It may just be the photograph but to me it looks as though the floor should have been prepared (sanded down more). It always pays to spend good time on the preparation. The photo also looks like the room might be in shade for some part of the day so might be a bit dark, plus your having a dark sofa by the sound of it. perhaps sand the floors and go for a light or clear coloured sealer not too shiney. Perhaps look out for a large rug as if the room hasn't been soundproofed it could be noisey for the people below and echoey for you. Don't rush and as someone else indicated don't have too much large furniture. Check if you can buy nice blinds off the shelf that would be the right size, you can then get them more reasonably than made to measure.

Since you asked for honest opinions, I think that is the most awful sofa I have seen. You made a great decision to cancel your order. You may benefit from the help of a professional decorator to help you with this room.

I'm blown away by the response on here an first would like to give my sincere thanks for all the advice. I wanted to add some more details and thoughts to everyones comments. In roughly the same order (i.e. Tamp75, Riches Interiors, keiblem, Ellie). The way we see the "study" is effectively an extension of the living room. It used to be the dining room and we were toying with the idea of incorporating it with the kitchen diner. However i felt that it would be very long and relatively narrow. The study is actually closed from the kitchen diner but we thought the flow and access from the conservatory would make the journey very long. So we asked if we could have a door there. The architect then put 2 double glass doors which we actually kind of like as it lets light through and let's us keep in line but allows cooking smells to be kept in the kitchen if required. Bu of course we lose more space in that area having to open the doors. Here is a 3d model the architect did. The utility room (in purple) would have the internal door into the kitchen, just not 100% sure where. I absolutely agree, we do not want to trek outside to get to the laundry. We have the dryer in the garage now, and it's very offputting and easy to forget to leave it in! None of the furniture or cabinets are set. They were placeholders from our architect to give an illustration. This includes the island which is a placeholder and we may not go with one depending... Also basically none of the internal walls are set, we can still change it. This, i suppose is the big thing, as if there is a better way to use the space, we're open to it! For the conservatory it's pretty much as you say RIch and keiblem. We do love it, when it's right, but can't use it half the year as it's too cold or too hot. So the current plan is to add a roof to it and any required brick work to support the roof. Hopefully this will give us a quiet space to read or do some exercise all year round. Here is the 3d plan from the architect. The "dead" zone on the right in between where the dining table is, the rear external doors, the double internal doors and the hallway door is one of our biggest current concerns. And can we fit the dining table in this area with people sat down and there is still enough space for someone get by to access the kitchen. And yes, Ellie, that is pretty much the problem in a nutshell. We have deciced on the footprint, but are very indecisive on internal walls and general layout. If we have the utility room there, there is a kind of corner that is made in the kitchen. Would it be or look weird if I put the stove and or sink in that area with it maybe looking sort of recessed? I wanted to match the wall to match the central line by the stairs to make the room see more unified and square. Example below I don't want to add anymore, as it's a super long thread again. But again i'm blown away by everyone on here so many many thanks.

Thanks Isla for responding . I don’t have a fortune so I won’t be getting anything custom built 😀 I will keep exploring i agree, I am sure there is something out there I can probably use . The flooring .. love the idea of tiles in the porch but I really need to move away from carpet in the hallway as the flow of taking coats and shoes off for my little ones is a little congested at the entrance . I think I considered LVT because I eventually want to extend the flooring from the hallway into the dining room through to the kitchen. I would image tiles can be cold and slippery. What would be your choice if tiles aren’t the option ? What’s your experience with LVT ? I did consider kardean but this seems pricy and not sure how it outweighs LVT such as amtico. Look forward to hearing your thoughts .