My ROOM...

About Me I’m Carolyn Clayton, 44, and I live with my son Leon, 17, in a three-bedroom, 1950s semi in Oakengates, Shropshire. It’s an ex-council house that I rented in february 2004, and bought in 2007. My challenge The kitchen was originally two small, separate rooms, for cooking and eating. The dining room had poor light and the dated kitchen was badly designed – it had barely any worksurfaces, just two cupboards, one of which was unusable because it was blocked by the cooker. I hated cooking in there because of the lack of work space and limited storage. My wish list I wanted a practical kitchen-diner with wow factor – stylish, modern and streamlined but well-designed, with plenty of storage and workspace, and a breakfast bar dividing the cooking and dining areas.