The pieces are basically drawn to scale - I used AutoCad, then Illustrator, then Photoshop. Plus I measured most of the pieces. The wing chairs are probably slightly different in size. I just made them 3' square. The round table may be 2" bigger. The glass table may look goofy there too. The entry door is just below left corner of drawing. The right lower corner of living room is closer to hall to bedrooms and arched entry to dining room and kitchen. That's why I was trying to have stepdown entrance closest to lower right because it would be a shorter walking distance to rest of house. I wanted leather sofa centered directly across from entertainment center. It might be the architect in me that likes to create a line of sight. All this stuff may fit in drawing but once in the room it may not work. I will try what you suggest if this layout does not work.

They're bigger, but still not legible - at least the top one is illegible. Rotag - can you zoom your PDF to fit your monitor screen and then take a screen shot? Then, save the screenshot as a JPG file and post it here? Can you also post specific measurements rather than general? I.e., the width of each window/wall/door/doorway and the distances b/w each window/wall/door/doorway. You do say windows/doors can be moved - any/all of them? I can already tell that most likely your overhang is too shallow - you have plenty of space, so increase the island to 41.5" deep. I also think you need to move the DW & sink over to have more landing space to the right of the sink - you risk splashing water all over the floor as well as knocking things off the counter (like glass!) You could move the DW as far as you can to the left into the corner and then have a 27" cabinet turned 90 degrees on the other side (facing the seats) rather than deadening out the space. It could house seldom-used items or items for the living/dining area.

lesterlan, I did a custom piece for a customer on a 70's dresser. she requested Hale Navy. I might have had this shade color matched because it came out a big lighter. But here it is w/gold hardware. Urbane Bronze is another nice shade. I did this mid century piece in it if you post a pic of the dressers you want to paint, maybe I could suggest something.

Hello, We recently purchased a small beach house north of Los Angeles. The house itself is 3 bedrooms/2 baths, but it gets rented as two separate units. The upper unit has two bedrooms, one bath, living room, and kitchen. The lower unit has a living room, kitchenette, and a bedroom/bathroom. The house was built in 1973 and I am guessing the kitchen cabinetry is original. We are trying to figure out how best to redo the kitchen. We are updating much of the rest of the house so now seems to be the time. We are willing to completely gut the kitchen, but do want to be sensitive to the budget. An upgraded kitchen won't result in much higher rents -- what currently exists is not our of line with other rentals in the area. However, the new kitchen will obviously help when the house is resold. Although we plan to continue to rent the property as two units, it is possible a future purchaser could use it as one single family home. I am attaching pictures of the floor plan and some pictures of the current kitchen. I do not have the exact measurements of the kitchen and won't be able to get them for a couple of weeks, but was hoping to get some general feedback before then. Thanks for all your help. This is the upstairs. This is the downstairs unit. This is the kitchen in the upstairs unit. I do not know what is in the large soffits, but there is no attic in the house. This is the pantry to the right of the fridge. It is a pretty nice size.