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This is how the lounge is looking right now. Excuse the mess as we're just clearing out the understairs cupboard to hopefully put in drawers instead for shoes etc! Anyone have any ideas how we can arrange it better please? Thanks for your advice so far Minnie! The understairs bit is tiny and not able to fit much under currently. Not sure how much it would cost to remove the fireplace. It does add a bit of charcater though to a boring 80s box so i'm a bit loathed to remove it? TIA

I would be tempted to take the kitchen all the way across into the current Sitting Room which will give you access into the Conservatory and garden, but by doing this would it allow you sufficient space in the current Dining Room which would then be your Lounge? If you make the kitchen/diner a big social area and have sofas in it and also perhaps in the Conservatory too then you could make the new lounge just an occassional room?

Love the design honestly, I think it will look good if your kitchen designer can come up with something special for an island that does something on both sides of the column if you know what I mean, like a bit of worktop to put things on as they come out of the oven (which i just assume would be in a tall unit outside of the pantry). Sure, you could create a nice space without extending - but if you have the budget to do it this is a solid plan, props to your architect. I would only 'whilst your on' change the living room doors for a 2 door bifold let a bit more light in. Also I don't like the (tallunits?) outside of the playroom ...I would instead think about making the whole play room wall crittall glass so you can keep an eye on the kids from the kitchen, the entrance from the hallway fixed crittall glass panel.