@mazpt, yes of course. Here are a few more pictures showing how kitchen, living and dining, and outdoor deck and bbq area flow together. Oska kitchen is really neat in detailing; wood grain on the doors for example, are matched across as many doors as long as a 2.4m sheet allow. Floor turned out very nice too. Light natural colour, wide and long boards, laid length way all the way from front door to the back makes the space looks a bit bigger. Although it is still a floating floor, there are minimal floor movement that make squeak sound, most of the floor are feels solid. I hope that floor squeaking noise will settle over time.

Hi Harmony, Yes it is getting there! Laundry/kitchen: If I can read the dims my plan will work very well. See if you can follow me here.. left to right dims… l'd 600 bench, 1 m walk, 600 broom & shelf in pantry, 700 depth for 'frige and panty is then 1300, 1200 between benches & 1200 wide island = 2400 along outside wall for DW & sss. This should leave 3600 for meals which is great. Keep chute: get it in the right place! washing then arrives in l'dry. So bench backing garage is where u want bench (sorting) sink (rinse & soak) WM then TD if you need one with bench above. and overhead cupboards to keep the nasties out of kiddies reach. This is the flow of washing from dirty to washed to go outside. The other side backing kitchen is ideal to have some rails to finish off drying or airing, for brought in clean clothes, when ready: fold, stack for kids to take back up stairs. With broom cupboard next to outside door, there are no dead corners! Yippee! Someone put a powder room in here but not needed with the guest bedroom just across the hall. I was trying to make the shower and loo not visible from hall but still accessible from outside. I am sure guests staying of visiting can use this bathroom. Upstairs: I like my layout for ensuite: robe first putting distance between bathroom and bed. Window in robe I mentioned, so you can find sox without light, also lovely to open up for fresh air blast every now then. Looking along vanity to bath and to window. I do like the separate room for loo please with a window. Again not sure of dims but sure it will fit. Bathroom is tope with three people able to use it at once and each area with light and air. Doesn't matter with linen store. to have light and air. This looks to me like a lot of house to clean but a forever home to enjoy entertaining as kiddies grow and family expands. I hope you let us know the final plans and built pix would be lovely to see too. May I ask a favour of you: to write a short testimonial on my page here on Houzz so as others can find me and my design skills too. Thank you Cheers and good luck. Margot

Start again, but this time in a charcoal colour. Charcoal on the fence is always a fantastic backdrop for the greenery of plants.

First , just some info that may help you or others -- Dulux have a colour called Beechwood , which is an off-white , and Beech Woods ( 2 seperate words , and with an 's' ) which is a sandy colour . Sandy Day is lighter than Beech Woods , and comes in quarter and half too -- as Beech Woods is getting closer to a mushroom tone , I feel it doesn't 100% go with your brick , so personally I'd go Sandy Day half or even quarter . The plinth , at present , is in the buttery colour , and although I don't like that shade these days ( fine in the 70's haha ) , it does break the look and almost underlines the brick . Ordinarily , I'd say do the plinth monument so that it blends and almost anchors the base , but as it isn't all that high , in this case I'd go quite light ( if you have done the gable etc in Sandy Day half , for example , maybe get a 500ml can of Sandy Day full to do the plinth , it will reference the upper level , and look good IMO . As Kate says , its way easier to re-do it in charcoal later if desired , rather than the other way around .