Maybe some floating shelves on the wall against which the bed will rest? Obviously taking care to ensure that they're not at a height where your daughter will hit her head getting in or out of bed. Or you could move the bed to the wall with the window which would enable you to put a taller than standard bedside table (or even the desk) near the head of the bed. Moving the desk might open up the space at the door for entry/exit as it looks a little cramped at the moment with the design and wardrobe.

Don't doubt your self, it's a big investment so "just me being fussy" How about... New Bed 1 where current Living is (complete with fireplace) with new ensuite/robe in current Kitchen space. New Dining as in proposed new extension facing kitchen & the north-east (or possibly mirror reverse proposed new Kitchen?). Not a fan of bathroom opening directly off the new planned living area. Bed 2 moves to Bed 1 position, Bed 3 moves next to it at front & they share Sun room (maybe a playroom or study) & Bathroom opposite entry stays where it is. Take a slice off new Bed 2 for new Laundry & storage next to this bathroom. Middle Bedroom becomes Lounge (? open up or remove all/some of the walls - open plan? ) Extend Entry out toward side, build blade wall between entry & bathroom to separate it from traffic to beds & bath. "Questionable areas" - Laundry is too small - Yes see above suggestions - Are the rooms too large in comparison to the living areas - No but Bed 1 has sacrificed a lot of space for the WIR and not a fan of ensuite entry through robe. - Not enough storage (kitchen & general) - but where can we put it?? - See suggestions above? I had a look at your idea book and it seems you seek more light and open plan contemporary styling. Have you used a professional for the plan? It is good so far but I think you can improve it so hope you like some of my suggestions, good luck! I'm not a pro just a fan of good design & money well spent :-)

@wuff -- I bought mine a few months ago while on a trip to the USA. It wasn't on holiday and had limited shopping time, which left me with empty luggage space to fill :-). I visited a discount/surplus items store and got them cheap! I'd been looking for months for some, but nothing I saw here came close to the heavy-quality metal of the ones I bought. They're made by a company called Seville Classics. Here's a link to their website page: https://www.sevilleclassics.com/kitchen_counter_top_organizer Following my return to Oz, I emailed the company enquiring about availability in Australia. I never received a reply. Much to my surprise, I recently discovered that Howards Storage World is now selling them. Here's the link: http://www.hsw.com.au/index.php?product&id_prod=6558&id_cat=106&id_dept=510#.VcDbmSkbA5s The one available at HSW is as shown in my earlier photos and is different to the ones I have. I'm not sure if the thickness of the metal is the same. Kind of hard to tell when I didn't have mine with me at HSW. Items are so much easier to access than if they were stacked. Best part is that others in the house have no excuse about putting items back into these organising racks. Here's a link showing the Seville products being sold by HSW. http://www.hsw.com.au/?product=&search=seville&op=search_products&x=0&y=0

Instinctively I voted no, never! But what's that saying, stuff expands to fill space available? I suppose it's a balancing act to have plenty of storage to enable you to be comfortable and organised without encouraging you to acquire more stuff thus needing more storage....