Depending on the budget, you could hack a portion of the wall "closed welcome passage" and put up a wall horizontally by the main entrance (creating a passage way to the living area. The window there should be able to shine a bit of light into the house. Replacing the wall between the living area and garage with Large glass panels would also help brighten up the house. At the same time, will give your house the elite concept (of having a vehicle in the living area) http://homememo.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/kop-properties_sky-garage.jpeg Hope this helps. :)

I think that you should increase you drawing room area and reduce the bedroom area if you place the bed on south east side it will be possible

Have you search in the "professional" section?

you can share the pictures of current construction and if possible layout plans, then only we can suggest a design for you.