Guide
Open or closed kitchen: how to choose.
Choose an open kitchen when the home is small and you want light and one shared space. Choose a closed kitchen when you cook a lot and want to keep noise, smell and mess behind a door. If you cannot decide, draft both on your own plan.
Try it freeOpen kitchen
It makes a small home feel larger and shares daylight between rooms. The cost is noise, smell and a kitchen that is always on show.
Closed kitchen
It hides the mess and gives you more wall for cupboards. The cost is a smaller, darker living room and a cook who is cut off.
The middle way
A wide opening, a sliding door or a half-height counter gives some of both.
Test it on your plan
In Roommie, draft the home with an open kitchen, then ask for "the same plan with a closed kitchen". Compare the two in 3D.
Questions
Does an open kitchen need less space?
It needs no door and no corridor, so it often saves 2 to 4 m² in a small flat.
Can I remove the wall between kitchen and living room?
Only after a structural engineer confirms the wall is not load-bearing. A floor plan cannot tell you that.
Updated 5 October 2026. Outputs are schematic-design drafts, not construction documents.