Agreed with Enova, a bespoke one door contemporary cabinet would look great and keep all of the wires and boxes hidden away and you can still have control with the sky box with sensors etc. If you have the door touch release (without handles and have a low sheen finish, it would almost blend in with the wall.

Dear Frain282, Just last year we worked on a similar situation and transformed a teenage boys room into a contemporary 'hotel' looking room accommodating all of his game consoles, TV and gadgets, creating a space for him to proudly host his friends. We would be happy to give you advice; please do give us a call on 07575494941. It would be great if you have pictures to share and the floor plan for each boys room plus dimensions (depending on where you live, we can do this ourselves via a site visit).

Thank you Victoria. Haha! Yes that's exactly what she suggested! Several times over :) We just didn't have the budget at all to do all three floors of the house, so we prioritised the downstairs and our master suite on the top floor as they needed obvious structural work just to make the space work for us. If I wasn't being a complete cheapskate and trying to get ideas on here for free now (!!!) I'd get her to do the whole middle floor but with £100k spent already on the renovation its just not an option! We only had £50k aside when we moved in, so everything else we're having to do month by month as money comes in, which is quite painful!! Gina's done so much above and beyond what she needed to, to help us that asking for more help on a totally different part of the house that was never in the scope of work just seemed a bit unfair- especially as I know she'd help anyway :) Being completely honest, we had never planned to do anything structural at all with the middle floor as it's perfectly okay. The plan had always been to do nothing more than decorate, change the carpets and windows and put in two modern bathrooms (which would give us 3 bathrooms to five bedrooms) and we'd allocated £15k to do it. We had never done a renovation before- not so much as a lick of paint! Our old house was immaculate when we bought it and we didn't do a thing to the day we sold it having been there 7 years. This has been a huge learning curve for us and I've loved every minute - it's a world I didn't even know existed! Considering how much I now love it, it's hard to imagine that 12 months ago I'd never even picked up an interior magazine!! :) I guess the reason I'm now being a bit of a cheapskate asking for help and ideas on here, rather than employing a professional is because through this whole process and all the things I've read and seen on here a year into all of this, I realise whilst there isn't a big budget for the middle floor, I just wondered if there was a better way of doing things before we start next year! Your advice on ensuites seems very sensible and definitely something we need to consider! Hubby thinks cheapest and simplest idea is to leave everything as is now and as and when we need extra bedrooms (or decide to sell) to turn the games room back into a bedroom and steal a bit of the current very large room for an ensuite and put the office back to a walk through dressing room as part of that whole area and leave the family bathroom where it is. That way we'd have three ensuites plus a family bathroom to five bedrooms. I can see his point and would be cheap and easy to do, it just doesn't really address the fact I don't like the landing :)

Depending on how many people watch tv, I'd try the same As Carolina's 2nd suggestion but with one chair where the tv is angled towards the sofa (but not pushed right against the wall) with the tv in the other alcove. I do agree with Emily though! Seating arrangements are important for a cosy/homely feel but so are various other elements so why not post pictures so people can make suggestions? If you've got the space I'd also add a slim console behind the sofa as it will give the feeling of separation from the hall. You can pick up ones that are 25cm deep so could always move the sofa forward a fraction. If you don't want to add pics then think lighting, art, plants, colour, a range of different textures, books, diffuser or scented candle plus a rug to zone the seating area and perhaps some things that have meaning to you. Do you also have anything in the dining area other than a table? I have an obsession with cocktail trollies (and it's costing us a fortune with a g&t or 2 after work for my husband! ) but they're great for when socialising and needn't just contain alcoholic drinks if you don't drink!