The throw and the cushions for me, but then, blue always catches my eye. I just love it. The whole setting is fabulous, gorgeous window, lovely view.

Something to consider with roller blinds- The blockout ones can really block the airflow in Summer, and if you do leave the louvres open, the slightest breeze will cause the bottom rod to bang against the window frame. You can fix them so they don't do this, but again you have the reduced airflow.....which is why you have louvres in the first place. We have the same problem. My son's bedroom. He seems to have adjusted to no window coverings. Luckily we have no privacy issues.

my suggestion contains the toilet and shower in a separate ventilated small bathroom with an open vanity and wiw designed to fit around the windows and original sliding doors cutting through the brick wall is a better entry than off the kitchen and allows more flexibility for the ens and wiw but precise measurements of the distance between the outside edges of the architraves around the sliding doors into the corners on both sides and the width and height off the floor to the outside edges of the architraves) of the windows may suggest other options and the bedroom is very generous and could have additional storage to suit the style of the house

" .....there has to be a better design " - that's why I'd love some input here! The 800mm gap under the box gutter will hold storage, the toilet, the 'european laundry' and the wardrobe for Bedroom 3, so certainly not wasted space. It will address all the storage needs, and will enable the garden-facing side to be quite open. No - pergola timbers are not preexisting - extending new ones from the new roof will be the primary shading device, and can have anything added to them to shade them. The box gutter enables the extension roof to be pitched upwards towards the west, creating a higher ceiling, enabling some kind of opening above the bifolds, to enable hot air to be expelled. Not that my own finances are the business of this discussion, but if I can get to lockup stage with my own cash, I can apply for a bank loan for the fitout. I'm not sure of your own experience OKL, but preliminary quotes for lockup stage were around the ballpark I'd mentioned earlier. I'll upload an updated floorplan soon :-)