There’s Floor Planner and a few free downloadable ones on apps too - but please, please, please get your own design safety checked by a credible designer before you order anything ! It’s a big investment, and needs to be safe, as you will be living with it for a long time ! If you want to look at some plans we have done - click on my icon to go to our pro page. You might find some ideas on there you’d like to emulate ? Kind regards Karen OnePlan Independent Concept Planner ( selling only design )

Hi, we purchased Lerhyttan light grey last year for the kitchen and absolutely love it! Just in case you want a paint colour that goes well with it too, I splashed out for Farrow & Ball 'Wevet'. It's very close to white but isn't. We have a white ceiling and you can easily see a difference in colour. It keeps the kitchen looking light. We have a wooden floor and a wooden worktop, plus put in a welsh slate windowsill and then some dark blue roller blinds. It all looks fantastic. One thing my partner did is make a 'pull out' cup ard from normal drawers and doors. It is fab, so much so that he's going to make me another as you can get right to the back of the cupboard. Why Ikea does not promote these hacks I do not know. To fit everything in, my partner also designed a breakfast bar that has the washing machine underneath it on one side (opposite the tumble dryer) and then on the other side of the island is the dishwasher. It's a great use of space as he's closed up a window that looked onto my waterbutts, fence and neighbour's extension and put in more storage for me.. We played with the Ikea planning app for maybe 1/2 a year before taking the plunge. You can really make it work it you just take the time to plan it properly. He wanted to warn you about the price of cover panels though - the large ones are £127 a pop - a huge price for just a bit of coloured wood, and you'll end up using them all over. For under the breakfast bar, he got some MDF and then glued on some floor tiles, cut through the door of the washing machine and saved us approx £220! (Came to £40 instead of £260). One thing that I cannot stress enough is that it's REALLY worth looking for returns in the 2nd hand bit. You can pick up doors at a completely bargain price so always go and have a look. Ours still isn't finished as we're doing it ourselves (so please excuse the floor protector), but it looks completely amazing already compared to what it was before! Our friends love it. Lights are from Ikea too. Go for Lerhyttan. Good luck!

Thank you Jonathan! That could work I think - I couldn't think what to use the existing kitchen space for, but see you have made this a utility room, which would also make use of the existing door and window there. I could also use some of the existing plumbing for one bathroom. Also, by keeping the kitchen on that side the plumbing could just be extended a bit, though I am sure this is far easier to type than do!! This would also tie in perfectly with having an office/gym in that corner of the garden. I think I will have run out of money by then though. I would get the 'garden room' roofed over, possibly with skylights. Do you reckon I could get this done with a budget of £150k? I am not going mad on kitchen fittings - will probably use Howdens, or even Ikea might suit the more modern space, Thank you so much Lucy

@Marina Drobot thank you so much for the thoughtful redesign! It's looks fantastic and we're very tempted to follow it with the masses of storage and kitchen space - however we really want the additional living space. We love the idea of the whole overall space being a communal area, and the living space is a big part of that. Your design is very creative and not something we would have thought of ourselves. Thank you.