There are lots of very minor and/or free tweaks that you can do to the whole floor space which will change the feel and lift it. Firstly move the floor standing lamp (and side table?) out of the way and push your sofa right up with an inch or two to spare before it touches the wall. Then on the opposite end site the lamp (and side table?) and put your telephone on it rather than balancing it on the back of the sofa. By moving the sofa up, the space immediately feels larger when you walk in. The lamp by the door and over the back of the sofa will serve two functions -1. it will make a nice soft over light for reading or relaxing & 2. it demarks room division (which you have done very nicely with the shape of your sofa.) Next move the sideboard to the right of the radiator so it is covering the plug points to the left of the fireplace (as you look at the fireplace sat on the sofa) Hang the wall mirror over it and keep what you have on it already - that's a good job. You now have penty of space to walk around the table especially if dining guests are mingling bewteen the kitchen, dining room and lounge. Lower the height of the mirror and wall art - it should be at eye level. You have lots of lovely art in similar frames. They are mounted a little too high and you could gain more impact by grouping them as they are relatively small in size. Re. the art I would suggest making the frames darker in order to match the dark chocolate colour of the sofa. At the moment you have lots of oak (incl. the floor) and consequently nothing is "popping out" as a feature. Darkening the frames will achieve this along with grouping the art. You have a great colour palette but maybe you could add a colour pop? Gold or organge would add to the space - change the rug, add a throw, fill the mantel piece with vases and containers of flowers of various heights in a couple of colour popping colours and bijouterie. Add texture. What you have done so far looks great but sometimes it takes a fresh eye just to tweak. I am at this stage with my lounge. I'll be posting it up in a week or two. It's finished but it's missing something and I don't know what!

I like the balance of your areas so I’d keep it simple. Block up the door between your kitchen and hall, then put a new kitchen in. Use the wall where the door was for full run of talls. Get rid of the fridge freezer (looks great but not an efficient use of space) and replace with an integrated (we have a full height integrated fridge which has useful storage above). You can then have a L-shaped run of worktop and wall units on the other 2 walls. Get the extra high wall units that get you as close to the ceiling as possible to maximise storage - my wife can’t reach ours but it’s not a big deal because we use the highest shelves for the stuff we only occasionally need. Also we had a corner hob like yours in our old kitchen - it adds visual interest but wastes the space behind it. Get an induction hob - brilliant things that are easy to keep clean. Stick to white for the wall units and talls to help the space feel light and airy. Add texture or colour with the base units. As someone else said, your utility room seems a waste of space but I think maximising your existing kitchen space would be sufficient - unless you need a lot more worktop and storage than we do. Just my opinion, but I don’t think there’s much wrong with your layout that a good hard think about the design of a new kitchen can’t put right! Best of luck.

During the lockdown weve finally been making some progress on the utility room. Weve reused some of the old cupboards and picked up some free carcasses off gumtree. Everything has either been free, second hand or off the bargain shelf!!! Still not finished as we are waiting on a replacement door coming as it came the wrong size, and we still need to do some electrics for under unit lights and plumbing for the radiator and skirtings. But so far we are super chuffed with the change. And So much more space. We took the wall down in May last year so it hasnt been short project. Just a rainy day fill in project as I've collected my cheap bits and bobs to make it happen.

Some great comments so thanks guys. I adore hanging plants so I'll make sure to put a few in the kitchen, especially around the door. I plan on having wall shelves with plants on, too. I think the outdoor mirror seems like a great idea, we can reflect the neighbours plants from their garden (well, hopefully, funny angled wall outside)! We've put a long table in the kitchen so far, with a bench on one side and four chairs on the other (against the wall). This allows the light from the doors to run down the table. Surprisingly the flat is very bright despite fewer windows and the lower floor being lower-ground almost basement. I think I'll keep the bedroom downstairs for now as it's not a room I spend a lot of time in. For me the bedroom is purely a sleeping zone.