I love your new plan. You are right to make the doorway from the house to the bathroom, you only need a concrete lintel above it, the wall will be fine! ( Any builder can do this! ) Can you spin the bath round so that it's under the window though?? You will probably have enough room for a storage unit to the left of the door as you walk in. Aswell as running Bagpuss,... we are experienced property developers and i always do all of the plans, and purchasing of materials etc.........also, 50% of the labour with my husband most of the time. It pays to know what's possible sometimes. I get up really early, so, following on from your latest plan, I 3d'd it for you, as i had nothing better to do. The pictures are a little grainy but you get the idea x

I have howdens antique white, it's more of a cream colour. When I was buying howdens let me borrow a couple of doors to help to help decide. I would recommend looking at them in different places in the room at different times of day. It really helped me choose. I would also be careful of howdens. If you know anyone with an account, or if you are able to open an account you will get your kitchen ALOT cheaper. I would also recommend buying at the end of October, October is sales month and they have target of sales to achieve so you can knock several thousand off your kitchen quote! Lastly everyone I know who has purchased howdens have had issues. I don't want to put you off as love my kitchen. But, double check the measurements yourself before buying to save any issues. Layout, have you considered how you use your kitchen on a daily basis, what you make, how you cook as well as at Christmas. This helped me move things around to be a practical kitchen. Also I know a few people who regretted not considering working surface space prior to buying too Hope this helps

I thought I recognised your name! How did the kitchen colour go in the end? I think a Persian would be lovely, and the pattern would hide any paw marks although wool is meant to dispel any dirt. I’m a bit limited on colour Options but also tried it in a yellow (I was after an F&BIndian yellow but couldn’t get the shade!) It may not be your thing but you can go bold in a dining room?

Hi Morsenet - in that case I would highly recommend Karen from OnePlan. I was in the exact same position as you, had tried what I thought was every version possible but deep down I wasn’t happy. Spending the money (small amount in context) with Karen made me and my partner confident and happy with the design. She respected what we’d done already and gave us a fresh perspective combined with her years of knowledge, it was a easy process. I’d already massively overspent on the budget by this point so spending additional money was a hard pill to swallow but actually it was invaluable and saved us money down the line from mistakes we would have made (or worse ripping this kitchen out and doing it again!).