@georgi02 Thank you so much! I've noted it all down and will follow this up next weekend. Regarding the pictures, that was the first thing I did when we got the keys. Can never be too safe with realtors! (I live in Sydney's inner west -blackwattle bay).

Hi Sasha, You are more than welcome.

I'm glad you did the photo's, you'll probably not need them, but it's better to have them just in case.

I'm in Sydney too and after running all over Sydney looking for soft furnishing that wont add up to more than the country's gross national debt - these are the best places to start. If you can get to Alexandria, check out Kas warehouse at 78 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria (they're open from 9am-5pm Saturdays) they have a great selection of quilt covers, (some gorgeous) cushions, bean bags, bathroom mats, sometimes they have readymade curtains etc that are always discounted and during their sales you can pick up things for a song. https://shop.kasaustralia.com.au . The other thing that I'd be doing is going through the Sydney Bargain Shoppers Guide - it covers everything you could possibly think of http://www.bargainshopper.com.au/sydney. I'd check out Freedom, Spotlight and Lincraft for ready-made and/or continuous curtains. Happy shopping,

Hi Sasha and Georgi02. I've used the 3M strips and while I love them for hanging on tile or laminex, I've had them fail and tear out chunks of plasterboard when used for less than 12 months. For artwork I've used small picture hooks like these

http://www.bunnings.com.au/tic-4kg-brass-plated-picture-hanging-angle-drive-hooks-25-pa . Yes, they leave a pinprick hole, but you remove them by hand and the small hole is easily repaired with spakfilla and you won't notice it afterwards. All the best decorating

Hi Sasha. What a great space with lots of scope to move your furniture around, and all that natural light! The first thing I noticed was the dark curtains drawing my eye to the dark window frames. Although you clearly can't do anything about the latter, I would definitely change the former. My go-to place for quick affordable pieces is Ikea and my advice would be to measure up the windows and head for their roller blinds and curtains. If you put 3 or 4 block-out blinds up under that pelmet you can control how much light and/or privacy you'd like and by replacing those dark curtains with a lighter linen variety, you'll add a contemporary feel to the room and bring the attention away from the [I assume] aluminium frames. You could get enough to span the entire width or just a couple for the ends.

Splash out on a generous tall houseplant like a [dragon tree[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/midcentury-bedroom-midcentury-bedroom-philadelphia-phvw-vp~1905898) for any area's that you might like to add height - I think we tend to fall into the trap of having two visual levels in a room, one being the furniture which tends to end at about hip-height, and the other being art or such for eye level. Both of these are horizontal lines but a tall voluminous plant adds a vertical element like a standard lamp. I'd move yours away from the corner though and place it against a larger expanse of wall. If it has to stay in a corner, put something tall behind/beside it like a narrow book case, or an artwork that's centered with the lampshade. Then it looks like it has purpose.

Also, I would move the sofa away from the wall and add a console table as a place to display treasures. Can you swap the long chaise part of the sofa to the other end? Doing this would define that area more and open up the view of your outdoor area. In fact, I'd be tempted to rotate the sofa 90deg to face the windows and put a sofa table/book case behind it for extra storage. I assume that's your TV along the wall to the right - you could shuffle it down towards the window corner and angle it towards the sofa [that would reduce glare on the screen from the window too].

If you do this, you'll create an area for the dining table if you want. I'm not sure from the picture if your table is currently against a wall or if there's more room off to the right that we can't see. If it's against the wall, I'd be moving it across to the left to about where that rug currently sits [a bit further this way though - if that makes sense!] Here's an example of what I'm thinking. That's where the rugs come in.

I'd be using two large rugs to both define the areas and protect the carpet. One under the dining table and one under the sofa. These are both areas where the carpet can quickly get grubby!

Large artworks are, as you say, a challenge but they don't have to be hung. If you have a large vertical canvas you can prop it against the wall or sit smaller works up on a narrow table [another use for that console table!]. Try to find [or even make] some large canvasses that have a lot of white in them and retire that red pic in the black frame for a while. If you go for the light/white curtains then a complimentary artwork will help to freshen the whole area.

Hope I've been able to help a bit!

if your walls are white and the holes are small a dot of toothpaste will fill the hole nicely

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Use wallpapers with blinds and you'll be great! You can design your blinds @ qualityblinds.com.au and check wallpapers locally. Wallpapers will be better bought @ a local store!