Personally I would never get rid of the lovely wood trims / doors as wood is expensive and in my opinion it never dates. I am sure many other people will give you their opinions on what will match with this and that but I would just like to say - select a colour that you like for the walls - a light colour usually works well (even just an off white). Let your personality come out in your furnishings, art, knick knacks. Try to have some cohesiveness to the colour range for each room but each room can have it's own personality if you so desire. Light fittings are amazing these days and if you go to a local light shop you will be able to see the lights hanging from the ceilings / walls and if you ask you may be able to take a couple home to decide what works best for your room. Look at web sites, look in magazines, look in other peoples homes and chose your style. Don't feel you have to be like everyone else... the rooms must be right for you or you will never feel comfortable and it won't feel like home. Good Luck.

They're hard to find - I searched for ages and finally fluked the pair that I got in a cheapo little furniture place that I almost walked right past (I only went in because I was sick of looking). You could always have them made - find a style you like then take it to a carpenter/cabinet maker if you can afford that - otherwise my suggestion is keep looking in those furniture shops that you wouldn't normally check out.

hi my husband is a builder and I know about tiles a lot . there is nothing for wet area tiles . all tiles are floor and wall tiles. yea you could use rough surface tiles in wet area but it's depends on your style but you don't need to choose only rough surface . in wet area you must have to do waterproofing before laying your tiles . you can all choose from cremaic tiles to porcelain tiles. you just need to measure wall hight and width then tiles shop guys they we will work out how many sqm you need or give them your floor plan they can work it out.

​Thanks dreamer & big reader for your feedback. It is definitely something that I didn't realise with being restricted to either black or white or a really dark table. The wall looks like a dark walnut wood laminate panelling It is a shame that I'd have to go with a dark walnut table as I absolutely love the tasmanian oak colour/lighter coloured woods. Do you think it would be ok if I put a big rug underneath a lighter coloured table?