Where is your kitchen situated?

Ours goes through from front to back with the sink overlooking the back garden and table and chairs overlooking the road.
I'd like to change it to the other way round and put patio doors at the back but it would mean moving doors, knocking holes in walls etc so it stays as it is.
Until we win a million or so.

My kitchen is open plan with my lounge they both have windows looking out onto lovely tall trees grass and hedges as I’m at the end of a cul de sac. Peaceful where I live, myself and others in cul de sac out at work all day. But weekends I see a lot of comings and going’s.

My kitchen runs through front to back. The sink is under the window at the front, so I can see the comings and goings of a quite busy road across the front garden with shrubs and beautiful birch trees. The table is at the back in front of a French window opening to the garden. So the best of both worlds I think. I’m very lucky!

There's nothing to see from my kitchen, except my lovely stone wall and the roofs of my neighbours' houses. But my front room is another matter. Most of the people who live in my culdesac have to pass my house to cut across the lane which takes them to the main road. I could sit by my window and watch the world go by and occasionally run out to chat to friends. Love it !!

My kitchen is at the back of the house,overlooks the garden which has a few trees adorned with fairy lights,and bird feeders,so it is nice to see the birds feeding,and enjoying the birdbath,we also have a pond,which looks lovely in the summer with the lilies,the patio is a sunny spot ,but we have to go through the dining room frenc h doors,or a side door from the kitchen.The lounge faces on to a cul_de_sac, i can sit there and see all sorts of comings and goings,and people taking dogs via the nearby footpath ,a cut through to the park.

Our kitchen is at the back of the house with nice views of the garden lounge facing front

Our kitchen overlooks the side garden and some of our neighbours garden (but not a great deal) as it is partly hidden by shrubs, both in our garden and theirs. It's a pleasant outlook, but the best garden views are at the back of house , from the sunroom. The front of our house is where the bedrooms are (and a front garden) and this looks onto a road. We live in a small village of only two streets, (and no "through" road) so there is not much "coming and going" other than dog walking and sometimes horse riders passing, once the workers have left for the day!

My kitchen is at the back and looks out onto the garden which at the moment is a disaster. There is a wall that runs the width of it which has been there since we moved in 33 years ago but is actually the rear wall of an old shed which belonged to a building that burned down a few years ago. Up until last year it had a beautiful wisteria growing over it but we have had drug addicts and vandals in the sheds who have set fire to it several times. The roof was taken off which destabilised the top so we had to pull most of it down. Rows of bricks have subsequently come off so the whole thing looks appalling and we are going to have to now build a fence which will involve removing all the foliage and a summerhouse. Wish we'd moved years ago now !

My kitchen faces the side passage and I had the same in my previous house so it is years since I had a view from the kitchen. I do have a nice view of the back garden from the sofa in the dining room. The window is too high in the living room to see who is passing but I can see my roses and the tree across the road.

Our kitchen is at the front, about 2ft from the pavement. I enjoy looking out and watching the cars passing and the pedestrians. There’s a community centre opposite where they hold indoor or flea markets several times a week. I do a lot of people watching, like to see everyone unloading their cars in the morning, then loading them up again in the afternoon, and wondering if they ever sell anything! The dog has still not adjusted to the move so barks often at vans parking outside or people daring to talk to each other as they pass.

My kitchen...refitted 18 months ago, is halfway along my narrow boat home. Many people have tap envy when they see them. I just had to have them

I live in a new build bungalow. The kitchen is part of a large open living area. None of the Windows face the front of the house, but the three panel bifold doors face the rear garden, and woodland beyond. The kitchen window, and two floor to ceiling windows face the south facing side of the living area. The whole room is light and bright. While waiting for the house to be finished, we lived in a rented, ground floor flat with a kitchen facing the street. I admit I enjoyed the buses stopping on the road (narrow strip of garden and hedge between house and road ) and seeing the comings and goings of the occupants of the bungalows opposite. I had my own version of what was happening! I do miss them! However, I don't give too much thought to not seeing out front at this house.

I would like to grow some herbs in a pot. Can you recommend, thanks

Our kitchen overlooks the back garden and beyond that is the turning point of a cul de sac. I usually make sure there are colourful pots with flowers and herbs that I can look out on but last year was a wash out health wise so hoping to get back to normal in 2020.

When OH was driving for a living he used to clean the car several times a week and “observed” all of the comings and goings. I called him Ena Sharples!

Although the Crescent we live in is quiet it forms part of a circular walk so we do see a procession of dog walkers. A lot of the neighbours were elderly but now there are more young people moving in. They don’t really talk to us or even to each other.

I do have a kitchen on the front of the house, and know exactly what you mean! ?
However I also have lots of different bird feeders in my back garden, I love watching the commings and goings in the back too!

Yes the back door leading into living room is only a good idea when i leave it open in the summer for air to come in & cat comes in & out as he wants.

Yes Bikergran,i lived in old back to back housing when i was a kid for a bit,(but im only 56) before they pulled them down in the 70s & rehoused us.we had a cellar but it was very damp so couldnt use it and one big room with a kitchen 'corner' downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. No bathroom so we went to local swimming baths for a slipper bath and there was outside toilets.some of the 'front' houses had had a toilet or bathroom installed, there was a 'ginnel' (alley) between some of houses leading from front to back rows.

My kitchen is at the back of the house and overlooks the garden. Can't say I spend much time looking out of the window as OH does the cooking and most of the dishes go in the dishwasher.
Our living room is also at the back of the house and we live on a busy main road and it can be nice to sometimes just stand in the dining room and see what is going on.
Last year we installed a security camera on the front of the house and I can just ask Alexa to open it and there is the view from the front of the house on my Echo, or I can also look from any of my computers. Comes in handy when someone rings the doorbell and I want to see who it is before I get off the sofa

We need to think about downsizing soon as our end of terrace 3 bedroom Edwardian cottage is getting a bit too much for me to manage. DH is frail & we've quite a large garden. However I do love having a big kitchen/dining room, a shelved pantry, - & a scullery. They all face South onto our flower & herb filled patio & I dread having to get used to a small modern kitchen. In summer we can eat outside & enjoy family parties Mediterranean style.

My daughters in a town house so her kitchens at back but on ground level,plus a loo,and their living room & some bedrooms & shower are upstairs,then more bedrooms& a bathroom further upstairs.i very rarely get beyond their kitchen as i cant do stairs well with my osteoarthritis

My kitchen is at front of house but not an awful lot to see,except the birds and the occasional squirrel,and people passing on the pathway,as my row runs opposite another row,which runs sideways on so not overlooking mine..but the front doors nxt to kitchen and the back door opens into living room which is at back of house which is very 'back to front' if you ask me

Think my kitchen is at the back of the house. Try not to go there unless absolutely essential!!

Overlooks drive to side of house & garden at the back. It is quite long but not very wide. I so miss my old farmhouse kitchen which was huge & everything had a place. I still have all the 'stuff' but not the amount of space to put it all.
If Ernie or the lottery ever pay out we will extend it over back of house to join conservatory- in my dreams!!
I cook everything from scratch so I spend a lot of time in the kitchen

Merlotgran. Your situation sounds lovely. My kitchen is at the back looking on to our garden and a strip of woodland, really a privacy/wind break area. Garden is lovely but sad to say the wooded area is being destroyed by children mainly primary age girls. Concrete slabs are appearing for the girls to build gang huts and of course others are creating 'gangs' and doing the same. Wildlife and planting being destroyed and adults cutting trees down. The irony is that the whole area is situated at a woodland park, golf course, nothing but woods but the parents allow such destruction in this small area. I want to move.

Three weeks into major kitchen refurb. Meals cooked in microwave & air fryer for 4 adults. Washing up in the bath. Chimney breast down, wall down, floor raised & windows replaced. 3 weeks to go. Keep telling myself it will be worth it in the end, but the dirt, dust & noise is driving me mad.☹️