Kitchen Island
An island provides a compact area for additional counter space and a less formal area to socialize prior to the official dining experience at the table. In addition, an island provides a convenient place to meal prep or pack lunches when interacting with other household members.
Breakfast Nook
The breakfast nook maximizes corner space in your kitchen and provides an additional seating area for socializing. Breakfast nooks provide outdoor scenery through the window and can make for an ambient corner to serve coffee to company or to have an additional space to enjoy snack time with your child.
Open Floor Plans
One of the more advanced ways to transform your kitchen into a social space is by remodeling the floor plans. The traditional layout of kitchens kept them isolated from other areas of the home, but remodeling with new floor plan design trends can expand your kitchen to complement daily living.
Customizable Table
If you’re not yet able to remodel the interior of your kitchen, investing in customizable furniture is another effective way to make your kitchen space sociable. Consider investing in a table with folding features to allow you to manipulate the size. Being able to expand or condense the size of a table provides an easy solution to provide more counter space for the size of any social interaction.
Family Command Center
Transforming your kitchen into a social space doesn’t have to just be for special gatherings. Consider implementing a family command center in your kitchen to be the hub of communication in your home.
A command center can include a desk for miscellaneous items, a physical schedule of upcoming events, or even a charging center for technology. Expanding the kitchen into a social space also helps optimize the socialization between family and other household members.
