Carl Turner
This is an example of a medium sized modern living room in Other.

Architect Your Home Fabulous open plan kitchen with island unit breakfast bar
Medium sized contemporary u-shaped open plan kitchen in London with flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, quartz worktops, white splashback, black appliances and an island.

Architect Your Home Fabulous open plan kitchen with island unit breakfast bar
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary u-shaped open plan kitchen in London with flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, quartz worktops, white splashback, black appliances and an island.

The vaulted ceiling, created by the gable design, gives an impressive sense of space and openness. The large glass expanses at the rear only enhance this by bringing the outside in as much as possible. It creates an illusion of space. Approaches such as these give the impression that a space is larger than it actually is.

Architect Your Home Fabulous open plan kitchen with island unit breakfast bar
Photo of a medium sized contemporary u-shaped open plan kitchen in London with flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, quartz worktops, white splashback, black appliances and an island.

Veronica Rodriguez
Photo of a medium sized contemporary dining room in London with white walls, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.

The vaulted ceiling, created by the gable design, gives an impressive sense of space and openness. The large glass expanses at the rear only enhance this by bringing the outside in as much as possible. It creates an illusion of space. Approaches such as these give the impression that a space is larger than it actually is.

Photo of a medium sized contemporary back ground level terrace in Lyon with a potted garden and no cover.

Many thanks Siobhan Doran for taking the pictures.
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary semi-detached house in London with three floors.

Architect Your Home Fabulous open plan kitchen with island unit breakfast bar
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary u-shaped open plan kitchen in London with flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, quartz worktops, white splashback, black appliances and an island.

The vaulted ceiling, created by the gable design, gives an impressive sense of space and openness. The large glass expanses at the rear only enhance this by bringing the outside in as much as possible. It creates an illusion of space. Approaches such as these give the impression that a space is larger than it actually is.

An open plan kitchen sits to the end of the open plan living space opening up onto the garden. The Island forms a bookend and informal sitting area to softly transition between the dining lounge and kitchen area.

Photo of a medium sized contemporary grey and cream single-wall kitchen/diner in London with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, quartz worktops, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring, an island, beige floors and white worktops.

Photo by Chris Snook
Photo of a medium sized and brown contemporary two floor brick terraced house in London with a flat roof and a metal roof.

The dining table has been positioned so that you look directly out across the garden.
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary open plan dining room in London with white walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.

To dwell and establish connections with a place is a basic human necessity often combined, amongst other things, with light and is performed in association with the elements that generate it, be they natural or artificial. And in the renovation of this purpose-built first floor flat in a quiet residential street in Kennington, the use of light in its varied forms is adopted to modulate the space and create a brand new dwelling, adapted to modern living standards. From the intentionally darkened entrance lobby at the lower ground floor – as seen in Mackintosh’s Hill House – one is led to a brighter upper level where the insertion of wide pivot doors creates a flexible open plan centred around an unfinished plaster box-like pod. Kitchen and living room are connected and use a stair balustrade that doubles as a bench seat; this allows the landing to become an extension of the kitchen/dining area - rather than being merely circulation space – with a new external view towards the landscaped terrace at the rear. The attic space is converted: a modernist black box, clad in natural slate tiles and with a wide sliding window, is inserted in the rear roof slope to accommodate a bedroom and a bathroom. A new relationship can eventually be established with all new and existing exterior openings, now visible from the former landing space: traditional timber sash windows are re-introduced to replace unsightly UPVC frames, and skylights are put in to direct one’s view outwards and upwards. photo: Gianluca Maver

Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Melbourne with white walls, concrete flooring, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and grey floors.

Andy Matthews
Medium sized contemporary u-shaped kitchen/diner in London with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets and a breakfast bar.

This is an example of a medium sized contemporary galley kitchen pantry in Melbourne with a built-in sink, white splashback, concrete flooring and grey floors.