HI --- Bhakti -- Can you send a picture of your kitchen and dining and living rooms , please . It is hard to know what you are asking . It would be good for us to see the rooms .Thank You

the best suggestion would be to contact a design professional or a cabinet company to assist you, as a project of this nature could take hours to design and refine and then the production time for the design needs to be over seen by a knowledgable person good luck....this is a for pay type of design issue

For the dining room, I think I'd orient the table 90 degrees from how it's drawn, and I would make it a drop leaf or gateleg table so that it can be made smaller when not being used for dining. I would embrace the idea that the entry is right in the middle of the living room, and bring the living room furniture out towards the fireplace so the fireplace is connected to the seating area. Maybe TV above fireplace. In that back corner where the sofa is drawn, I'd make that a small work/office space.

I'm not qualified to advise you on textured paint, but as far as colour is concerned, surprisingly, red can work with a very wide range of colours. I suggest you click http://www.houzz.com/photos/query/red-sofas/nqrwns and browse to look for possibilities. A lot depends on what else you want to have in the room and whether, for instance, you're looking for a dramatic effect or a warm effect. Have fun browsing.