Of course kitchens of this style often have hanging pot racks which I like to call pot chandeliers. Source an old ladder with character and hang from the ceiling on hooks and chain above the ding table for a talking point or be creative an use a pulley rope to lower it above the corner bench top next to the oven. Pots and crockery take up a huge amount of space. Allocate zones and use them practically. This bench in the corner would make a great breakfast nook, where a toaster, coffee station could be set up and have baskets underneath for dry store pantry items. Select a feature colour for the room, use it in fabrics stools or prints to add personality, perhaps select a fabric and create a pelmet over the corner window and also hang it below that bench top on wire curtain string to hide all the bits below. A gingham would look great Ml design

I have just finished my kitchen with polar white diamond gloss bench tops. Loving it. I had the cabinetry done in the same colour as the walls and used a glass tile for the splashback to compliment.

I've been playing around with a pantry location. Originally, I was going to move the pantry into the laundry with some custom shelving and cut the laundry space in half. Now, Im thinking of cutting into the study area and building a wall there, and converting the new space into a long and narrow walk in pantry. Either that or build half a wall and put built in shelving in the study. Building the extra wall will reduce the need to cover in the door way that is currently in place and instead utilising it. Thoughts? p.s. this isnt too scale.

Need assistance with doing our back yard and outdoor area! GARDEN We have top soil down in our garden beds ready for plants but are undecided about what to put in! We love contemporary style gardens, just not sure what's possible with such a narrow garden bed (approx. 400mm). We don't want to block the view from the kitchen / dining area by having plants any higher than the fence (approx. 1.9m-2m) but would like something a little higher along the 12m stretch as this will give the neighbors behind more privacy too. Other plants we have at the front of the house include Luma Apiculata, Magnolias, English box hedges and also some small (so far!) evergreen pines. We love the pleached look with hedging underneath but aren't sure if this is suitable for our area? We live in north-west Tasmania in a pretty mild climate (around 22 degrees average in Summer, 12 degrees average in Winter) but also are on the top of a hill so get quite a lot of wind. Link to the ideabook we created for gardens here: https://www.houzz.com.au/ideabooks/145464328/list/gardens The green straight lines indicate where we have English box hedges planted already, the 7700mm and 9000mm lengths are where we don't want anything too much higher than the fence, and the 12000mm length we would like something a bit taller if the small garden bed allows. OUTDOOR AREA Current under cover area for our outdoor eating area is 6200mm x 3800mm. We have sliding doors between our dining and outdoor areas, and bifold opening doors between our dining and outdoor areas. We would like to extend the roof (somehow?!) so that it goes to where the retaining wall starts, then follows along parallel to the dining room. There are 3 large windows from the dining room looking to outside currently, which we don't want to lose all the natural light if possible so were considering a louvered roof? Or some kind of glass? Just not sure how to join it up with the existing roof sections of the house at the same time as making it flow. We wanted a fireplace with a double wood box directly opposite the sliding doors from the dining / lounge area (central to the current outdoor area), with a built in BBQ area somewhere to the right? There must be some kind of way to close this new section in if need be as it can get very cold and windy especially in winter. There are also some air-conditioning units that we don't want to move... Idea book as follows: https://www.houzz.com.au/ideabooks/142049645/list/outdoor-area Existing clothesline space will definitely be moved. Any ideas would be most welcome!!