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Thank you all for your suggestions and advice, there are some great ideas there, I particularly like the look of corrugated iron in keeping with the 'farm' theme. If we were to go down the path of applying mortar, could we then paint it all? I've attached an image of something that I think could work if we were to do that.. To give an idea of the style that we're hoping to achieve - the interior of the house is largely laminate timber walls which I'm in the process of painting white and we're pulling up the brown tiles (in the living/kitchen/dining area) and carpets (in the bedrooms) and replacing with floating floorboards and new carpet in a neutral colour. The attached image is the most similar I can find to our 'style'. We are very lucky to have such an amazing view that's for sure! OkLouise, thank you for providing a name for the bricks - I have had such a hard time researching what to do with them because I had no idea what they were! Thanks again everyone - I really appreciate you putting thought into our project!

Hi, Kethy have something similar to the handles that they used. Only in black and brass though I believe https://www.kethy.com.au/product/l4370-brass Riley

Colour is so personal . Myself , I actually would keep the existing blue tiles if possible , as opposed to going white . Assuming you aren't going to have colourful appliances on display , white tiles and white walls and white doors and white windows and a stainless range and hood and oak benchtops and floor doesn't get me at all excited ! In fact , look at the pictures . Imagine you aren't changing anything , EXCEPT you have removed the top row of tiles everywhere they don't 'hit' a cupboard , and replaced in a deeper blue , and you almost would have saved $5k ! A bit of a lift , a newer look -- the existing bits all look fine and usable to me .