It would off been nice too have a few photos of the room from different angles as this would help with ideas on what wall would be best for the feature wall. To break up all that mirror you could use a spring loaded curtain rod and using a light weight fabric with either tabs or grommets for the rod to go through so that you can pull the fabric aside when you need to use the mirror or to get something out of the wardrobe. In the past when I use to rent, I use to fold up and take down the blinds and then used spring loaded curtain rods inside the window bay and place in light weight fabric nets or a nice shear fabric used in dressmaking to add some colour to the room. I am not a big fan of blinds I find them in personal and cold. Depending on your colour likes, you could use red through to orange. Red and yellow being a prime colour and as such orange is a companion colour made from the primaries and that's why they work so well together. Day lilies have bold red through to yellow so this could be a guide for that palette choice. Don't use black is too bold with yellow, but using mid to light ranged greys are good. Creams and whites will work look at the daffodil range for colour inspiration there. Always look at what colours can be made from yellow and a second primary colour as this will give you your shades to soften the primaries down. Yellow - Red = oranges Yellow - White = creams Yellow - Blue = greens By doing this I think you might find the colour combo that you will like, and it's not just the primaries that you can use look at the second primaries and see what goes with the yellow and try mixing it up a little. At the end of the day it's a bedroom so you don't want loud colours, you will want soft warm colours that help with calming but also romantic too. I hope that you manage to find something that you will like in the end :-) just enjoy the journey of discovery :-) Angela

Millie on ABC gardening did a segment awhile ago where she made a rustic pergola out of found objects. She used branches and held them upright using old gal rubbish bins filled with bricks and rubble. Then she put more branches across the top. Free if you get the materials from hard rubbish or tip shops!

Hi Renee, I like the space and your furniture. Grey monochromes are very soothing, but need some colour for contrast. Some greenery would provide the life to make it all work. Your main problem is access, and the way the furniture is arranged it makes a small space even smaller by creating a skinny passage to the balcony, basically dead space. Here is my suggestion for a more open furniture arrangement. This provides room for a round dining table without eliminating the buffet. I would suggest a round glass coffee table so your beautiful rug remains the defining point of the lounge area. I would keep the TV on the low unit so it won't block too much of the light. That is also a better viewing height when sitting down. A big leaf pot plant alongside would complete that end and tie it all together. You might think about getting rid of the 3 silver sculptures (hear no evil, see no evil...). Purely decorative objects can easily make a small space seem cluttered, and they steal useful unloading surfaces.

Audrey In Brisbane we can legally create a house with semi-self-contained units/flattettes. This can be done without a Develpment Approval. It does need a Building Approval, but for the changes you might need, you woudl need a Buidlign Approval anyway. These houses in Brisbane can consist of up to five bedrooms (assuming 1 person per bedroom) which can be ensuited and have a tea bench (small hotel like kitchen). You then provide a share kitchen and laundry. Ideally, you could also incorporate a common room. This house appears to have good bones to achieve this. With Airbnb I am currently doing similar to what you are looking at (although in Spring Hill). They take only 3%. My house needs renovation, but in there $180/week gives them a room and share bathrooms and kitchens and all bills paid. This property you are looking at has this opportunity immediately. With not much work you could provide a mix of products with several ensuited rooms as well as just rooms. If it was me, I'd be claiming the rear as mine and renting the house's front bits. I think you could bring up to $600/week depending on the condition of the property and location (again assuming you kept the two rear rooms and rumpus as your retreat with garden facing rooms (so you can keep an eye on the dogs, tend a garden and have an escape from the rest of the house. This is not to say you have to totally exclude tenants from access to it. If you want to chat more please feel free to contact me. The house appears to have great potential. Cheers David ( an Architect who believes in living small and economically without missing out on the luxuries home can provide)