I remember years ago being in a similar predicament and someone gave me some mirror tiles - I glued them on the the wall and thought I was very clever. They actually did look much better in my eyes. Try not to spend too much - I think everyone's idea of a shower curtain will all the bathroom colours in it would probably be the best option. You'll laugh about it in years to come and you will love the improvements you make over time. Enjoy the moment, unless you're selling soon your ideas will change after living there, so change when you can afford it - who cares it's YOURS. Good luck, it's so rewarding and so much fun. P.S. now we have a small bathroom, wall to wall tiles, dark grey on the floor and white on all the walls with a large grey tile up each opposing wall, tall mirror over the handbasin which reflects the opposite wall then a full length bath with shower over it. It works perfectly and looks great.

Just a thought - Have you tested the existing cladding for asbestos prior to removing? Some of my coastal clients also feel the need to 'fill' the corrugations at the ends prior to capping or butting up to end frames: to dissuade small creatures from also moving in to a nice new home. Colorbond Surfmist will look great and horizontal will help to balance your homes height, however, it also gives ridges where dust and dirt sits and so needs to be hosed down more often - probably a good idea as it removes some of the salt as well. Good luck with the reno, the Architects image looks great.

Hi I recently painted a small fibro house and I recommend not going too dark with the colour if is a smaller place as it looks. I chose an ochre colour and it was too heavy for the cheap, light material. Still, I kind of liked it as it warmed it up a bit, given it was in a dense, wet foliage. If I did it again I would choose cream. No offence to the other contributors, I like grey, but I wouldn't do this kind of house in grey. Grey looks good when the materials are good quality, but can look jail cell if not. If you like grey, I suggest a very pale grey. Cladding might really help as Sarah H suggested, it can be a little depressing to come home to such unprotecting looking exterior. I would do the lattice at the bottom a darker colour to 'ground' the house.

What a fantastic room! Great advice above. The panelling would look great if budget allows, if not I would simply replace the panels. They look riddled with mould unfortunately. Also it would be good to determine why the mould is there - it may simply be a ventilation issue, but check for roof leaks otherwise you may have the same problem again. As a bit of a left-of-field idea, I grew up in a fabulous neo-Georgian 1950s home (it had been built & owned by an interior designer and featured in House & Garden back then) and it had a sunroom that had an amazing ceiling lined in fabric - it was a chintz with varying width stripes in tonal shades of soft-mid green. Actually sounds terrible now I write about it, but it was fabulous, really gave the room personality and made it feel quite outdoorsy. It seemed to be attached around the room at the cornices (and even had an almost loose pelmet around the cornices), then draped slightly, was attached in the centre long the length of the room then draped slightly to the other side. As I said, left of field, but if you wanted even as a short term solution (it could even go over the panel frames after you remove the mouldy panels) til you save and/or work out what you can do, it would certainly celebrate the era of your home! I managed to find a couple of images of similar ideas. It was very similar to this: ^ Then the stripe was actually very similar to that but in shades of mid soft green.