Open plan kitchens quietly became one of the most desirable kitchen layouts over the last decade. Whether your home lends itself to this layout or not, many of us undertook side return extensions and knocked through walls to achieve the spacious and sociable kitchen design.

But are open plan kitchens all they’re cracked up to be? Our kitchens are more multi-functional than ever before, and while open plan layouts encompass all of these needs in one space, it doesn’t make it the best option for the job.

To understand whether open plan kitchens are still trending as the best kitchen layout for life today, I spoke to kitchen experts who plan…

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