Follow the above suggestions of white curtain over wardrobe, replace bedside lamps with the taller white shades (I love the rope design given!) and change over big black cushion to white, and lower the three pictures 10 cm to fit inside the wall space given by the door frames. Make sure the doors are painted white as well as trim. Then put red lamps either side of TV - changing them to battery candles instead of electric. Change the TV antenna to one where the antenna is hidden behind a photo frame (buy from Dick Smiths I think). The whole section under the mantle and window sill including the floor brick ledge, needs to painted white gloss. Around the 'fire place' there needs a better fitting out with a wide white gloss wooden trim and inside needs work to be white at the back. Have blind same as on long windows - alternately have blind white material and put white sheers in front over long windows. Replace the two baskets to a lower wide basket with one big pot plant that leaves a 200cm gap in height from top of 'fire place'. Maybe the baskets could be further along in the corner on the brick ledge and floor under the window and have a small pot plant or vase of fresh flowers above on ledge. Hang a large red patterned fabric on the wall behind the ladder (starting slightly higher than the door frame and finishing slightly above skirting). Preferably move the electrical point to behind the dressing table or place a basket in front or can the mobile phone go on the bedside table and keep electrical point for vacuuming? Place a heavy, wide white and pale blue striped, cloth over box at end of bed or have upholstered. Finally, have a white background picture - maybe a beach scene - which includes pale blue and a touch of red or pink, above bed. Having silver wall sconces on silver edged oval mirrors either side of picture (centered over end of bed), would be wonderful as they would tie in your style of furniture. Keep the modern white shaded rope based lamps as well. I hope this helps. Best wishes.

Thanks Clipsal. I like to avoid putting more into landfill as much as possible especially when you have great "bones" to work with. I believe the brushed chrome electrical cover plate is from you guys. I've recently used your products on another jobs. :) Detail, details - make a HUGE difference.

Hi Lorna, it is a lovely space. A big challenge in these rooms is getting comfortable storage because the only walls offering height is the wall you need for the bed. The other walls are too low for you to be able to access storage on them even if you position it there(like under the window seat). So if you need storage/closet space, you might want to consider putting the wardrobe/closeton the far left side next to the bed so that it doesn't close in the room too much and then have a chest of drawers on the right side(1st image), or if that won't give you enough storage you might need to go either side of the bed, in which case, putting shelves behind the bed will project your bed forward out of the recess between the closets(2nd image). Also worth considering a bed without an and so that is one less thing to dodge around(and kick you toe on) in the tighter space. Happy renovating:)

Hi Paul, I hear your collective frustration! my comment about light bouncing into your eyes was in response to your question about bouncing light onto your faces from a light placed behind the vanity (from memory). Have you seen Dr Renos comment here - still the most logical response to me. https://www.houzz.com.au/discussions/5148857/where-to-place-power-points-and-lights#n=5 So I'm going to go for side lights next to the vanity cabinet. Trouble is, my vanity is off-centre to the cabinet mirror, so I still have to sort that one out. Time spent really considering this is well worth it. I think LED downlights may very well cast shadows, sorry to say :-) and the next consideration is what colour temperature - warm white or daylight? For relaxing ambience (75% bathroom function) it will def be 3000 warm white for me, however for the vanity functions it will be 4000K (daylight) so I will probably get the vanity lights switched separately to the main room light, maybe put that on a dimmer... I know there are some LED bulbs available that enable the colour temp to be changed within the same bulb...