Unfortunately none of the walls can be moved. It's an old building, with vaulted ceilings that rest on the walls.

Considering that this is the plan and walls can't be moved, and the pipes for the kitchen are already on this wall, I concluded after many hours "playing tetris" with the plan and different furniture, that these would be the best distribution of sofa, tv, counter for storage, table and chairs...

Unless someone gives me a better idea? ;)

Thanks

I like your plan better, but here is an alternative that gives more distance between TV & sofa.

Assuming you could put the kitchen sink on the wall with the small bathroom's sink, I thought you could turn the small bedroom into the kitchen. If two people are able to share each bedroom, this will make a much more comfortable and functional space. Structurally, you'd just have to move that bedroom door two feet.

I took it several steps further and modified/extended/walls and this would of course be major structural.

Is this a standard floor plan for the other flats in your building? Is it possible that at some point someone may have moved things about, like maybe turning the kitchen into the small bedroom and small bathroom? The public space is just so disproportionate to the private space.

Hi guys,

Thanks very much for your replies!

@mdln: I also thought about a similar distribution (I'll post the plan if I can find it), but it doesn't have much kitchen storage (on mine there's a counter). Also the sofa isn't big enough for 4 people. But thanks very much for trying! :)

@benjesbride: Thanks very much for taking the effort of drawing it too. Moving the kitchen to that bedroom was my original idea too. The size of the flat (60m2) is more appropriate for 2 than 3 bedroom. But unfortunately it is a requirement to have 3 bedrooms, so I just can play around with the distribution of the main area.

I attach a distribution I made when thinking about moving the kitchen to that bedroom. As you can see is very close to yours, even the laundry is moved to the main bathroom ;)

I guess with the given space there aren't many more options than what mdln or I did.

I will give it another thought and if I don't get better ideas just go with it.

Thanks very much for your input, it really helps!

Do you require 3 bedrooms or is that a requirement for your building? If it's your building (and two people can share each bedroom) I'd treat that small bedroom like a living/TV room and make the central living space a kitchen/dining. In our family of four (two adults, two children) a nice size dining table is a must have. Our dining table is 42 inches x 72 inches and that's where family life happens; I'd have an even a bigger table here if there was room.

Hi benjesbride,

In my case I do require 3 bedrooms, otherwise I would have moved the kitchen to the top-right room and leave the big area for a decent living room.

But thanks anyway for the suggestion.

Ah. Okay. Every family is different, but for me I'd find a way to split that bottom left bedroom in to two private sleeping areas. If you have vaulted ceilings, you could make the most of your vertical space by splitting the room and putting a single, lofted bed in one side that is above a single low bed on the other side. I can't make specific suggestions without dimensions of that room.

Is your family two adults and two children? Can one of those children sleep in a loft space? How high are your ceilings?

I would not invest in or enjoy a kitchen-dining-living that is so cramped.