The lights! Not to my taste... Then the pale timber cabinetry, this is a great alternative to boring laminex! & it looks good with the brushed stainless. I wonder if it would show fingerprints... my greatest bugbear in the kitchen

Wow, that's a very tricky layout! I love OKlouise's change to the laundry and kitchen! I can see why the TV won't work though. I don't think there's any perfect solution here. What about some open shelving, housing the TV, coming out adjacent to the garage door - this will block an unsightly door way and create a bit more of a nook for the living room. As a slight adaptation of OkL's plan could you put the TV on an angle behind the front door and move the furniture around to suit, perhaps? And another idea - getting the TV off the floor and onto the wall would help enhance the feeling of space - you could keep existing furniture arrangement and invest in a bracket that swivels the TV out from the 'garage door' wall, it'll be closer for viewing, then you can push it back flat against the wall when not in use. Best of luck! :)

What you have created is a beautiful clean open space. But that is only the foundation. Now what is needed is you. You need to inject your personality and your family’s into the space. For nowhere do I see anything that tells me who lives there. And this is something you can add to as you live and use the space - in effect turning a gorgeous room into a home. Perhaps a vase of flowers on table or photos on sideboard or yes perhaps eventually changing mirror to a piece of art that grabs you. The trick is to not rush this stage. Live with the room and gradually add items you love to personalise it as yours. You have created a beautiful backdrop now it just needs you.

Hi Clare, What a lovely property you have secured for yourselves in a fabulous part of the world! I agree with above whoever said...live in the house for 12 months first before doing anything. then ensure you have plan for the whole house so as you do not spend money on one bit then wreck it later to change your minds to a much better plan. Having said that: the first Issue I see is that from the kitchen you cannot see into the garden at the back. It is a very common fault with homes that present to the street ie living rooms entered first and bedrooms private at the rear. All good except we do not live in the front and when you have a beautiful sunny aspect in the rear THAT is where you want to be. Not knowing how many people big or little, will be abiding here, it is hard to go further but it presents to me to make the bar the ensuite (as someone suggested above) pinch space for robe and enjoy a quiet living area on the top level. The laundry could be brought up to where the kitchen is now. Make a room with by fold doors of the area at front where meals area is now for fourth bed/ study. put new kitchen in master bed area and open all the master bed, spa room, play/study plus the family room now to the garden and the sun. Very easy from here to sit and rearrange it all! It really depends what you WANT, how many will be here, how often you have house guests etc etc...…. If you would like more assistance please do not hesitate to contact me and I wish you all the best. Cheers Margot 0419 348 546