Hello Dee, I would 'mirror image' your plan and have the kitchen against the original part of the house (to the left of your step down) and still with the island. You could then have sliding doors facing both decks, and hopefully a beautiful outlook to your garden, also a lovely vista when you walk down the steps... your living dining furniture will have the feel of more room against windows, rather than boxed in by walls.

They look great in that photo, Northstar! Works beautifully. Will be fine over your bench. Didn't realise how large your p really space will be. Wow! No, if you replace pendants that have staggered drops, the fittings are completely removed and new pendant fittings are installed in their place. The electrician just shortens the drops without cutting them & the extra lenth is hidden away in ceiling.

Further questions, I've some questions that I'd like to seek opinions from all. Blue shaded = Windows/Glass sliding door Red shaded = Wall Currently, my wife and myself are thinking if we should have walls that are all windows and glass sliding doors as per this image below. Obviously the con is that we can't have any furniture or tv cabinet there but that after researching Pinterest, it seems that all beautiful homes these days have these "glass-enclose" feel. Not sure if it's practical but it definitely looks nice. Another option that we're thinking is to have piece of wall that we can place the tv cabinet (if we want to) or any other furniture/shelves in the future What are the pros/cons? I'm thinking of having the wall there because at least it's "future proof" if we don't want to have a TV there, it can be functional and we can have shelves etc. If we want to have a TV cabinet we can. But my wife thinks having everything enclosed in glass/window/sliding door are nicer and the living area shouldn't need to have a TV since we already have a leisure TV area at the upstairs. Thanks, Venn.

Thats why I like my mobile home -- everything including 6 berths , kitchen , dining , shower , toilet , even a barbeque that slides out -- in 33 foot x 8 . Tiny homes are similar . If we really think about it , we don't really need much space in a bedroom -- imagine if we all had a bed that was say 3 foot in the air with a small ladder , and drawers and even our wardrobe ( with everything lying flat in a drawer or similar ) underneath -- you'd cut bedroom space by 2/3rds . Having said that , its still nice to have 5 bedrooms , each with an ensuite ; a formal lounge , a family room , a media room , a study , a living room , an office , a mud room , a foyer , an alfresco , a spa , a pool , a man cave , etc , etc .