Hi Tina, thanks for posting, it is all looking great. Shame about the panelling, but sometimes these things happen for a reason. It is great the armoire matches the doors so well when they are all on one wall, but I don't think you need to have the bed and side tables matching, especially when they are on another wall. My issue with painting furniture, while I love it, is the maintenance. It does chip over time and becomes one more thing to paint. I don't know what the timber is in your furniture but another possible option, especially to give you the coastal vibe is to lime it. To do this successfully, you will need to sand all the existing stain off it and go back to the raw timber. The darker the original timber, the less limed look you will get so bear that in mind too. I did an old bunk bed up that had seen better days, for my grands bedroom. It was a dark red wood, but with 4 coats of stain I got the look I was after which was that driftwood/coastal look. The whole thing looks totally new again. Sorry I can't post a photo as this function no longer works for me. Have a look at the Feast Watson range of liming stains, they have some gorgeous soft colours as well, but they let the timber show through rather than having the solid painted look. It is a very easy product to use, it dries quickly - I did the 4 coats over 2 days effortlessly. The hard work is in the sanding.

Plain ceiling white is a good choice for ceilings. I'm a huge Natural White fan but will consider Whisper White next time I'm painting.

No, no and no. Once timber is painted it is really hard to get back to the original. Give it a thorough clean, live with it for a year, and then decide if it still needs to be vandalised to fit your contemporary aspirations. It seems so strange that you have purchased a house that is almost 100 years old, with lots of light and period charachter, and which has had lots of people live in it before you bought it, and they never needed to paint the timber panelling. If you paint your timber panelling then the people who live in your home after you have sold it will curse our current contemporary trend of whiting out all our timber. While you are the new owner, you are also the custodian of this piece of history, and sometime in the future you will be selling your period home to new custodians. Once this current contemporary trend fades then do you plan on repainting it to fit the next current contemporary trend? Love your period home for what it is, and please don't vandalise it to match contemporary trends. Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls.

I really like the ceiling, as others said it gives it atmosphere and frames the view. When you say pine, I'm thinking you mean the finest of all the pines - Oregon which is fine grained and a warm honey colour. I have a cathedral ceiling and I would gladly swap my bland white faux Hamptons look with you any day! I would look at a large rug for the floor - if the budget is small, find a carpet that you like and get it edged as a rug - my favourite hack. I agree to bring in some black in the curtain rods and swap out al that cream/yellow paint for a neutral white. Your kitchen reminds me of mine circa 1998. Change the splash back to something neutral. Even white painted glass or a white textured or interestingly shaped tile. Swap out your bar stools for timber and introduce some timber elements in the kitchen to match the roof. Think chopping boards,, timber bowl for fruit, utensil holders, pot plants. Paint the walls white as well. All the creams in the world won't help the ceiling look better. you need to work with it not against it. Good luck and keep us up to date!