It's perfectly fine to have two kinds of flooring, try to keep them the same colour for continuity

Thanks Selina! It's from Shack Homewares in the Large size (120 x 70 x 45 cm) https://www.shack.com.au/product/soho-coffee-table-80x80cm  Selina Kelly

No it's not too difficult it just needs a tradesman with some degree of scribing & finishing chops..that's so bad it's comical..... The portion of skirt under the lower step doesn't need to be profiled, rather it needs to read like the stair stringer detail has extended to the floor level and returned around the corner and abutting into the original larger skirt profile... Whatever you do on these things you don't want to notice anything and currently it's an eyesore Good luck! PD

To be blunt -- the room isn't really big enough ! So you have to sort out priorities , and space . You have a dining table , and a computer desk . Can you get rid of the computer desk , by having your computer tower mounted behind the couch or similar , and a wireless keyboard and mouse that you can use on the dining table ? Mount the monitor on a wall , or if you don't need in depth graphics , I understand you can use your TV ( I've heard something about the 'refresh rate' is less on a TV ? ) . Maybe even have a monitor but also the option of using your TV ? Could you use a 'breakfast bar' , probably where the computer desk is now , I know its not sociable all staring at a wall , but it would/could serve as a brakfast bar and computer workstation . Could you get rid of the dining table and chairs , and have a large coffee table , or 2 smaller ones , and eat 'casually' ( my polite way of saying eat sitting on the couch ) ? Even mounting the TV on the wall will let you get rid of the cabinet , but I gather you have gaming consoles in there ? And the present arrangement with the pot plants uses some space -- maybe some shelves with them on will still retain the plants but free up floor space ? Just some thoughts off the top of my head .