Hi Laura. Congratulations on the new home! Have you thought about putting the sofa on the back wall and moving the TV to where the sofa is? I think it would work nicely with the shelves. You can then add a floor lamp and picture gallery on the back wall similar to what's pictured with a tall potted plant in the other corner to make a nice focal point. I'd go for a pale grey For the walls, dulux dusted moss 2 is nice but check undertones with your sofa. Your dining chair looks more of a deep coral so would bring a little in for cushions (maybe white and coral patterned to lighten the sofa) and also some texture, a faux sheepskin is always good for a scandi look. You could then add splashes of green or blue for art etc. Some faux stems would be great on the dining table (I like cox and cox's eucalyptus in their glass bottle vase for something simple and they give height). Hard to tell from table pics but could you add an arc light to zone the dining area as you don't have any ceiling lights? Your kitchen looks great, I have to admit if it were mine though I'd be tempted to paint it a soft white and remove some of the wall units and have some shelves instead.

Yes we needed an RSJ and all of the walls underpinning as there were no foundations. Was very costly but definitely worth it as we live in that end of the house. I think that With having an older property, costs do just spiral. I can’t remember how much the RSJ was, sorry. i think our building work was about £25000. Can you leave the fireplace in and have it open so you can see it from both sides? Then have your kitchen and dining in the current lounge and your living area where it is at the moment but open it up apart from the firePlace? We’ve left in our old exposed stone work and cleaned it up.

Hi Jenni, Can you give us a bit more detail on the "why" for opening everything out - what in particular are you hoping to achieve? Personally, I am not overly convinced by the proposal, for a couple of reasons: 3.2m width is awfully tight to incorporate an island, and you hugely compromise the "usability" of the space by trying. Moving the dining area to next to the utility (think noisy washing machines) and cloakroom/WC is not ideal Adding the French doors (now two sets?) kills useful wall space for not insignificant cost. If I were to remodel the space, I would probably: Remove the wall between the kitchen & dining room Add a run of units (probably tall) to the left of the door into the utility (about 1.8 metres worth) Block the door between the hallway and the kitchen to give a big corner are (in kitch just through from the stairs) I would then do one of two things: Put a nice corner sofa into that new, larger "corner" as a living/snug sort of area, retaining the dining are where it is OR (my preference) Build a really nice banquette dining area into that corner, with extendable table and spare chairs and Repurpose the current "dining" area into your lounge, with lounge now your snug/playroom. This would be much more cost effective, can be done by "adding to" the existing kitchen rather than moving/replacing anything, will give much better flow and much more storage. I'd need more detail on dimensions of the rooms to do some more detailed modelling, and it would be useful if you could upload some images of the rooms as they currently are. Hope that gives some food for thought! Caldicot Kitchens

How many people do you need to seat at the dining table?