Hello Ca Vow, Yes the Velux window is nice, lots of lovely light! Pics need a more panoramic view to see really.. You could add a pantry as per Karen's plan. I'd still take away the remaining living room wall so it's entirely open into the space and possibly stick to low level cupboards for food storage. Keeping the kitchen roughly where it is situated, means that tv and sitting would be at the other end of the living room. So you keep cooking and dining together so to speak. Another idea might be to have two galley style opposite rather than a U shape configuration. Moving sink round to wall other side of bathroom so plumbing together. With oven opposite it. Thus you could have a wall to ceiling pantry cupboard or double height fridge enclosed as a cupboard style on that wall where currently the sink is situated. Then if you open the entire wall to living room, you could extend the galley worktop (new sink side) and even extend that to accommodate an eating area that folds away when you don't want it... : )) Roughly speaking.. View if you were standing with your back to your fridge/pantry : )) You could house the fridge in a pantry style cupboard.... Think deVOL or Plain English... Have beautiful free standing appliances... Ideas..... Smeg Range dual fuel 60 or 90. Smeg streamline dishwasher, Dualit toaster and architect kettle.. Buy cheaper cabinet shells... and put lovely doors! Handless.. or cup handles.. Paint matt colour or lovely wooden doors like Bert and May Kitchens... Choose lovely taps... Have a lovely worktop... The watermark collection Zen, London or Elan Vital, Kohler articulated tap in Nickel or brass... Have a pot filler... Make the kitchen beautiful with these shiny things.... Celebrate the open plan and let everyone see what a fabulous kitchen you'll have... No need to hide with integrated appliances.. : ))

To me the proportions of the windows don't look right. I don't think that the front face of the bay would've originally been one pane - I think there wouldn't been one or two vertical dividers. To improve the look of the house I would replace the windows with something that looks more in keeping. I would also re-render with a smooth render. I would either put the front door where the flat window is, or make more of an entrance of the for where it is. You don't say whether you use the driveway down the side of the house for a car. if not there are things you could do to make the existing entrance more appealing with a path, planters, etc.

Individual finishes are personal so if you change the windows or render this is entirely personal. In my humble opinion the size, shape and placement of the windows with this roofline firmly seat this house in its era. I would also caution anyone on having one unusual house in a residential street of similar houses. In my opinion this house would benefit from moving the garage and front door forward (presumably reclaiming some space at the back) and making the front door less subservient to the main house. I think there should be some soft planting near the house too.

Hey Lindsay, I've had a crack at re-configuring the space (no expert!) and definitely consult an architect and/or structural engineer to advice about taking down walls. An easy option for an extra bedroom is to convert the dining room / study to a bedroom, If that is a sink I spotted in the study, then it could make a great en-suite if it's in the budget and if you can run toilet waste. This would give a decent double room or if you have little ones two single beds with desk spaces and small walk-in wardrobe. The current bedroom is quite narrow, if possible, could you build out to the garage wall? That would give you some extra space for bedroom furniture. Maybe even separate the toilet and bathroom and create an ex-suite shower room (unless the bedroom upstairs is also using that bathroom!) If possible removing the corridor between the house and utility/garage makes the utility room feel more part of the house instead of an outbuilding and would allow for a better flow between the garage, utility, garden and kitchen. I would make the garage slightly smaller and the utility larger that way you can store items you use within the house but want out of site in the utility room (pet food, sporadically used / bulky kitchen appliances) and items like bikes, tools, seasonal decorations, sports gear in the garage keeping them separate. Square of the conservatory and convert to solid structure with a roof light, open up the kitchen and lounge walls and build out a doorway to the lounge from the hallway so the kitchen and lounge have separate entrances.