Sorry just noted a typo. The island is 90cm wide And not 60

Your dining and seating areas seem good sized but to me your kitchen looks like it's stuck in the corner, which it is. There is only one small window there too.

Given that your dining area would be light, spacious with views out the sliding doors I don't know why anyone would want to sit on a stool in the kitchen area.

I'd have the kitchen and dining in the larger area with sofa in the smaller corner area.

That’s true Ellie. I couldn’t show in the plan but there is a sky lantern above the kitchen area so there should be plenty of sunlight. The idea for island is just for 1-2 people to sit if one of us is cooking. The building regs is still being done so we can still move things around but not sure what an alternative layout will be like.

At first glance the kitchen area looks crowded with the peninsula and seating, which seems to be the opposite of your living and dining zones. Is it an option to do an island? It seems there would be room enough...

I agree with kazzh.. the peninsula isn’t working and makes it crowded. See an alternative below- do a long L shaped worktop and an island, the green but against the wall can be you floor to ceiling cabinets where the fridge can slot in too. So this is your kitchen zone. Opposite this can be your dining zone with the yellow but being open or closed shelving to store dishes, bowls etc for easy access- having kitchen and dining close will mean you are not carrying food from one corner to another avoiding spillage and accidents. Then sitting area with easy access to garden. So moving from cooking and chatting to lounging will be easier!

Those traffic lines are not going to give you a nice layout.

How many formal meetings do you have?

As in: do you watch movies/tv while cooking or might the tv be better off in the other room?

excellent ideas..that's why this forum is a haven for newbie's like me. We do like our TV... I was struggling with where to place the TV if we bring the seating area to snug extension. the light grey area is a reading nook. if we place sofa facing it then left with no place for TV. if we place sofa facing the opposite direction then reading nook is looking at the back of the sofa..which I guess may be slightly odd but not the end of the world.

i tried to run some numbers, if I go for an island, I won't be able to fit an island longer than a meter in order to keep a meter space from the cabinets. the kitchen area is only 4.35mg long. so back to peninsula I guess

In my layout the peninsula is about 2.7m, as an island it could be 1.85m max. (bottom aisle about 105cm, top aisle 85cm)

thats right, I also think Peninsula will work better. I really like what you suggested rinked. The only thing I am struggling with is where the TV will go in your layout. Makes me want to give up the nook window...

If this is going to be your formal dining room I would keep the dining table by the window, as in your first plan. Is much nicer to have the formal table looking at the garden and not looking at the kitchen. I would rethink the kitchen area

For instance adding an informal table (smaller than the one in the photo) in the middle of the kitchen.

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Or changing to a kitchen with “U” shape and stools inside the kitchen as in the example

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Something similar to what Rinked has proposed mixed with your proposal. Have peninsula instead of island (as in Rinked proposal), sofa area left to the kitchen with TV on wall and dining table by the window (as in your propopsal)

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I didn’t even think about having the stools inside the kitchen. Thanks for that. How does it work out practically because you can’t really interact with the person who is cooking? I can see how this will make kitchen look more open and less cluttered living space

Just playing with your floorplan :)

(tv in sideboard, below counter)

Thanks Rinked that’s very considerate of you. We have a messy kitchen so would rather not give people a shocker as soon as they walk in :-)

Would it be possible to move the kitchen entry door over a bit?

May be 50cm on so. The stairs start from the side of the door

I looked at that as wanted a double door which I think we can fit in but then dropped the idea

The stools inside the kitchen don't help too much to interact. The stools basically provide a place to eat something quick and you can interact from outside the kitchen (it's open and you don't feel really away). As you say, this solution provides a less cluttered look.

The bookshelf is a nice addition that helps to tie with living space. You can change the books to: decorative items, or dining buffet objects and then install the dining table by the kitchen

Some changes in my first layout (tv below counter, no corner sofa, but a 3.5 seater)

Don’t know if the island can be wider and be aligned with the window seat? Or that change will mess with the flow ?

I'd do layout something like this set-up.

Island wider than a meter will make the distance narrow between cabinets and isle. We want to keep. This at least 1.3m. Yes it can aligned with the window seat.

Elle: in this plan we will have to move either the hob or the sink to the isle which the boss isn’t keen for. Otherwise something like that would have been perfect

If you take the units on left right up almost to the doors you have plenty space for sink and hob on that side run