The next time I decorate by a colour of the year will be the first time. Don't hold your breath. I have nothing against this particular colour but it doesn't work with all the things I've collected over the years, and I am not about to discard carpets bought after hard bargaining with dubious merchants in Istanbul or Islamabad because they don't "go" with a paint colour that someone voted "colour of the year." In its place, I think the colour would be quite nice (better than this years choices, certainly). It's just that my place isn't the right place for it.

practicallity wise with young kids shaggy is going to be a nightmare ..wool is good as warm in Winter..and hypoallergenic.. Harvey Norman have great rug sales sometimes 40% off just keep an eye out for them.. I don't buy wool I just buy what looks nice and is practical.. 2 of my kids have eczema and they find wool rugs rough and itchy..we used to have a wool rug at our old place..so I only buy synthetic now..

It was one of the colours the Dulux rep recommended. If you can, get sample pots and try them out. Best way to check your colours as photos don't always give a true reflection of the colour. Then you can have a look against your tiles and in different light.

The white letterbox , and the shrubs , looks really nice . But do you want your bedroom to look like the inside of an esky ? The roof is white , surely you want some colour somewhere on the walls ? The existing walls look a creamy beige , the blind looks beige , the curtains look a fawny beige . Maybe I'm oldschool , but I like 1 wall as a feature wall with at least some colour , and the rest a plainer version of that . For example , I have a warm blue room , with slightly darker wallpaper on the wall behind the headboard ( heading towards a royal blue ) with a gold stripe around 5mm wide , and then a light blue and another gold stripe only about 1mm wide either side of that ( well , 6-8mm away ) . That probably sounds like something your gran would have had , but it actually looks modern , and interesting . And again they aren't trendy any more , but the blinds are warm natural wood venetians . I'm definitely not suggesting that , nor ruling it out , but IMO any white room outside an art gallery is lacking life , lacking colour , lacking imagination -- even if you add some colourful art or duvet colour ( I think you Aussies call them dooners ? ) or rug , its still a white base .