Hello Emma, I have to say I really like the cluster shade light! It's gr8.. You can do very little here and make a difference.. Move the table out a bit into the room.. So it's under the light.. Leave the table very bare.. I'd possibly look for a picture that accented the colours of the shade... Warm beige, browns, creams... Also at the other end of the room, why not have another... It's a really interesting light.. It would work with the sofa as well. You could move the dresser along a bit so it's nearer the dining end.. Bring the arm chair a little closer in to the living area and possible bring the sofa forward a bit.. You could have a nice rug and a coffee table here. I would get some cushions that accent the shades and definitely consider duplicating that in the living half of the room... I found a blue version so you could place the blue canvas in the living area, have some blue and brown cushions to accent the blue and brown shades.. You could also introduce a couple of lamps with similar shades.. I have included a glass base purposefully as the shade is the accent here.. to compliment the pendant (s) :))

Your house looks a similar dimension to my house which I just sold. I kept the wall dividing the receptions rooms but took the wall down between the kitchen and back reception room. My kitchen was in a little out rig (original not extension) but i think you could do something similar? https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=50634231&sale=5936314&country=england

Hi there, Can you clarify what exactly you mean by maximise space and where exactly? From your description you mention adding a 6 seater and from the last image this looks like the kitchen. I think there are many factors you need to consider, first off apart from the obvious cooking in the kitchen, what else will you be doing in here? socialising, any pets that need looking after in here? what meals will take place in here, just a breakfast area or all meals? And also how important is it to you to have a large open space vs have a large dining table? Sounds like having space is important to you in which case I suggest you go for a 4 seater extending dining table unless of course you need to have a 6 seater all the time, then you might be better off with a round table? You could also move the dining table a bit closer to the living room to get more space in the kitchen area. Hope that helps? Let me know if you have any questions. Rukmini Patel Interior Design

Idea - on the original downstairs - if the kitchen top/bar came from the bathroom side of the room it might divide up the space better - i.e. kitchen<->dining would not be via/infront of the bathroom door and your natural route to the bathroom would be more along the side of the diner than through it? Perhaps a bar/open room divider might also help the effect? Effectively the right hand side of the house becomes a corridor/thoroughfare even if its not divided like a traditional hallway. Old fashioned perhaps - consider all options - shoe horning open plan into a space 'just because' isn't necessarily the right route. I'd also dig up the original floor plan - i.e. don't necessarily work from where you are now? Just a thought. Or perhaps something like this - pocket door into the diner - might need some tinkering since it nicks the long wall in your lounge as pictured... Bathroom doesn't move though so water in/out is sorted and I'm sure a bathroom can make effective use of under stair space somehow?