Hi Rozzi Klomp, I would not only increase the size of your kitchen, but I'd look at swapping your living and dining areas. The current layout looks to provide a very long and narrow living area (3 x 6m?). A great way to check how each 'space' works is to consider the furniture layout for the living and dining areas. This will highlight how each zone works individually, as well as how each responds/interacts with your views, the kitchen, and related circulation. Understanding how each space works individually, and together, will inform the shape and layout of your kitchen design. Considering this our suggestions are: Locate bench and cupboards along the wall backing onto garage (relocate laundry to garage 'store' area). This will provide you with additional storage and/bench space. It could accommodate the stove, wall oven, fridge etc. Increase the size of the island bench. This bench could be orientated to the view, or the dining area. This would depend on your preference for facing view or using the bench as 'gathering' space (cooking whilst preparing food and /or breakfast bar). Depending on the orientation of the central bench would it be better as an island or peninsular bench? Make sure you have adequate circulation within the kitchen (between benches/ joinery) and around the kitchen to ensure good circulation and function.

Life’s a compromise Hannah. I can see what you are doing amd it will make the house more usable, In answer to your questions. The ideal bedroom size is 3.6x3 which allows 0.6 depth for cupboard. But there are plenty of people with much smaller bedrooms. The biggest prob I see is the toilet with no basin. Not nice if bathroom occupied. The laundry is fine but you don’t seem to have any general storage. Think What do you need to store. Toys, books, linen, bags, Xmas decorations, brooms, vacuum, coats…..

before making any realistic suggestions we need to understand the existing spaces but your plan shows bed 2 and 3 as projecting out further than bed 1 but the roof doesn't show a corresponding change of shape?...assuming that the roof is correct you need to add dimensions for width of kitchen, laundry, toilet, bathroom and width of original bed 3 and can you please show locations of windows and external doors and what is space beyond the existing living? ... pending confirmation of details my suggestions would be to build new kids bedrooms and bathroom at the back with part of bed 3 as the rumpus, have a master suite at the front with part of bed 3 as wiw and original bathroom as ens and powder room and rearrange the old laundry or add a new extra laundry with the new kids rooms and use original laundry for a pantry...the biggest challenge will be the new roof but maybe the extension could have a skillion roof tucked under the original eaves but that depends on available ceiling heights

as long as the bench etc in the entry is low and shallow there should be enough space in the entry and wiw although Kate's idea of stealing space off the generous bedroom would allow for more .. my suggestions also includes tall 150mm deep shallow shelves in the wip (partly recessed into the wall) provides storage for cans, bottles and packets and avoid the corner cupboards in the narrow space and i've included some ideas for the kitchen