It is ideal to have a big house with the separated kitchen and dining area, but some houses don't have this luxury and the homeowner needs to have the small kitchen and the dining room to be in the same area. How to do this without looking cramped? Here are the information and few ideas that you could try for the combined small kitchen and dining room combo. By having a small kitchen and dining room combo, it is easier for you when you host your guests. You could cook and your guests could also help to prepare the chinaware, glassware, cutleries as well bringing the food to the table. You still can interact with your guests and it will make a good connection between you and them. If you are having small children, it is also nice to have the combined kitchen and dining room since you can watch your kid while preparing the meal. There are two options to design the kitchen and the dining room, you could make the separation by decorating these two areas with different scheme or you could also decorate them in the same way to make them look as one bigger space. When you have a small house with limited rooms, it is important to design the house to be functional but not cramped. By having no walls between the kitchen and dining room, you could open up space and it will be one big multifunction room. Actually, this tip will be applied to all smaller space in your house. In order to create a more spacious feeling, put a bright colour such as white, crem and green or yellow. If you want to put dark colours, you could play it around with the furniture such as navy colour for the kitchen cabinet or the dining table. If you like to have a casual and modern look for your kitchen and dining areas, you could put the picnic style benches to add the casual ambience of your kitchen. What is good with this picnic style benches, it will give more space since when you don't need it, you could tuck under the table so you can move around the kitchen. This is also another way to create a separation between the kitchen and the dining area. If you have a traditional kitchen that uses mostly dark woods for the furniture and floors, you could use white dining table with modern design and bright colour of chairs in order to draw attention away from the kitchen and to create the contrast look between the two