By Karen Kirk
July 2024
We all know that the heart of the home is found in the kitchen, specifically around the kitchen island or dining table where everyone loves to gravitate. This room is where our true personality and style can be expressed in both practical and creative ways.
The best way to get the most out of any kitchen space is to transform it from a room primarily designed for cooking into a comfortable functional social space for cooking, entertaining and dining. The addition of a traditional dining table and set of chairs can enhance the way you live, cook, and dine in the kitchen. There’s just something comforting about sitting around a dining table for family meals or when entertaining that make the dining experience more intimate and engaging. Islands are great for breakfast bars but they’re not conducive to conversation and personally connecting with each other over a proper meal.
Of course, it all depends on available space but even the addition of a small bistro dining set in a kitchen that features an island, can transform the room into a charming sociable kitchen diner. Check out these kitchen diners for a bit of inspiration.
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This entertaining kitchen is designed to welcome family and friends anytime of the year. A fun impromptu idea, this group of friends created a casual yet intimate “dining table” on the kitchen floor next to the large island where they could all sit together in a social circle on pretty cushions to enjoy a lively conversation with beverages and appies.
Thermador Appliances featured: Wall ovens, a cooktop in the island, a luxe 60-inch dual-fuel range, integrated fridge and freezer columns and double wine fridges make for a perfect party kitchen.
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This open kitchen diner features a large island with breakfast bar and a dining table that offers an optional dining experience for family meals and entertaining. Providing wonderful views while dining, vinyl side-hinged casement windows that swing out for maximum ventilation and black-framed patio doors that offer the cook easy access to and from the kitchen to the outdoor dining area. The brass and glass floating shelves give this lovely kitchen diner a light and airy look.
Via Jeld-Wen
Thermador Appliances featured: Double Ovens, French Door Bottom Freezer
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A corner in your kitchen might be begging for a little attention. A colourful built-in banquette with a table and a couple of chairs is a lovely way to create a kitchen diner with flair!
Designed: TerracottaDesignBuild
Photo: Jeff Herr Photography
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The perfect addition for any kitchen diner, the new Thermador Freedom®Built-in French Door Bottom Freezer offers enough room to chill and freeze everything you need for a fabulous dinner party. Wi-Fi enabled via the Home Connect® app, you can remotely access the built-in cameras inside your refrigeration to view its inventory from your mobile device while you’re at the grocery store. Brilliant!
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Use the four freezer drawers of the Thermador Freedom®Built-in French Door Bottom Freezer to organize and separate all your frozen food items including ice, frozen snacks, drinks. meat and seafood.
