Hello Shivam,

Do you have the actual floor plan. At least the sizes mentioned and do you have two kitchens?

1- This is a great open area and the living cum dining area is fairly big enough what is the intention of separating and moving to such bigger areas.

2- You question is not very clear, what is that you want to do with wardrobe and the door.

3&5 - If you want to make the current living as dining and the open area as the living it may be a bit troublesome for daily usage with respect to serving food and guest movements. You should do the vice versa. After covering the open area this is going to be too dark hope you are prepared for that.

4- As the area is big an L shape sofa would be better to combine it with an accent chair.

I liked this open area concept sans the flooring/ basin. You can definitely make it more welcoming.

Thanks

Nitin

Cornerstone Designs, Bangalore.

Thanks Cornerstone. I was actually looking forward for your response as you guys are quite regular on the discussions.

Coming back, the kitchen adjoining the open to sky area is actually being used as a storeroom.
For your reply
1) As I mentioned the existing drawing room serves dual purpose of living and drawing which becomes very messy and nigh impossible to keep clean for suprise visitors.
also coz of the open area , the rooms are prone to mosquitoes and flies.
Coming back to my question I would like to know budget friendly solution for covering the open area. ( I did consider opting for a skylight but the cost was off the charts)
2) Wardrobe and door
Now that the drawing will be freed up, I don't see any use of the wardrobe in the new plan. I don't have any clarity of ideas for the rear dining area as to how deal with the very dark wardrobe( which I'm open to remodel it for another purpose) and the door that leads to the open area.
4) Thanks for the advise on the L shape sofa but my concern remains on the no. of seats would not be sufficient. Also would the L shape look better on the long wall or the wall with the passage door.
6) One more thing that bothers me is the yellow check pattern on the floor. How do I make the furniture, in terms of Color, complement the floor.

Thanks again for your reply.
Cheers

I will definitely be doing wooden flooring in the new living room, which eliminates one of your concerns. as for the basin, I am split between a wooden enclosure and a total removal.

Thanks Shivam,

In your case a lot depends on the floor plan. We can see you have made an effort to draw it up but without measurements it is not of much help. Could you draw one with exact sizes pls.