hello my name is dankande am working on my new house projects called design genius, whcih intends to take care of home decors and kitchen designs. would love to specialise on smart designs with technology and remotes sensings

Hi JT, It depends on how many bedrooms you need overall. With the downstairs bedroom, you currently have 6 bedrooms. Is that what you need? Depending on what type of guests you expect, it might be nice to retain a downstairs guest suite. Grandparents might like partial autonomy and separation from small children etc or might not want to climb all the stairs every day. Also if it is kept separate from the main family sleeping areas, you could 'let out' the guest room to a cousin or family friend in need for a short term if desired! What about putting the formal dining into the front lounge/bedroom and making the larger formal dining room into the guest suite. That way you could have the ensuite plumbing adjacent the laundry. You could make the window beside the garage a bit smaller for the ensuite to keep the bedroom space as large as you can. If it's for guests only, you can build a small wardrobe on the wall backing onto the stairs and maybe build in a small desk or dresser. This would give guests easy access to the kitchen too for that early cuppa. Good luck, C.

Hi , when I've looked , there seem to be several different styles of Paris French style awnings -- there are red and white striped ones with scalloped ends , some are squarish , some 1/4 round , some have the ends also 1/4 round . Then there are ones that almost look like half those ladies Victorian umbrellas -- sort of 1/4 of an orange in shape , but in red . Some have white stripes , some have white piping around them , some have both , some are just red . But then when you look at old established Paisian shops , quiet a lot have sloping but quite square awnings , often between pillars , and often closer to burgundy than red , often with gold letters namimng the shop . No doubt you know what you want , but theres a huge variety . The smaller rounder ones can be imported ( Ali Express shows them around $120 each but I think thats plus freight and GST ) , but custom made ones to suit specific shapes or areas or colours , you would need an awning company , as they would know where to get the frames etc . An upholsterer or similar may be alble to make them , but they would presumably have trouble sourcing the frames .

Sorry just seen the real estate plan doesn't show kitchen dimensions,below sketch shows measurements of kitchen