Office/Guestroom: Shame about the two doors in the study/guest. If you got rid of the vestibule and made into a pantry for the kitchen and then made a pocket door from the guestroom to an expanded WC/shower-room, could you have the door to the hallway? A pocket door would mean you don't need to account for the door swinging into the room and as it's in the extension there should be a cavity for it to slide into. Would that make space enough to have the double bed and a desk? Then put the desk in the corner under the window and the bed on the wall that meets the hallway? Would the pullout daybed not work - when needed it becomes a double, but when not it's just a single? You could also look at a trestle desk that can be stored away when you've got guests and a wallbed for when it's an office. I seem very determined for you to have a door from the hall to the study :) Kitchen:- Do you need the table in the kitchen? Could you not have a peninsula with cupboards underneath and seating around, kind of like a breakfast bar? That might kill two birds with one stone - increase the worktop space and provide an in-kitchen dining area. Using the vestibule as a pantry would increase the storage space - it could be for food or for equipment you don't use often. Downstairs WC:- Is there scope to having the WC under the stairs? Would that help with more space for the guest room and kitchen? You might end up with more wall space in the kitchen to have units, and countertop, against. Anything in the understairs could find a home in broom units in the kitchen.

Hi- I could have written this post myself! We too are having a partial side return resulting in an L shape layout. Our overall length is a bit shorter (5 vs your 6), but with the side return ours will be wider at 3.1m and 6m wide. Getting the layout right is so hard! We’ve decided to keep our formal dining room as is, and the kitchen in its existing galley type shape. We will have a peninsula come out at the top end to form bar seating for the kids/guests. The “old fence side” of the new area will have a toilet room and a laundry cupboard for the washer and dryer. I’m having the kitchen designed so that anything a guest/kid/non cook might need is towards the front, eg fridge, snack cupboard, window fridge, cutlery, trash receptacle etc. I am hoping that keeps everyone out of the cook’s zone, aka my way! I want to make the peninsula wide enough so it can feel more like a kitchen table, and be a comfortable spot for the kid’s homework too.

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