I recently decorated our beach condo on a budget. Items to consider are bowls or clear glass vases with found shells displayed. Sisal rug and woven baskets make a coastal feel. The baskets are great for storage as well. I used white light and linen drapes found at ikea.Because of small size of room, i have glass tables to help maximze space. I am adding shutters found at a flea market as headboard for guest bedroom this year. I found many useful items from community sales. I frequent local beach decor shops some pricey to get ideas for arranging and adding items. I would put couch so can look out window to garden. Put it floating in the center of the room, Tv on wall. Two chairs sort of where they are now in photo. Small table and chairs located near door and kitchen. Looks like not much space there but look at ikea furniture as it is for small spaces. One ikea table is shown to be against wall and then pulls out to enlarge, it might work for you.

I find it difficult to view your floor plan as it blurs if I enlarge it, so excuse me if this comment is invalid. Assuming the entry is from your living room and the home runs lengthways with the hall linking the bathroom, ldry and bedroom from the kitchen. The issue with this is that having two doors in the kitchen means you cannot form a working triangle for it to function well and don't have enough wall to fit out with tall storage. However, if you sealed up the door to the hall and opened access to the hall from the lounge as your plans seems to indicate in the top right of the lounge area, then you could widen the front opening into the kitchen rather than remove an entire wall, so integrate it into your living zone without lumping a kitchen in the middle of your lounge, you will improve your walk through flow, and gain a new length of wall in the kitchen where your fridge could go into the corner with a larger pantry flanking it, then your proposed layout t follow.

Hi MrsSmith76, Think about cheating space by making elements do double duty. If you could combine your kitchen bench and dining table ([dining/bench 1[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/north-bondi-project-contemporary-dining-room-sydney-phvw-vp~1844895) or [dining/bench 2[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/open-plan-kitchen-contemporary-kitchen-sydney-phvw-vp~1440883)) so that the kitchen benchtop and table can serve double duty - extra workspace when you need it, dining when you want it and the potential for using both spaces in a buffet set up when you've got crowds of people. This might allow you to squeeze a cozy lounge area. I've seen bench/table set ups with leaves that you can extend out as well which might be worth thinking about. Also remember that to minimize the amount of kitchen you're going to pinch from other areas you will want to look at maximizing the functionality - think [kickboard drawers[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/modern-kitchen-modern-kitchen-sydney-phvw-vp~2873549), [narrow cabinet pull outs[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/rockwood-colonial-larchmont-traditional-new-york-phvw-vp~25775360), [overhead cabinets to the ceiling[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/lg-house-kitchen-contemporary-kitchen-edmonton-phvw-vp~454930). Good luck.

One other comment. We have a bedroom off the great room but we set the door back by building out the wall with a fireplace. It helps with sight lines. We used built ins on the left to hide the TV when we have company, and the fireplace is a woodburning BIZ which heats the entire house (we live in a forest,,) the side is for firewood storage and we keep matches, batteries, flashlights in that area, but it does help when our guests are on the sofa from seeing right into the bedroom.