Project: the sitting room

Can I move a fireplace?

The original chimney breast and fireplace is on a middle rather than back wall.
But you can't sit facing the fireplace because that would mean sitting under the window (which looks into the conservatory) against a radiator.

Ultimately, the fireplace is on the wrong wall. It should be on the back wall where we have our sideboard.

Our current gas fireplace

The plan is to take off the old fireplace, block up the hole and build a new chimney breast on the back wall.


This should be easy....right?

Project: the messy room

So we're lucky enough to have three bedrooms in our house. Not massive, but big enough. The second largest is dominated by an eighties over-the-bed-wardrobe-cupboard-thingy, that takes up most of the room.

Our plan is to take it out and use the space to store toys, hang creations and some kind of desk/making space.

As the room is at the front of the house I also need to think about what we do at the window to allow both privacy and light.



 

What we want

• Room to store all the toys
• An easy to keep clean floor with space to play
• A desk for writing and crafting
• Somewhere to display artwork
• Some way of storing their Lego and cars
• Space to put down a blow up guest bed