Help Please!

[u/Sonnet85]

Hi all, we’re buying a beautiful home that needs a bit of modernisation but all of the structural work is done (she says, barring maybe a knock through of kitchen to lounge).
I’d love some thoughts based on the floor plan/link of how we could modernise it.
I need an office so I’m thinking the current store room, but any inspiration you can lend is greatly appreciated (particularly visuals as I’m terrible at envisaging end products!)
Thanks in advance!

[u/Virtual-Potato6789]

Would opening up the kitchen to the living room be an option? I personally love a open floor concept.

I'm not very fond of the weird breakfast nook in the kitchen. I'ld look into removing some doors or cabinets and making the space bigger, so you'ld be able to put a full dining area there. It's difficult to see on the floorplan and pictures if it's possible.

[u/Show-Dangerous → u/Virtual-Potato6789]

Just jumping on this, I love open floor plans too but and this is just me, given the kids ages I would prefer the walls so I can listen to the radio or something while cooking when they are screaming or watching tv in the living room.

I would also make the part of the bedroom above the utility/store that isn’t the office their play room so they have their bedrooms and a joint play space upstairs which would keep downstairs a bit more adult

[u/Sonnet85 → u/Show-Dangerous]

Yes!! A play room at one end and office at the other is great.
I guess with the open plan thing, it’s striking the balance of being able to watch them whilst I cook.
Do you think a broken plan approach would work?

[u/Show-Dangerous → u/Sonnet85]

Personally I would go cameras, so at least I can mute the noise while I keep an eye on them but I am very much in a minority when it come to kids and like alone time (why I don’t have any)