How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

yeah we'd knock down a window and replace it with french doors for the new kitchen (current dining room). Should have noted there is actually a window in the current family room too, more or less where i've put one in the ikea plan.

Handily, 'south' on the diagram/floor plan is almost true south IRL. We would probably put 2 window lights above the dining table position, and decking for the french windows to open on to - having indoor/outdoor is what we're keen on too. Even having the doors open when cooking in the summer would be nice... but it also got my wondering whether I wouldn't want the dining table close to those french windows and have the kitchen elsewhere....

You have to walk through the dining room and kitchen from the bathroom.

You could divide the kitchen on your plan in two as bathroom & office utility. Then have a long kitchen, built in dining seating and finally a soft seating space at the end

Any recommendations on window vinyl?

We're moving our bathroom upstairs (was previously very cold, and downstairs..) and need to add some window privacy until we replace the windows.

Will probably end up buying some lightly frosted stuff off Amazon unless there is something I've not thought about.

Will probably end up buying some lightly frosted stuff off Amazon unless there is something I've not thought about.

That's what I ended up with for a temporary fix
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B076H7M79N

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We have this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0152EUCFQ/ It's OK. A bit awkward to apply neatly if everything isn't totally smooth and clean.

There is a bathroom upstairs too, worth mentioning. As I said earlier, it feels wrong to use the nice high ceiling traditional part of building for something like a toilet if we don't have to.

If it were me, I'd have the patio doors opposite where you have the table set up in the new configuration, simply to have more counter space in the kitchen. Means your only knocking through once too.

What's this green/blue thing that came in the dishwasher?

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Some sort of drilling template, no?

That graphic seems to suggest there's a QR code in the instructions that wants scanning.

Yeah feels to me like the original kitchen is crying out to be the dining room so you can have nice light in the eves for dinner parties.
The family currently must be the darkest so I’d be inclined to cut a sliver off next to the bathroom for a utility and keeping the doors for the family room with the kitchen being the middle room assuming that’s where you’ll spend the least of your time.

Might not have a full handle on scale but this is what I meant. Although if you have another bathroom upstairs just make the current a utility bathroom combo?

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Well I'm glad I kept the old taps...

Worktop people called after templating today to say the seamless sink is still in Italy and won't get here until March. Lels.

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I like the industrial chic.

If you can collect, it's yours.

Those doors are 'heritage green' apparently.

Temporary ply? Fancy. Mine are currently spare chipboard planks from when I boarded the loft

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Victorian Plumbing or Victoria Plum, which one's the shit one or is it both?

Also bath fillers that function as a tap/overflow combo but just use the one hole. Any thoughts? I quite like the simplicity but are they prone to breaking?

Victoria Plum are good at refunding...

Ordered a shower tray - All three deliveries were damaged so we ended up buying elsewhere.

Found Victorian Plumbing pretty good recently.
Sorted a missing item and a return well.
Have to contact over Twitter though to get the best response.

They are both expensive imo, anything branded can be found for less elsewhere.

Bought a bath from Victorian, as they were the only place with it in stock a while back . They forgot to send the legs with the bath. Took much time and effort from me until they got it sorted. Would not recommend- expensive and shit customer service

Yeah we found cheaper elsewhere: BlueSkyBathrooms.
They said something was in stock when it wasn't.
And then as they were messing us about with delivery estimates and refunds they went bust taking our £££ with them...
Expensive lesson learnt over the importance of paying for big ticket items with a Credit Card.

I've had a shower, toilet and vanity unit from Victoria Plum this year, all ordered separately at different times. All delivered on time, no issues not necessarily the cheapest but there is usually a sale or discount code knocking about.

Thanks all.

We've had our kitchen and bathroom sorted and just moving on to painting the place. I'd like to use as few nasty chemicals in the house as possible, if water based is as good or close to, we'd like to use it.

Has anyone gone down the water based rather than oil paint route for woodwork?
Thanks.