Open Plan Layout

last year

Would love your thoughts and advice on how best to plan this space. We want to keep the front living room as it is, and the stairs lead down to the cellar so can't add storage/loo under there. Overall we want to fit in a kitchen, separate utility, downstairs WC, dining and ideally a second living area for the kids to sit and watch tv so we can keep the front room a more grown up space. The wall between the kitchen and WC is a stud wall so can be moved and all plumbing is currently on the outside of the house (we're semi-detached) so where the WC and kitchen are currently. The downstairs loo is v long and we'd like to ideally use some of this space for the utility/hall storage but open to any ideas you may have.

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