Ahhh !! Just spotted this !!! Looks totally brilliant !! ( ofcourse !!) So pleased for you all !!! Enjoy it !!! :-)

Hi Dan - we are freelance designers - and we do lots of designs for people buying from DIY kitchens ! We can do CAD input from your own design too - if you like ! If you click on my name or icon it will take you to my pro page - with past projects and reviews ! Maybe others will add their names too - as there are now a few freelancers in the UK.

I definitely like that you’ve gained a clear run from the hall way so you can see out to the back. I don’t think having the dining space diagonally really matters and as you say you gain extra light there. Also depends how much you use the table/living room/kitchen. I often Potter in the kitchen so would want that to be light enough to not always need to turn on lights, and often sit on the sofa and read so the same, but only eat evening meals at the table so it’s less of an issue, but if you use it all day, or have kids drawing there then you’ll have different priorities. I think if you can block off a small corner to create a utility cupboard that might be useful to help reduce noise in the open plan space. I think you could potentially do well discussing with a concept planner for the room. Many people on here have used OnePlan and recommend her. I think there are lots of options and everyone will have opinions of what works better but Presuming you’re doing this for you and not to sell then there’ll be additional considerations of your preferences and how you’d live in the space. :-)

I find that the biggest struggle people have when designing an open plan space is where to put the TV. I get people come to me for my help to redesign their open plan space, because it doesn't work, and the reason is usually because the TV is in the wrong place. So I made a video to help people consider where they want the TV! You can watch it on my youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/lUZaehO7Xfk Another key thing to consider is your movement through the space, I haven't yet done a video about this, but basically: - get out your floor plan - put a dot in the centre of each door and at each point in the room that you will go to frequently - draw lines between those dots to show typical movement patterns - look at the spaces they cross and the spaces that are left empty - think about how your furniture fits around those lines - think about if you moved a door or a feature that you need to go to frequently, would this change the movement lines and help with your furniture positioning Hope this helps, Jane, i-architect.co.uk