Dear client,
firstly, it was a real pleasure working on this project.

Idea was to make kitchen space bigger and brighter.

We reduced the pantry size and basically hide it behind kitchen space. Wooden door are dividing the kitchen and pantry.

We chose white and brown colour of the kitchen elements so that they can be integrated and blend in with the house design nicely.

Transparent shelf is introduced under the stairs so the kitchen can be seen from every part of the living area (as you mentioned, kitchen is a centre of the house for you)
By doing that, kitchen becomes lighter and looks bigger, without stiff boundaries.

Instead of decorative fireplace, which is secluded,out of sight and not actually working, we placed another kitchen element end increased the kitchen area a little bit more.
At the end of the kitchen area, next to the pantry door there is a cabinet with decorative doors that makes transition between kitchen area and pantry space. It suggest the end of the kitchen and hints that there is a storage space near (just behind the next door!)

Kitchen island is another element introduced, it helps kitchen looking bigger and simultaneously adds more features and elements to the kitchen. Also, it helps creating a transition between dining space and kitchen. It creates some sort of border that hints where kitchen starts and living room (and dining) ends.

We chose to create an open space design in order to open the kitchen to the rest of the house because it looks bigger and more integrated with the rest of the ground floor and also it has a lot more light and it looks brighter and more beautiful.