Where did I go wrong? Through lounge does not flow
nchavda88
6 years ago
Hi, I have been working on this for sometime and cannot get it right for. I'm looking for a modern contemporary feel that flows. I think the dining area is almost perfect however the living room doesn't look sharp! Is it the rug? Or dark cupboard, I just don't know. Please help!
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Lynn Robbo
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Where did I go wrong? Through lounge does not flow
Comments (5)I would pull the rug forward so that the sofa is not half on and half off the wooden floor. Remove the 2 dining chairs and replace with an armchair . You need to draw in the space to define it as the sitting area. Definitely needs some art on the walls. A coffee table would help and I would think about putting the dark cupboard the other side and bring the open shelves to the dining side . You could decorate with some interesting books/objects . Also I would replace the curtains . Good luck....See MoreIt’s go, Go ....... GO !!! – Kitchen / Diner project.
Comments (76)@proctorlouise. I personally found them absolutely perfect – couldn’t fault them at all. I’d also read the reviews so I was a little apprehensive. As soon as the money had been paid I was pretty regularly in contact with Wren’s head office where they kept me updated with things at all times. Then closer to the installation date I was passed over to their regional support team, who were also perfect. After the kitchen had been fitted we’d over ordered some kick-boards as the measurements were really tight so this was just in case the fitter made a mistake. We also ordered 2 x venting kits of different types as we were not 100% sure which one would work the best. I called them, they turned up the next day to collect, then the money was back in our account the following morning. I also had a draw unit that was supplied ever-so slightly out of square – I told them, and a day later a new one turned up, then I was contacted to see if I needed a fitter to come an install it for me, or if I wanted to do it myself. It’s been such a smooth process I couldn’t recommend them high enough. It seems like they’re really got their act together. We’re also thinking about having our en-suite in our room re-done and I caught the Mrs looking at the Wren Bathrooms the other evening. We had 90% of the skirting boards fitted very early Friday morning – a local carpenter that gives me the impression that he really knows what he’s doing and loves his job. He’s been doing since it he was 16 as his Dad is a carpenter, and his grandfather – he poked around, asked who we got it from and who fitted it, I told him and he was blown away by the quality of it, and thought that a small independent did it. @mrstuartjames. Cracking kitchen there! Really like everything about that – you must be over the moon with it. @Curtis Designs. That’s exactly what I was after – a render that looked at least a bit realistic. It’s just the little things that go an awful long way, and I love having the personal touch. Maybe I just chose the duff companies as it really shocked me. Anyway – the wife and I went away Fri/Sat/Sun for a long weekend away with our friends – booked a couple of log cabins next to each other, completely off grid (no tv, no phone reception, no electricity (well, really poor solar), completley off grid – we lived next to the fire-pit, cooked everything on a BBQ and drank ourselves warm. As great as it was - even better without the kids - coming home, and walking into our house into our new kitchen really was a fantastic feeling and it was like seeing it new all over again. It looked even better IMO....See MoreShould we knock through from dining to kitchen?
Comments (13)Thanks Jonathan. That's definitely one of the options for the long term as we are planning on extending into the loft to move guest or master there. We are thinking about extending to the side of the kitchen (to the left) and incorporate the back reception room so that the open plan kitchen/dining/lounge is L-shaped. And then we could have the existing dining/breakfast room as really nice laundry/mudroom/dogroom with the back door into there. Alternatively, keep the back reception as it is (formal dining or separate lounge for growing kids), keep the dining in the breakfast room and extend out to the right to make kitchen a little bit bigger (big enough for island between galley sides), big glass doors to garden, etc - but also add on space to the right to make separate laundry/mudroom/back entrance. Above that we'd put ensuite and walk-in closet onto current master. And this is why I don't know what to do with the current 'temporary' kitchen solution - in all likelihood it will be there fore 3-5 years, so don't want it to be just thrown up without thinking about it, but I also don't want to have to re-do work later, and I especially don't want to take down period features and ruin room proportions for a 'temporary' fix. And of course we need to know what we want to do before we can get the electrician round to re-wire the house, so it's not something I can consider for too much longer......See MoreSmall dwelling with too many doors and bad "flow"!
Comments (16)Do you need two bedrooms?...... you could make bedroom 2 into a super dressing room, with access from bedroom 1 you could fit it out with ceiling high units on either side this would give you loads of storage and would also remove the entry door. Also reduce the bathroom to a toilet only (always need two toilets) this would give you a bigger kitchen, then block the door into the lounge, this will also give you a better room for furniture placement in there. Good luck, it’s not easy to downsize, just done it myself and we have to remember it’s for out use for most of the time.....this means no bedroom for our Grandchildren, but the love sleeping on the sofas....See More
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