I'm doing some more work on the kitchen, and the kitchen/dining layout. Its still not working right. Having the kitchen at the end of the house like in the previous posts seems a bit bland and boring. Everything is just sort of in a line. Its almost too open, and there is no intimacy. Its a bit too modern for our taste.


So, here is the latest change. The kitchen has been set back to the left, the dining room and the lounge pulled up, and the fireplace has been put between the lounge and dining as a feature.
I have found a fireplace company in Queensland that makes a double sided fireplace.

I have also put a lower ceiling in the kitchen (2450) to give it a bit of separation (the rest of the house is 2700).

We tried a sunroom, but it just felt a little awkward and not really very integrated.