Hi Dalida! Yes, your flat needs a renovation, specially in the bathroom and kitchen. The wooden floor looks nice. Before starting the redising, it will be necessary you make a 'wishlist'. I would recommend a bigger kitchen . Have you considered having only 1 bigger bathroom? How many peple wil be living in the flat? How many bedrooms do you need? Is the kitchen entrance as nice as the main one ? Would you consider turning the kitchen entrance onto de main entrance to the flat? Then you'd be able to enter to the kitchen space ( it can be an attractive open-plan design - look at this one we fitted in a small apartment) Imagine that where the mirror is, is where your window is. If you turn this entrance onto the 'main one', you'll be able to have a big bedroom on the other side of the flat ( where the main entrance). You can keep the entrance and use it, but not for guest ( not nice to have visitors entering through your bedroom). As you can see there're a lot of options to discuss. I would recommend you to contact a profesional that helps you with the process, because if you meet him/her you can design together a really nice flat. Which style do you prefer? Would it be posible to change the position of the gas boiler? How much storage space do you need? For the new bathroom I would recomend to have storage space, and a large mirror will help to make the space feel bigger. As you can see, there're a lot of questions and lots of decissitions to take. Don't hesitate contacting a profesional to help you in the process it will sabe you money and headaches! We're based in South of Spain, so we're not close to help you with the renovation, but I hope my comments help you! Good luck with the renovation, Sara Leiva Architect @ Mirasur Proyectos SL PS- My recomnendation is not to divide the flat into 2 smaller ones - it will be much more expensive, messy, and you'll have 2 non- attractive tiny flats

If you've got a family room I might be tempted to put a tv in there, use the dining room as a snug and have a table and chairs with a small sofa in the living room. Alternatively use the family room as your main living room and the dining room as play room (depending on age of child/ren). The proposed layout doesn't allow for much seating and also blocks the path from the kitchen and seems quite close to the stools. I think just seeing half of the back of the sofa may also look slightly odd?

Hi - not sure if this would be your sort of thing or whether it would match 'mood' in rest of kitchen but you could consider painting that whole wall behind the fridge and up to the edge of the dado rail with blackboard paint. We have this behind our bin and it's very useful for making a note of what you've just run out of and hiding splashes from the bin. It would look quite dramatic and be very distinct end to the kitchen. Not sure if that's what you want? To do ours we actually just used a sticky back roll of blackboard paper. It's been great and hasn't marked the wall so you could try it out as an experiment before committing to paint! Good luck.

@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.