My house, built in 2003, has purple feature walls in the dining room and 2 bedrooms and green feature walls in 1 bedroom and 2 living areas. That was the fashion then. Recently I decided it's time for an update as the feature walls seem to be absorbing all the light and making the house very dark. So far I've undercoated 2 of the feature walls and what a difference it makes! The rooms are much lighter and now I have to decide on whether to add a lighter colour as feature walls or paint them the same colour as the rest of the room.

Hi Anna, decorating is about uniting your colours and with the exception of the little freeze tile in the kitchen, I can't see anywhere that you have incorporated the green. Green is very in now and in a small space, being a receding colour, it will make it appear larger. Replacing the blinds with contemporary classic style (which will merge the period and modern), green or and green and white roman blinds, would be a great start. A leaf pattern is gender neutral and introduces a natural theme. Contrast is required and to keep it simple, add black! Keep the green fan lights, add green, black and white accessories, indoor plants (of the same green) and you'll be right to go. You could also change up the lighting pendants to period styled dark green metal. These are readily available and budget minded. De-clutter! Add an artwork that unites all the colours and bounces off your blinds. Never forget art! When you have a simple plan, and colours that are easily available in the cheaper stores, you can quickly and affordably decorate for a quick sell.

I know this is an old post but just in case anyone is still looking for Sherwin Williams Sea Salt paint...... When Wattyle were still owned by Sherwin Williams, a couple of years ago now??, I asked the Head Office of Wattyl if they could help me get some Sea Salt in Australia. I'm in Sydney and they advised I needed to find one of their stores with a Hydrochroma machine(not all of them have one) to have Sea Salt made up due to the type of tint used in the paint. They also provided the tint mix. I went to Wattyl in Brookvale and they made me up 4 litres of Sea Salt paint. It's a great colour but looks pretty bland in the tin. I don't know whether the Wattyl white base changes how it looks either. Anyway, anyone wanting Sea Salt can have it made up at the Brookvale store because they have the name and tint mix in their computer. Now they aren't owned by Sherwin Williams I don't know if they can access any other of their colours as they don't have access to their database anymore.

You could go one of three ways 1) explore if you are in a heritage zone and your council gives grants to restore/reinstate heritage features. In which case that’ll help the $ kitty and identify colours from that era 2) strip the uprights/pillars and doors back to natural timber and seal them as a nice soft contrast to the cottage green. Can also pay company’s to dip your doors to strip paint off for you. 3) get out the colour wheel and get a complementary white and charcoal to your cottage green. Doors & frames charcoal. Walls white.