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.

Keya, glad you decided to take the one reader's idea about moving the armoires in front of windows that you don't need and giving the bed a wall of its own! And, yes, you can have Roman shades on one wall and layered drapes on the other. When I had drapes made for my tall sitting room windows/doors, I had them use the same fabric for the Roman shades for the smaller windows on the other wall. For me personally, in these older Indian homes with all the odd nooks and niches in the walls, perhaps it would be more soothing to have a light/med tone paint on the walls that blends with the drapes/blinds for an 'uninterrupted' look, and I would use the same color on ceiling and beams. (but that is just my thought) I would start the process with a large carpet with your favorite colors, then choose your Bedcover & cushions, then your wall paint and fabric for drapes/blinds ..Not certain what style you like, but if you really like a particular Ethnic bedcover fabric, you can always have them stitched into curtains or Roman shades too. Can't wait to see the "After" pics!

Dear Vinod, That's what happens when you give a project to a carpenter cause they view it as the single element and can't imagine where and how it is going on with the space around. "They literally don't care" except the money they save in that project. As the wardrobe is glossy and dark gray you have to make-over everything in that room to makle it look better. So better go for removing it which is more economical, and if your wardrobe is done with solid wood or timber just go for wood finish paints (veener/varnish/some other) or else go for duco paint or any other that can be applied on it. But BETTER consult a Designer or an Architect to those kind of works not carpenter or some vender. And lastly remove that funky looking overhead outcrop. Have a nice day

Hi there, seems like small room n hot place..so better give pearl white paint or white whichever u prefer..it will make the room more spacious. Keep furniture to the minimum.. Keep L shape sofa on the right side of door n just opposite to tat u can keep ur TV but pl dont buy heavy cabinets.. just hang ur tv on wall n just below tat u can make long cabinets wid drawers wid modern look.. without handles. On the green wall side put frames in cluster or just two three.. keep one table wid modern luk..nt heavy one..sofa colour it depends on the walk colour..if white then grey or brown wid white cusions or multicolur cushions..match ur sofa colour wid frame colour.. or u can do everything thing in white.. tv furniture, frames sofa.. put mukticolour cushions on white sofa or plain grey, light blue, light yellow whichever u like.. keep everything simple n modern..Gyal frm Sikkim