For the living room, the focus should be the balcony area. So flipping the couch to face the wall and not the dining table will help. Kind of like this pic. Even if you already have the sectional that is in the diagram, you should be able to flip it. In fact a sectional would probably work better than the couch in this pic. I also really don't like the style of this pic, but it showed what I meant, For the girls' room: No matter which bedroom you choose, you should maximize floor space so that they have the biggest play space possible in their room (as they get older you can add desks for school work and such). To get this space, I would give them bunk beds. This configuration gives them an open feel and more storage, essential for girls. You posted two different kitchen designs. This makes it hard to give you advice. I agree with other posts that your sink should be away from the wall. This allows you to have stuff to the left of you (drying dishes in my house), while you wash vegetables on the right of the sink. You need the same space on both sides of the stove, also. At least 24 inches on both sides is good. 36 is better, though. The first design has a nice little countertop space that adds a place for your daughters a space to sit a watch/ talk to you while you're in the kitchen. When they added this to the first design, you lost cabinets on the other wall. This is bad, as the space is already storage limited. Try making the rounded countertop bump out into the living space more. If you play with the shape, you could make it work without losing the cabinets on the other side. It doesn't have to be rectangular or a perfect circle. You can see how this one isn't confined to the floor plan of the kitchen. I think this is what you would need to do to make it the most functional.

Hi Neharika, if that wall is not exposed to water from outside, you could put a wallpaper there, there are beautiful wall boards also available in the market. Textured paint is another option. We could have the same wall paper/board/textured paint on the piller as well. You might have to move idol of Ganesha and picture near the pillar to some other place. Large paintings look better in living area as half of the wall is covered by sofas. In dining area, even if you cover upper half by painting, lower half remains exposed. So full wall needs to be decorated. More queries are welcome :-)

I have a question, why is it that this part of your space doesn't have a false ceiling and you have preferred to leave it exposed with all the conduits and cables? It looks as if, the space where you've given the false ceiling is a prime area which is just adjoining this place and anybody can have a peek into that area. If you have the cables running all over and over the edge of the vertical portion of the ceiling, you might as well leave the channels exposed, what difference does it make if the channels are exposed? If you're indeed particular about the ugliness created then I suggest, just cover it with a false ceiling after reconciling and re-routing all the cables and making appropriate openings for the cables to go to the desired places. You need to post a picture which shows the overall schematics for better advice, since I do not know what is the space planned for.

Hi, There are a number of ways in which the area under a staircase can be utilized. In case of a cramped house or space restrictions, this space can be used for providing storage, services or even a powder room as elaborated below : In case there are no space constraints and all the other areas are taken care of, the space below the stairs can be used for add ons such as a library, study, cellar or a minibar. In case there are any dogs in the house, this area serves as a spacious and compact kennel too : Apart from this, if the space is to be treated solely considering aesthetics, it can be livened up using a bit of indoor landscaping, sculptures and water body : Hope these ideas help. Do let us know what you decided to choose. All the best! Regards, RnD Atelier Nagpur