I think the work triangle will be off if the sink is far a way from the main kitchen(is that what you are thinking) Why not take the wall out from the utility room and run the cabinets into there and and make a long U shaped kitchen with out the small peninsula with sink and leave the bedroom as is because once you start this the doorway into the kitchen will have to be moved and a 10 x13 kitchen will really not have enough room for any thing except some stools somewhere for mini dining. I would get a counter depth fridge and build it into the far right hand wall in the utility room with a bank of pantries on either side of the fridge and then your sink on the wall next to the bath rooms. So this would look like a galley kitchen with the pantries and fridge at the end .

why are you extending that living area taking up the balcony ?......i mean it looks quite well having a balcony as you can see the view of the outside and serves cross ventilation as well rather u can decorate your living but if u really want to extend that area u can add up false ceiling but with that i think u might end up having less height of the room allover or particularly from that portion of the extended area ...which might look abrupt to eyes . there is another way of using that beam ....you can use that area for putting ac so that it won't look odd. something like this and can use your area hanging that jhula like so in the picture and for once u should think once, extending that area i mean u can use low height sofas for minimizing the space and and your room will appear larger .somewhat like this ........i hope u understand my point .

Hi Esha, One option is of course to highlight it, as rightly pointed out by Hyphen Designs. The other is to add more beams to the ceiling and turn it into a design element for your space. Attaching some pictures for your reference. depending on the look of the space - you could choose how rustic you want to go with the kind of wood you use. you could clad the existing beam in wood and add maybe 2-3 more to introduce a pattern through repitition. if you find solid wooden beams a little too heavy, you could let them be finished in POP and paint and add some wood only at the base - just to create that highlight. and if you're ok with the wood - you could also probably add more beams than just 2-3 and give the ceiling a distinct look - like in this picture depending on the furniture layout you could highlight the singular beam in your room by painting it another colour or better still - i would stick to wood and maybe hang some lights or a nice installation that would add character to the space. if you dont like the wood.. you could probably add split levels to the ceiling coming out of the beam and highlight them by introducing some indirect tray lighting that would accentuate the levels. hope this helps!

First Dotted line across the hall after entering to drawing from outside. Beam is present in first dotted line. Ceiling height is 11 feet.