I have tried to put a floorplan on but can't. So, as you come into our house, on the right hand side the kitchen is at the front of the house, with utility room behind it, then lounge at the back overlooking garden. To the left is the garage (integral), cloakroom, understairs cupboard then at the back (next to lounge) is the dining room, also overlooking garden. We are currently in the process of waiting for planning permission to convert the garage into another room – part study, part teens lounge/chill out room. Would it be better to have the garage as a dining room and the kids lounge in the current dining room? Would it work better as it would be just across from the kitchen but would it be weird having 2 “lounges” next to one another, would it be better to have the extra lounge separate at the front of the house? Or third option (haven’t mentioned this to DH yet!) is to knock the wall down between kitchen and utility and make one large kitchen/diner and then have the garage as part study/part utility and have current dining room as kids lounge? Not sure we could afford that though and whether it would be good practice to lose a utility room! Thoughts?