Small traditional dining room in London with white walls, no fireplace and grey floors.

A bold and very handsome rear extension to a home in Stoke Newington to provide space for a dining area, open plan kitchen and living area. Large openings allow the garden to flow into the living spaces

David Sievers
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary ensuite bathroom in Adelaide with flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, a freestanding bath, a walk-in shower, grey tiles, ceramic tiles, ceramic flooring, a built-in sink, concrete worktops, grey walls, grey floors and an open shower.

Dmax Photography
Photo of a medium sized contemporary back patio in Perth with an outdoor kitchen and a roof extension.

Photo of a medium sized contemporary dining room in London with white walls and beige floors.

Design ideas for a medium sized and white contemporary semi-detached house in London with three floors and mixed cladding.

Simple grey kitchen with its elegant proportions fits seamlessly into this gracious space.
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary u-shaped open plan kitchen in London with an integrated sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, composite countertops, blue splashback, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring, an island and beige floors.

Rear elevation showing loft and extension
This is an example of a medium sized traditional back patio in London with no cover.

Medium sized and beige contemporary brick terraced house in London.

Photo of a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in London with light hardwood flooring and a standard fireplace.

Gareth Gardner
Medium sized contemporary kitchen/dining room in London.

The space under the stairs was cleverly used to create a downstairs w.c
Design ideas for a small contemporary home in London.

rear and side extension for contemporary kitchen and living area in Richmond, London
This is an example of a medium sized modern kitchen/diner in London with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, metallic splashback, metal splashback, light hardwood flooring, an island, beige floors and white worktops.

Medium sized open plan living room in Melbourne with white walls and medium hardwood flooring.

This detached Victorian house was extended to accommodate the needs of a young family with three small children. The programme was organized into two distinctive structures: the larger and higher volume is placed at the back of the house to face the garden and make the best use of the south orientation and to accommodate a large Family Room open to the new Kitchen. A longer and thinner volume, only 1.15m wide, stands to the western side of the house and accommodates a Toilet, a Utility and a dining booth facing the Family Room. All the functions that are housed in the secondary volume have direct access either from the original house or the rear extension, thus generating a hierarchy of served and servant volumes, a relationship that is homogeneous to that between the house and the extension. The timber structures, while distinctive in their proportions, are connected by a shallow volume that doubles as a bench to create an architectural continuum and to emphasize the effect of a secondary volume wrapped around a primary one. While the extension makes use of a modern idiom, so that it is clearly distinguished from the original house and so that the history of its development becomes immediately apparent, the size of the red cedar cladding boards, left untreated to allow a natural silvering process, matches that of the Victorian brickwork to bind house and extension together. As the budget did not make possible the use a bespoke profile, an off-the-shelf board was selected and further grooved at mid point to recreate the brick pattern of the façade. A tall and slender pivoting door, positioned at the boundary between the original house and the new intervention, allows a direct view of the garden from the front of the house and facilitates an innovative relationship with the outside. Photo: Gianluca Maver

The brief for this project was to create a multifunctional space that included a kitchen, dining and living area. The property did not benefit from a large garden so it was important that the depth of the extension did not significantly compromise the outdoor space. We therefore extended the kitchen into the rear reception room, which created a much larger open planned area and allowed for the installation of a small WC. Open planning the kitchen to the rear reception room also provided this area with some much need natural light via the skylights and doors in the new extension. The fact the extension was not excessively deep enabled us to obtain planning permission for a good external wall height, which is complimented internally by the vaulted ceiling. The back of the extension has been finished with a large set of slim profile sliding doors, providing uninterrupted views of the beautifully designed garden. The final result is a light and airy space which accommodates the kitchen, living and dining areas that the client required.

Inspiration for a medium sized rustic back terrace in Melbourne with a potted garden and a roof extension.

Gorgeously small rear extension to house artists den with pitched roof and bespoke hardwood industrial style window and french doors. Internally finished with natural stone flooring, painted brick walls, industrial style wash basin, desk, shelves and sash windows to kitchen area. Chris Snook

This detached Victorian house was extended to accommodate the needs of a young family with three small children. The programme was organized into two distinctive structures: the larger and higher volume is placed at the back of the house to face the garden and make the best use of the south orientation and to accommodate a large Family Room open to the new Kitchen. A longer and thinner volume, only 1.15m wide, stands to the western side of the house and accommodates a Toilet, a Utility and a dining booth facing the Family Room. All the functions that are housed in the secondary volume have direct access either from the original house or the rear extension, thus generating a hierarchy of served and servant volumes, a relationship that is homogeneous to that between the house and the extension. The timber structures, while distinctive in their proportions, are connected by a shallow volume that doubles as a bench to create an architectural continuum and to emphasize the effect of a secondary volume wrapped around a primary one. While the extension makes use of a modern idiom, so that it is clearly distinguished from the original house and so that the history of its development becomes immediately apparent, the size of the red cedar cladding boards, left untreated to allow a natural silvering process, matches that of the Victorian brickwork to bind house and extension together. As the budget did not make possible the use a bespoke profile, an off-the-shelf board was selected and further grooved at mid point to recreate the brick pattern of the façade. A tall and slender pivoting door, positioned at the boundary between the original house and the new intervention, allows a direct view of the garden from the front of the house and facilitates an innovative relationship with the outside. Photo: Gianluca Maver