i love our home warts and all!!! so much potential !!

It does look like you could have lots of fun making changes here. Here are a few bench seat/bay windows i like.

Hope this helps! Can't wait to see how it goes.

that's so cool my first attempt at sharing and got some great photos to see thanks :0))

Shazi9, I love my home warts and all as well, but I like to call them quirks. I think window seat would look absolutely fabulous) to borrow a quote). Nice Palm

Hi Sharon, I love window seats too and we have built quite a few. It will definitely help to get rid of the slider.
Your home looks contemporary so you would probably want to keep the lines of the cabinetry quite simple and have the interest in the fabics you choose which you could tie to the rest of your furnishings or ahve as a feature. Window seats are a good opportunity to add storage, so consider the things that would be really useful to be stored here , and remember to think about how your needs might change over time. It can help to think what the purpose of the room is likely to be rather than what your current storage dilemmas are in this respect, for example while kids are young you might need toy storage but will this serve when they are grown. Drawers are easy to access rather than shelves under a bench, open shelves are more econical.
Consider carefully how deep to make it- it can be handy extra sleeping area if you make it deep enough and sitting with your back against the indow isn't really comfortable so deeper allows more comfort to put cushions behind or to sit lenghtways as on a lounge with your back supported againt the waalls rather than the window. Finished heiht should be around 450mm .
Here's acouple we've done, one is quite shallow, it's more for storage and sitting briefly.

Window seat great idea Can you really love the glass panes in your front door

Begging for it indeed, window seat's a great idea!... and if you do end up removing the sliding door for a cavity sliding door (also great idea btw) then I would try to utilise almost the whole width of that wall and have a deeper window seat (with storage underneath) so you can use it both for seating or as a daybed...

That's it exactly wall to wall with storage And a great place to lounge. Our home is north facing so it's a very sunny spot in late autumn winter also on the list is to deck across the front up to the door for a nicer entrance and another place to sit outside with table and chairs plants etc so that would be nice to look at as well! Then after lotto bifold windows to open out lol!!! Ps. love the daybed idea☺ and susan replacing the front door is also up there on the never ending list!!!

love sitting outside something similar out the front of the house for winter sun

you'll get there... slowly but surely... send pics ;)

We will thanks had to have a massive gum tree removed that was dying so lots to do in the backyard! !

Oh and left some of the trunk to make a garden seat out of as a nod to the tree!! GEEZ no wonder i don't sleep at night

Hi Sharon, browse the web for window seat ideas using base kitchen cabinets from Ikea or similar. Finish off with a big cushion made to fit. It's surprising how much you can save if you can DIY.

Have seen that interesting as we are going to do it ourselves! !

decided on barndoor tracks in the hallway to make room for the window seat and it's a nice feature! alittle finishing off to be done on the door a surrounds but coming along nicely

Great work! Looking very nice already, and love that door, great choice... can't wait to see the end result :)

Wow old house's nothing is square but we will make it look good!

Great choice, it adds character

Thanks getting a wider board for the track and moving the stopper on the track so it closes alittle away from the wall and trimming the right side door frame so you can't see it. We needed an 870 wide door but that size had to be a special order which made it nearly 3 times the price!! thinking of having a long slim black rectangular flush pull handle what do think??

I like the idea of a black handle, it will go well with the track, just have some black items in the decor of the room too

It will go with the black pic frame, add some black elsewhere if you don't already have some...

we have a bit of black everywhere lights, pillows, salvos coffee table!! ☺i like it with timber and chrome. Our look not exactly sure but evolving? Contemporary industrial salvo's!!! we are going to do the same tracks and door off the other living room doorway.

and now we begin!!

super sized storage, so excited :)

Looking forward to seeing finished product.

Love that style

getting there, thinking stripes for the cushions (when we can afford) so proud to be doing it ourselves

rapt!!

Marvellous..well done, can't wait to see cushions when you get there (all good things come to those who wait!! )

Looks great! Very inspiring!

I love your front door but not the colour of the glass. Perhaps a quick / temp fix would be to paint the glass.

we are changing the glass and painting the door a dusky red with matt black hardware, would be cheaper to buy a new door but i think it fits and will look great with the plans out front :))

now the cushion decision

Looking fab, give yourselves a big pat on the back :-)

Love! So nice to see people's progress and their finished projects!

This looks sooooo good, well done! Very satisfying thread to follow aha!

Was putting the barn door difficult? I plan on doing it but I have limited DIY knowledge!

no it was very straight forward , we bought the tracks on ali exspress a lot cheaper!

Looks sooo good! Well done

such fun!

You said '90 % finished', what will take it to the 100%?!

Sharon, I only just happened upon this, your earlier project. All I can say is I take my hat off to you and wow, well done. Absolutely creative and beautiful.

thanks heaps!! so many ideas floating around, it's good to take lots of photos of the journey!!:0))