Hello, i hope you can offer some advise on this. i am planning on adding an open plan kitchen/living/dining to the rear of my house. i really love the idea of a wall of units and long island, however i would also like a walk in pantry and am unsure if the space is too tight. there is nothing finalised yet so all windows and the shown pantry wall are movable. unfortunately the walls to the left of where the pantry is show are the current external walls and are not movable. all advise is appreciated. also which would you recommend Range or double ovens? Thanks

Might be an expensive option but could you create a short (?glass) external corridor from the dining area into office by going outside the existing wall, ie come outside of the dining area and turn right into the office by putting a door where you have a window in the 1st plan. I don’t know how that would work with where your patio doors are. Maybe you could shift them to the right, have a short section of wall to the left of them and then a doorway (poss no door needed) between that and the corner of the dining/utility/office

Hi all, I have designed my lighting and electric plan for a new build this way. I've never done it before and am afraid I will miss something. Please give any comments or suggestions you might have. Kitchen has 2 pendants (A and B on plan) over an island and lighting under the top cabinets. Am wondering if I may need also some discreet light from the top as well. The top cabinets might miss some light I think. Living room has one pendant over coffee table (C) and a discreet light (D) over the TV cabinet. Dining room has 2 pendant lights (E and F). Please advise. Kind regards

The room has a nice feel but is a challenge in regard to furniture placement. Without structural changes, the best option would be to move the desk to the wall beside the double doors or to the wall bounding the kitchen and put a sofa (you may fit a three seater) to the left of the fireplace and buy two nice chairs on double door side of the fireplace. Something like this but without the middle sofa. A big mirror over the fireplace will help bounce light. Longer term, perhaps you should consider opening up the kitchen. You could put storage into that recessed area inside the door.