Seeing kitchen peninsula from hallway. Is this odd?

Question

I have an L shape house. I am doing a kitchen remodel. The living, dining and kitchen area is like a rectangular shape. I will have a peninsula 32 inches wide and 56 inches in lenghth. Fifteen of the 32 inches peninsula will overlap my dining room. The length will run parallel to my hallway. When I walk down the hallway I will see the peninsula 15 inches into the dining room area.

Is this odd? Is this a poor kitchen design?Will buyers not like this? I don't plan on selling this house for at least 8 - 10 years.

Answer 1

You are probably overreacting, but if I were you I would take a good friend or close relative, that will be honest, into the house to get their opinion. If you want to post some pictures here I will give my opinion. In California houses are built with very open living, family, dining and kitchen areas that sort of all merge into one big room with subtle dividers. Your design may be unique.
You might like to browse through these kitchen pictures just to see what a lot of other people are doing.
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=kitchens&btnG=Search+Images

Answer 2

You're doing your kitchen for you, so go with what will be useful and practical. If you're not planning to sell until at least 8-10 yrs from now, don't worry about what a buyer will think; they'll want to redo the whole thing anyway!

Besides you could always shut the kitchen door, yeah?

Answer 3

If you have an open floor plan this shouldn't be an issue. But if your rooms are individual and you are already asking if this isn't proper placement, it probably isn't. Talk to your kitchen designer. Proper kitchen remodels aren't inexpensive so you surely do not want to spend the money and have the wrong layout. If you don't have a designer helping with this, you need one before you spend the money.