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.

Hi Gayathri, False ceiling can be designed in a number of ways depending on the space for which they are being designed, the area of the room, height of the room, beam positions and depths, the furniture placement and the governing interior design style. While designing the ceiling, one should keep in mind to make it elegant and appealing. The design should not be heavy or gaudy and should not dominate the entire room. A number of elements like paint, ply, veneer, wood, wallpaper, mdf jali etc can be used to decorate and detail out the false ceiling design. Providing level differences with cove lighting is a good idea in order to create an effect of mood lighting in the room, while giving the flexibility of choosing the level of illumination required. Here are some simple yet elegant designs for false ceilings - All the best! Regards, RnD Atelier Nagpur

It's too much! I totally agree with Rupal Shah. Living rooms should be welcoming restful places. This type of excessive detailing will lead to visual fatigue in a few minutes

But if you simply cannot remove the washbasin, replace this configuration with a decorative countertop version - a nice stone counter and earthenware basin as shown in the pictures. A more econimical, but not so pretty option is to leave everything as it is and add a low partition about 3'6" high on the left that shields the washbasin from view. You can continue the tiling (ideally a faux brick or slate- NOT white) across the niche on all three walls. Paint the door in a dark shade too -like charcoal grey so that it does not look bathroom-y. Add a wooden moulding around the door frame and paint