What purpose do you think the blue wall has if you keep it? Have you had costings for the removal of both options? There something about excessive quotes that promotes marriage cohesion.

If we keep the blue wall it will be for what it is used today, to hang a painting. We set a side a healthy budget for our reno so long that we can land on a design we both can live with. Thanks

I would remove the blue wall as it seems from the plans that all it does is create a hallway that isn’t required- this is wasted space that could be used to enlarge the living dining. Another option would be to remove the section of blue wall to the left of the doorway, block the doorway to create and ‘alcove’. Add a door and shelving to the alcove to give yourself another storage cupboard if this would be a better use of space for you.

Kate’s plan looks great. You could do a sliding door on the bathroom to allow clearer access to the vanity.

Agreed! Kate's plan has given us a great idea of how to add a kitchen island

I'm not sure about installing the narrow wall perpendicular to the dining table drawing.. could we simply go without that or would that look weird because there is nothing to offset the new linen cupboard?

The proposed enclosed doorway to the bathroom is actually a 1.5m archway.. So we need to do some thinking on how to enclose that with some clever joineries.

It would be a shame to remove that arch, as it looks original and is part of the charm of the home. It is a good idea that Kate has posted. A basin could be installed as posted in that area, without touching the arch. Leave it open, it is only a basin not a toilet. I would remove the blue wall. But it all depends on budget and what the cost is for the structural beams that are required to compensate for the very important walls.

Our Federation house did the same thing, looking down the passageway at a wall, we removed the wall and added glass doors and a highlight above, this is important as the now open hallway channels any noises from family back to bedrooms

Thanks @siriuskey. Good to get insights from someone who had to make this choice also. I take it you never looked back on your decision?

It was excellent it opened up a house of many rooms to give a wonderful light filled family space which overlooked the pool

I just noticed that by having to move the door back that would place it within the Arch, Black steel doors shaped to fit that would look amazing and work with the arched entrance into the bathroom

Siriuskey that is a perfect solution. I think black steel crittall doors would look fabulous for both arches.

Something like this which will give you a view through the house and throw light back into the passageway

I would only do the one Archway with this door

Alan, on my plan I had the short wall next to dining only as an option to help structurally reduce the span of beams. If u can do without it even better. I wanted to highlight a widening of the dining as being a good outcome

The archway to bathroom is rather grand for bathroom. What was the original use of that entry?

As in our house because the wall at the end of the passage was only a doorway space from the Arch there wasn't any load bearing problem

Check with council to see if you can find any old plans, the Archway to the bathroom could be just because you could or that space had a different use a lot of bathrooms and kitchens were at the rear of house the house during that period

I really can't tell you guys why there is an arch to a tiny bathroom. By the looks of the decor and tiles, I'm guessing the bathroom has been around for 50 years.

I really like the exposed arch, but also tossing on the idea of extending the bathroom out for practical reasons, but would mean enclosing the arch with wooden doors.