Hi everyone. We are now progressing with the house bur need some help / advice. We have decided to take down most of the wall between the dining room and kitchen & build an island that will sit half in the kitchen and the other half in the dining room. (See plan). In the dining room we decided, instead of a formal dining table, we would place a log /bench type table (the kind you get in a pub outside or in a canteen) - right in the corner where by the wall between the lounge & dining room (where they meet the corner or bedroom 4 as in the plan). The table could be a great idea for a more formal meal as it would be for to sit more socially. But we want to use a storage bench / box (maybe an Ottoman style) along the walls with plenty of cushions to sit on / against the wall. This type of seating would continue across both walls in the corner, skip past the opening (leading to the shower / bedroom 4) and continue on into the corner where the dining room & kitchen meet (in front of the shower room). So it looks sort of like this (more like the second picture with the brown table) So it looks sort of like this (more like the second picture with the brown table). We love the type of seating / cushions in the first picture (white & blue). Since we do not know where we can buy such tyoe of seating. We thought we could, perhaps, recreate it by buying some wooden storage benches / boxes and add plenty of cushions on them to make them more comfortable to sit / lounge on. Not sure if our ideas are cominf across in my posts but in case you do understand. Does anyone have any suggestions / ideas?

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I'm not an expert in full house renovation, but my advice would be to check with a professional in the field. As to the next steps, pay attention to what furniture you choose and storage. Usually, people have a lot of things but not enough storage places. You can have the help of an expert in this field to know better how to arrange everything in the house. You could, for example, check what websites like this https://keystolivinglight.com/reduce-reuse-and-recycle-links/ offer and then decide would the best option be for you. I hope you'll manage to renovate your house. Share with us the result.

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