I think they mean 5 rooms, not 5 bedrooms.....one master bedroom and 2 bedrooms for children with twin beds or bunk beds in each. I lived in a 1,300 sq ft house for 2 yrs with my husband and 2 sons. My suggestion would be to have an open floor plan for the kitchen, dining area and family room in one large room. Add a bar in the kitchen for casual dining. Be sure to include storage in family room for toys, games, etc. Add a built in desk in eiher the kitchen or family room areas . The master bedroom and bath should be large enough to accomodate a queen size bed and if possible a sitting area (maybe a bay window large enough for for a small loveseat or a couple of comfortable chairs). I would recommend a large walkin shower but no tub for the master bath. Instead have a nice size tub/ shower combo in the hall bath. Too make your house feel larger, use neutral camel, beige, gold or grey paint and carpet through out the kitchen, dining area, family, hallways and hallbath. If you want to add color, limit it to 3 bedrooms. Hanging all your window treatments at ceiling height will make your rooms feel larger and taller.

The best thing you can do on this forum is to ask specific questions so people can give you concrete advice. For example, you might ask 'what art work would look good with this couch?' or something similar so the question is narrow enough for people to answer. There are a lot of people on here who are very into the modern look so you'll get lots of help since your ideabook indicates you're into that. My advice to you is to make your house your own. Go with things you like and that make you happy, and don't make it so matchy-match that it looks like a furniture showroom rather than a house. You want your personality to come through so be sure you add your own personal touches. Good luck.

A soft, warm grey shade would look lovely, and can be as dark or light as you want. A warmer shade will work with the brown stained wood floor, and the grey will complement the black granite. You could have an undertone of green, blue or tan if you didn't want a pure grey. And it would look nice with any silver metal hardware, either polished or satin/brushed, so you could choose pewter, chrome or nickel. It would still work with white trim too.

Thanks for your response and putting a stamp to what we thought. yeah thats the whole idea. We want to merge the utility with kitchen by removing the wall on the right of the utility door and also remove the door. We will keep the sink in the utility behind the wall on the left of the door. This will conceal the sink area from drawing room. Do you think its a good idea and will make the whole look of the house grandeur. We have also removed the wash basin from dining area and planning to remove the small extension wall between kitchen and wash basin in dining area. This will make the drawing room look bigger and more natural light coming into the kitchen from balcony side.