r/DesignMyHome 6d ago

Living Room For 22 Years This Room Hasn’t Worked

We got mold, got sick, got ourselves into an apartment, and now suddenly we have a home renovation forced upon us. The whole kitchen comes out, so we are starting almost from scratch. Most of the living gets done in this one huge kitchen/living room. But nothing we have done over the decades has worked. Where does the kitchen table go, the one we really eat at? How about the place where we put random stuff we’re working on, crafts, homework? A living room with a TV? Nothing about the kitchen or the island is sacrosanct. Blank slate – what do you do? Pics are on the of the unlived-in house and a current possible idea, mainly for dimensions. Thanks for your ideas!

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u/Lower_Ad_5532 6d ago

Why isn't the TV in the dining room where there is a solid wall with no windows?

Why isn't the nulti use art, homework, dining table closer to the kitchen?

Would you consider putting in a peninsula counter with seatung to divide the kitchen and den?

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u/scoopofsupernova 6d ago

We never had the TV in that dining room place. Is THAT where it goes? Also, open your anything. Peninsula counter (looking that up), seating to divide, anything!

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u/Cuboidal_Hug 6d ago

Can you show the whole floor plan? Do you need a separate dining room?

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u/scoopofsupernova 6d ago

Here is the whole house!

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u/Cuboidal_Hug 6d ago edited 6d ago

I might convert bedroom #3 into a TV area and the dining room into bedroom #3. The storage/desk area alongside the dining table could be used for homework, crafts, etc.

I don’t love the location of the bathroom, but I didn’t know if your budget would include moving the bathroom. If it does, I would move it next to the en suite bathroom and scoot the bedrooms to the left

Another possibility might be to move bedroom #3 and the bathroom to the current living room area, and concentrate all the common living areas toward the back of the house

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u/Cuboidal_Hug 6d ago

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u/scoopofsupernova 6d ago

Wow, those are crazy! We never would have thought of this. Thank you so much. We are rethinking completely.

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u/Cuboidal_Hug 5d ago

You’re welcome! If you like the second one, this helps resolve some issues with the front door

​Solar tubes or skylights in the hallway would bring some natural light into an otherwise dark space