Aside from a bed, and perhaps clothes storage and a table/chairs, I am a strong believer in living in a new property for a while to ascertain how you would use the space before making purchases you may later regret. Hope all goes well with the move. Regards, Simon

Hi, yes, electrics are first because that'll involve chasing wires and re-plastering at least in those areas. Also, think if you need to move radiators before decorating. The rest depends on the extent of work you want to do, e.g are the walls and ceiling ok - in which case you can start with painting the ceiling and work your way down. Or do you need to strip wallpaper - in which case you might end up needing to skim the walls before decorating. As you're changing the flooring you can leave the carpet down to catch plaster and paint splatters until you need to paint the skirting boards and put in the wardrobes. Having said all that the easiest thing to do is get a decent builder in who should do everything in the right order!

I would probably have the bed facing the garden and put in a wall as shown. The room is long enough to have wardrobes both behind the bed wall and against the ensuite wall. i think if you do it this way you won’t reduce the bed space as much. Obviously the closet area will still be dark so would just need to be careful with artificial lighting. personally I wouldn’t add an extra toilet, just make the ensuite bigger with a really big walk in shower

i don't like No.1 because i dont' want to have to walk all the way around the bed to get to the bathroom/dressing. i don't like No.4 because i wouldn't like the open space behind my head when sleeping - i know it's a great layout that really works, but you've got loads of space so don't think you need to do that - plus it kind of cuts the bay window in half and i wouldn't want to be looking directly into dressing area from bed. No.2 and No.3 are v similar but my preference would be No.3 as the door opens into the middle of the space and leaves the bed in a nice nook rather than walking straight into it when you come in the door - more privacy and not in the walkway, and keeps the dressing area out of view when in bed. if there's already a door at that point i'd consider leaving it and having two entrances to the room - just in case you want to add more storage in the dressing area and close off that area a little bit - which would also allow you to then add a door between bedroom and dressing, so that an early riser could get up and leave the bedroom and do all the morning stuff without disturbing sleeping partner.