BEFORE THE ARCHITECT – HOME DESIGNING BACKGROUND – UNIQUE HOME DESIGNING ARTICLES
HOME DINING DESIGNING, DINING ROOM SPACE
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home dining DESIGNING
INTRODUCTION TO DINING ROOM DESIGNING FOR
DINING ROOM SPACE
Dining room design
details relating to dining space (space for dining in a dining room, kitchen
table, island seating, whatever, wherever) seem to fail more often than any other
subject of interior home design. Now, we’re not just talking about a formal dining
room space design; we’re also talking breakfast room design and eat-in kitchen
space design. Anywhere folks sit down to break bread together or alone –
that’s what we’re talking.
Whassup with this?
Sufficient space is up with this, that’s what.
Way, way more often than not, there’s not
enough dining space around the table, at the eat-in bar, at the kitchen
table.
DINING ROOM SPACE DESIGN DETAILS
Dining areas, that is, surface space areas and including breakfast and other informal eating areas, are often undersized.
While it is impossible to
be sure of a client’s dining table size unless ask-and-tell proves fruitful,
it’s not impossible to setup an area for seating within reasonable limits.
Ask-and-tell can produce
wonderful, helpful results . . .
“For formal dining,
never more than 8. Any more and it’s family and buffet-style works
best."
“We’re only three
now, but two more planned.
“We regularly dine
formally and catered for groups to 12. For my business and for his
business."
“Just bought the
dining table. It’s 42 linear inches x 96 linear inches.
“All three boys and
their wives and their children come together to visit and eat at least
once a week, sometimes more. 17 in all and 2 on the way. Our kitchen
table’s 14 linear feet long and 34 linear inches wide. One slab." [No
kidding; really was so.]
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And one can adjust for missing facts based on reasonable assumptions and experienced design metrics (sort of reverse engineering a dining table size based on the unobstructed surface area of the dining space and the style of dining varying from informal and simple to formal and complex . . . for example . . .
§ Not likely be wider than 4 linear feet and § Not likely longer than 9 linear feet open, leaved out
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Or one can determine within a given space the maximum dimensions of a dining table and gauge reactions, as drawn below |
Comment: ALWAYS inquire of
clients – especially wife clients - as to what furniture they have or envision
for dining areas – especially for formal dining areas.
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Clearance from table edge to nearest obstacle (not including doors that can travel through)
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Comment:
This 64 linear inch passing-behind prescript taken with or without the 36 linear
inch not-passing-behind prescript pragmatically means that a family breakfast or
morning or otherwise informal dining area should be about the same surface area
as a sufficiently sized formal dining area. On the one hand, short-sighted
amends can be made for somewhat tighter spaces for kids assuming they don’t
grow. On the other hand, a dining space may still need to be substantially
larger to accommodate lifestyle-specific needs for formal dining or extended
family or friends dining.
Comment: The statements
about clearance come from a comprehensive and useful design
Guide to Standard Kitchen Planning Dimensions,
“40 Guidelines of Kitchen Planning" by the National Kitchen & Bath Association,
http://www.superkitchens.com/sk/asp/catId.59/itemid.123/ks/page.htm. While
not immutable, the algorithmic rules therein have for years provided Before The
Architect with a heads-up sense of kitchen layout metrics and latitudes.
Comment: In dining areas
like none other, adequate surface area is skimped in most all the plans this
home designer sees of others.
Comment: In informal
settings, a banquette can be a valued alternative to standard-set table.
HOME DINING SPACE PLAN
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Here’s a plan view that commonly
gets included by Before The Architect in floor plans involving dining spaces –
even bar stool dining spaces | ||||||||||
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In this instance, the dining table had been client-undefined as to size but the dining space itself was specifically client-determined; therefore, Before The Architect established maximum dining table dimensions based
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Home Dining Area Design Detail, Plan View
Comment: See the ˝ linear
inch lets for wallboard as the dimensions are to rough. Also, please note the
swing-flat double doors.
Comment: Yes, the serving
stage could be longer, except as-is possibly makes room for floor-loaded
accessories, e.g., adult beverage cooler, roll-in cart. Kitchen is below bottom
of this pic.
HOME DINING LIGHT
Such detail thereafter
enables exact placement of dining light based on dining table pendant lighting, door swing clearance, etc. once
this layout is approved, as presented below.
Home Dining Light, Plan View
| Note that dining table pendant lighting is identified by
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| Note also that other lighting
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Comment: This space will be tricky times two to illuminate with luminaires: tall cathedral ceiling, large dormers on both planes, decorative timber trusses getting ready to get in light rays' way.
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