I own the 1st floor of a 2-storied building. The ground floor being occupied by one of my close relative. We had been sharing the same entrance to the house till now. But due to some personal problems there has been a need to change the entrance to my house (i.e. the 1st floor). I have to construct a staircase in the front side towards the left side of the building. I am also planning to extend the existing drawing-room ( to the extreme left side of the building, as seen in the Photograph, attached) filling-up the open space, as seen in the photo. Please help me out to redesign the entrance and the extension of my Drawing room.

No sunken anything. Miserable to vacuum and place furniture and tripping hazard and soooo dated. There are lots of house plan books you can get in the magazine section of Barnes and noble. I would start there and then consult an architect when you are clearer on what you want.

Where to go for cheap furniture Goodwill, word of mouth from friends and family, yard sales, and moving sales. Wooden pieces I will buy from anywhere and will dive into a dumpster even, fabric/leather pieces much more picking with. Rugs are easy to clean or have cleaned. Always do the smell test, if you gag run away. You can paint anything, even fabric covered chairs. Get an idea of what you want your space to look like, and feel like. Create idea books in Houzz for each room. This will give you a guide to what you like. Less is more. You don't have to fill every room. Get basics first and everybody has a different idea of basics. Find yours. Put only things that you love in your house, and everything will look great. It will be a home filled with love.

The layout looks quite resolved with precise space for circulation, privacy well worked in bedroom from living room. I was just curious as to where can be the balcony, verandah or terrace like open spaces that could be the most important spaces to interact with outer world, the open sky and nature-some interior landscape would make your layout a plan - a real landmark.