8 Design Tricks That'll Make a Kitchen Extension Feel More Private — Even If You're Overlooked

The exterior of a home with the view of the backyard and the outside of a kitchen extensions. There are large sliding patio doors that lead into the kitchen.

Swathes of glazing and sweeping open-plan spaces are undoubtedly appealing prospects when formulating a home extension, but all too often, they come at the expense of a sense of privacy.

I have recently been watching, with a degree of envy, the progress of a kitchen extension to a house in a village near me. It has just been completed, and the end result is pretty impressive — in the daytime. At night, however, you can see absolutely everything going on in there from the opposite crossroads (not that I'm looking).