Ground floor redesign - how to best make use of large floor space
Hi, We will be moving into this 1930s 5 bedroom house with our 3 young (6,4,1) children. The house has the space we need but the layout doesnt flow and has a lot of wasted space.
There is currenly a Living Room, Open Plan Kitchen / Diner Diner, Play room / games room, second living room, Study and Utilty. It also has two large entrance hall spaces, the second is light filled and large but seems wasted.
I would value any input on a layout that is suitable now for a young family that can grow to suit teenagers!
I feel moving the utlity to behind the kitchen makes more sense, expanding the study and removing the wall with ’internal window’ seem the right choice.
Concerns - moving the utlity room to behind the kitchen means no acsess to the kitchen without walking through another room.
Taking down the wall between the playroom / games room and the second living room may create one space that is simply too big!
All ideas welcomed.
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last yearYes you are right the first image should have shown a door into the morning room so you have an uninterrupted sight line from the front door to the back of the house and the garden beyond.
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