Hi, here is the post with all the changes. The washing machine ended up in the bathroom in the end. http://houzz.com/discussions/2830761

We've just painted a white lead light style window black, and it's amazing how clean it looks against the white walls, plus adds interest. We are doing our doors next too - I think it will look great and recommend you go for it :) The doors with some sort of beading or detailing seem to break up the solid mass of black and look very elegant.

Hi Lorna Lux, I think there are some serious issues with the layout of your house. Both the living room at the front and the family and dining at the back have circulation needs that restricts furniture placement. I would be good for you to put your furniture into the spaces and see how you will need to move around it. A large amount of the circulation is wasting usable space and you are trying to fit a lot into a reasonably small house, which as Dr Retro mentions, makes the spaces quite pokey. For instance, if this is a tight urban site, which it appears to be restricted in width, why not look at bringing the entrance in part way down the side of the house which would allow much better use of the front room. You can still make a really great feature of your entry down the side and it is cheaper to create that space outside rather than give over precious floor space internally. I don't think it is ideal to enter either bedroom 1 or 2 directly off the family, dining and kitchen space. Do the occupants of bedroom 2 have walk past the dining and kitchen and up the hallway to use the shower or bath? A bit of a hike. I have worked on tight 10m wide sloping sites in inner city suburbs and there are good solutions that only take a bit of fine tuning to make them great spaces to live in. Good luck, Christine.

I feel your laundry pain :( My laundry is just over 2m x 2m with two doors (one inwards/one outwards). Was an external wash-house - now internal due to 80's extention. Moving that back door sounds expensive! Don't know if this is even possible...? move washer, dryer to other wall (where cupboards may be?) & have a narrower bench & sink? Maybe $$$ plumbing to move wm taps & maybe sink needed for wm overflow? But if already ripping out the kitchen plumbing... ??