Love Kate’s and bigreader’s ideas, you could also add screens to give a beautiful ambience to the area, a mixture of crazy paving and decking would look fabulous , continue this along side for a flow through effect.

I gather these are not built-in wardrobes ? These would be more for older places that have no permanent wardrobes . Basically , it would come down to their intended use , and your preference . Marine ply may be able to be varnished or stained , to match the rest of your ( wooden ) furniture , but by your description , these are both marine ply on the exterior . That doesn't paint all that well from what I have found . Laminate on the inside sounds smoother . But if it is an older house , older manrobes or similar may suit the style better , but then you'd have to research costs and borer and styles . I'm pretty sure you can get fabric ones with a light frame too . But the best one would be the one YOU prefer .

I've recently aquired a Chatley MCM teak dining table. The table top is teak veneered while the legs and the frame are solid teak timber. Looking for recommendations on basic cleaning and maintenance. Very confused on what products can be safely used on these surfaces.

my suggestions keeps a small separate laundry with stacked washer dryer plus a bigger storage space for vacuum, ironing board etc adds a handbasin to the toilet and, using a round shower and curved back to wall bath allows space for a generous vanity ... the new kitchen has a pantry, stacked wall oven and microwave, double sink, dw and space for a 600 - 750 cooktop with floor space for a free standing central chopping block island ... the new location for the dining room allows for a window to the garden and sliding glass doors opening to a deck facing north to warm up the new dining room and kitchen ... there's a new window in the living room and the old back door is replaced with a window and i've added doors across the hallways to zone heating ...with careful choice of standard sized fixtures and fittings your budget should be ok but removing walls will be a big cost but well worth while for such great improvements to your home