Although choosing light can be confusing, most fittings these days are available in different light colours with various levels of power, so in turn I guess you could use whatever light style you would prefer, just consider energy cost/usage and ensure that they will produce enough lumens for the space below. You may find the following link helpful where by you can calculate the required amounts of lumens for any given space: https://www.omnicalculator.com/everyday-life/lighting Hope this helps

Hi Indi, I would knock out both walls and have the kitchen, diner and family room all open plan. The lounge would stay separate. I would also add long bi-fold doors and glazing all along the back wall. At the minute it seems like you have through the hallway, then the kitchen to get to the family room? I think that's why the flow is not right.

Hi, I definitely wouldn’t install a toilet next to the dining area (no privacy), not would you have room to create a corridor - you’d need 3ft for sure and that would leave you with only 7 ft 7” in the dining area, which is a bit of a squash. So the best idea is to create a utility/toilet in the kitchen, as you say, on the left behind the stairs. If the wall between the back door and the sitting room is 3ft-3ft 6” I think you could create this space without moving the back door. But it would be big enough fir toilet, cloakroom basin and the washing machine and dryer stacked, if you have one. You mentioned turning the window into glass doors, but I’d be reluctant to do that simply because you then lose more wall space for the kitchen cabinets and you’re already losing a wall between the kitchen and dining area. But you could change the back door for a fully glazed one to let more light in. I tried putting an island with overhang (3ft in depth to allow for bar stools and storage) but the space would very tight, even running the island vertically on the plan as you need the best part of 3ft to walk either wide of it, so possibly a peninsular would fit best. As you are short of wall space for the fridge freezer, would you consider installing it under the stairs, depending on its size? Ps I meant to say, best option for the toilet door in the kitchen would be a sliding ?barn style door or pocket door if you had the room.

Hi Louise. I can see your predicament. You could add an addtional 600mm wide unit to the projected counter behind the fridge. If you extend that too far it will compromise the ciruclation as you have a unit on the adjacent wall. You should typically leave at least 1m as best practise. If you wanted a quirky alternative, you could have floor to ceiling cabinets Infront of the door way on the left with a hidden door into that space. Hopefully this helps