I might get overruled on that one! (Although my husband is obviously wanting to watch it for different reasons!). I'm pleased that you're happy with it! That's great that they're washable, so handy, and that the dog likes it!! No Xmas took over... I need to look at it urgently as damp has now appeared in one room, I feel like I've cursed it :( we went to Bruges last week and I admired numerous houses, as you do (!), and I'm now thinking of slightly less traditional colours.... I just can't make my mind up, i wish whoever hadn't rendered it in the first place as it would be so much easier!

Hi all, Thank you for your comments; I appreciate them! Natasha - the units you have suggested are very much what I had in mind. We will have a shaker kitchen and the media unit would also be shaker style and would have 4-6 cupboards with the TV in the middle with book shelves either side. Part of the reason we kept a partial wall was to make the space more usable. I can’t envision how the fully open plan room will be able to meet all our needs, but I am open to ideas! I feel that open plan would be more impressive, but potentially less usable. With regards to the doors. I do plan to reverse the doors both into the kitchen and family room part, but couldn’t work out how to do it on the app I used for the floor plan. It is a 1920s house and we have the original doors which we are planning to keep. We are also keeping a lot of floor space as when the table is not extended, we still have young children with lots of Lego and trains etc. I plan for these to be hidden in the cupboards at bedtime. J - we haven’t installed the kitchen but we have ordered it and paid a big deposit. Some of the units are bespoke/irregular sizes and I don’t think we would be willing to change this. I have attached a photo of our rendered kitchen plan. Thanks again for your comments. It is good to have other people’s opinions and ideas.

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Thank you both so much for your thoughts on this. We really appreciate you taking the time to come up with some ideas for us—it’s given us a lot to consider. Jonathan, I really like your idea; it definitely makes the space feel much larger. Unfortunately, the one wall we can’t knock down is the one next to the laundry room. I'm not entirely sure why, but I know it would be a very costly option. The only thing we could do there is reinstate the door. This is why I was thinking of incorporating a bit of a pantry area for storage in order to reduce the storage required in the actual kitchen. I also love the idea of moving the laundry room where the kitchen currently is, but I’d like to keep the working fireplace as I want to maintain some of the room's character. Kat, regarding the window, it’s only 75cm off the ground, so we wouldn’t be able to place anything below it. We should be fine with removing the current kitchen wall, though. This part of the house is the only one that spans 5 meters in width, so we’re keen to maximize that space to make the house feel a bit more spacious. Although, I really liked your idea of placing the WC/utility area in option 2—it helps to zone the space in a way we hadn’t considered before. Your drawings have really helped us visualize the space in a fresh way!