Very nicely done - utilised similar space in a 1914 Edwardian split into three suites, retaining the character with inset panels on the doors. left an exposed cubby in a space similar to that where the red basket is in your photo here, or the under-stair bar example earlier, lit from above for an unexpected display of glass art. Good to see creative practicality!

i'm glad you're planning to reroute access to the garage: clumsy traffic pattern change a generous room into a big hallway and can't stop thinking about your kitchen..1. where you have narrow cabinets/shelves in the pantry...it's possible to have built in shelves inside the dividing wall (think about the size of what you want to store: cans, bottles, skinny packets? and put 60cm base cabinets on the other side, next to the freezer 2. i can't see the yellow highlights for stools 3. width of pantry is subject to you wanting to keep the door to the formal living room...if so, measure 150mm past the door opening and that's the minimum width of the pantry but 1500mm allows space to comfortably walk past your freezer and have full size base cabinets with pantry drawers (cleaner than open shelves) 4. space between the b'fast bar and 'fridge should be at least 90cm but if you choose a wide b'fast bar and a big 'fridge a bigger space is preferable (stand a couple of chairs 90cm in front of your current fridge for a few days and see how it feels) direction of fridge door opening is also critical, first for the cooks and then everyone else: if the size of the b'fast bar can be enlarged or reduced with overhanging counter then a change of walkway is not so difficult 5. as suggested by girlguide, the cooktop and rangehood might be better on the outside wall for ventilation 6. there seems to be a lot of small cabinets and drawers in your plan and there could be some better (and cheaper) combinations but when i tried to access IKEA kitchen planner to confirm available sizes it's not responding today 7. i've attached my suggested approximate base cabinet sizes: starting with corners and work outwards, aiming for the biggest standard carcases and then add drawers to suit purpose ..

Looks superb, kudos to you and the designer, builder it sure now looks classy and great use of space.

The 'breakfast bar' seems to be a thing, whether it makes sense or not. We have a meals area right next to the breakfast bar so we never sat at our breakfast bar and put a bookshelf under it instead and often thought how much nicer that would have looked if it had been built in. I have seen other houses with something shoved under the breakfast bar for useful storage because they do not sit at the breakfast bar. If you are at the planning stage you have the opportunity to avoid the 'shoved in as an afterthought' look. Of course some people do sit at their breakfast bar, and some use it even if there is a table nearby as well. That's what works for them. So it really does depend on your household and how you do things. It's not just about the floor plan you post, it's about what you tell us you need for how your household functions. For example space for x number of people to dine, somewhere to chat with friends while cooking, a wine fridge, somewhere for people to make tea/coffee if someone else is using the kitchen for meal prep, a cupboard for the dogfood, etc? For me I look at a breakfast bar and think 'potential valuable storage space'. But it's about what works for you. That's a good question from Dreamer about noise transfer. Who will be using those spaces and for what and how much will those various uses interfere with the adjoining spaces?