My house, built in 2003, has purple feature walls in the dining room and 2 bedrooms and green feature walls in 1 bedroom and 2 living areas. That was the fashion then. Recently I decided it's time for an update as the feature walls seem to be absorbing all the light and making the house very dark. So far I've undercoated 2 of the feature walls and what a difference it makes! The rooms are much lighter and now I have to decide on whether to add a lighter colour as feature walls or paint them the same colour as the rest of the room.

Hi Alyaa just confirming a few things for you. Definitely pull the sofa and pair of chairs away from the walls approx. 20 cm. The current trend with rugs is to run them 20 to 30 cm under the front legs of the main seating so any rug needs to be much bigger. I like your use of texture and self pattern in the current one so a new one that's similar just larger would be good. Your colourful, patterned scatter cushions are fine for adding some pattern as well as colour but I think you need a block coloured one in your green tone to sit in between each pair. See Oskuee's scatter suggestions above. I like the block coloured green one, second from the top. A large piece of art as suggested by Gallery 360, positioned to the left of the sofa that is against the 3 tall narrow windows will add more personality. On the side table, a table lamp would add ambience. Either of Oskuee's drum pendant light fittings would be perfect. Avoid any light fitting that is mid-century modern in style as this does not suit your design style. On the coffee table, create a single grouping (vignette) of three pieces of varying heights rather than four separate pieces that crowd the top. Lastly if you were able to get a second matching side table for the opposite corner between the two sofas that would be great, as I would describe your style as modern classic and pairs work well.

Hi, just a word of caution re Lilly Pillies. We planted 55 along our boundary in March and lost them all due to frost over the winter. They were supposed to be frost tolerant... but we had unusually severe frosts this year. In hindsight we might have saved them if we had protected them, but we escaped the Tassie winter for a mth to U.K. and it was too late by the time we got home. So if you do go Lilly Pillies consider providing some protection until they are well established.

Thanks everyone for all the input, I have confirmed with the owner today who says they are Manchurian Pears. As stunning as they are I am not sure they are the right choice for where I want them....I want a row of autum colour/spring blossom (ideally soft pink) with lush green leaves in summer. The garden bed is about 1.2 m deep and 16 metres length, colour bond fence will be behind trees. On the other side of the future fenceline on the adjoining block is a sewer easement apparently large concrete pipe... so want to be mindful of invasive roots. Also what I like about these trees is the rounder shape with the " sticky outward" type branches rather than capital pears which seem to have branches more upright. Suggestions given these criteria? Thx for all the input..I love this site!!