Colour...objects of interest...lighting...all add "energy' or we refer to as "movement" in a space. Interesting pieces of furniture with different textures and different "eye-levels". For instance, you can purchase 3 or 4 different forms of seating options...you are in India so you should be able to find FABULOUS furnishings for great prices. You could purchase a low-slung sofa, an extra large "floor pillow" (it would act as a chair or foot stool), a leather-covered round ottoman and an interesting crate/box with a slab of glass or intricate wood over top...this is your seating arrangement for the living room and will work as a great "hang-out" space that you can enjoy by yourself or with a tonne of people hanging around! With all that visual "movement" from one object to another to another, you will create interest! And "interest" is energy! But your best bet for energy...people!

You could build a cabinet around the pillar that can house both TV's ... Here's a link for some free software to help you design it yourself - or if you are looking to hire someone - drop me an email with some room sizes etc and I will give you a quote to draw it all up. http://thebrick.icovia.com Free paint your photo software https://www.sherwin-williams.com/visualizer/ Hope these help ! Karen from OnePlan OnePlan http://www.houzz.com/pro/oneplan/oneplan

I think a comfortable distance between the island and the counter is around 42". It seems that you have only 30" between your cook top and the counter. I might be a little too tight. The wall between the entrance and the kitchen could be 4' long instead of 6', you would then be able to move the island a foot which would give you more room between the cook top and the island. Could you switch the location of the toilet and vanity in your dad's bathroom so your enter facing a vanity instead of a toilet which is a lot nicer.

This is an akward compartamentalized plan. Can you move the east bedroom to the west wall opening up the living area? Add a kitchen penicila with bar and crockery.