Hi annalisa 86 -- I see the lounge as your living room with sofa's, TV and in general, the place where you relax. The rectangular openings in the wall between the two rooms are beautiful, and are a unique feature in a home! Can you please provide more photos of each room to help us see the bigger picture and properly recommend where to place the furniture? Georgina has provided great options for the rumpus room: 1) cinema room, 2) home office, and 3) formal dining room. This is a large room with a sliding door to the balcony, which makes it a room that should be used for a purpose that makes a special statement. Do you love to cook and entertain family and friends? Do you have a barbecue grill out on the balcony? If so, a large, formal dining room would be perfect for this space, particularly during the summer when guests can go outside and enjoy being on the balcony too. Another idea is a game room with pool table, poker table, bar and small pub tables, which again, would be good if you like to entertain. You could give it a sports theme and have another TV here for friends to hang out and watch the game. This idea also goes well with having a barbecue grill and outdoor patio furniture on the balcony, so guests can move between the two areas. Or, you could make the living room a formal room and use it only on special occasions and use the rumpus room as the family room where everyone hangs out, watches TV and relaxes. You could even turn it into a multi-purpose room, where you have the family room, a sewing area (for example) and a home office. Can you tell us if your lifestyle fits any of these suggestions or if any of these ideas interest you? Christi, on behalf of Thos. Baker

That is an interesting idea to paint the receding walls of house front in either 1/4 or 1/2 strength Ironstone, but I would suggest a trial run by painting a sample on large piece of cardboard (or similar), then see what you think. Ironstone for posts would look good. So that leaves the forward front wall, and you're painting it white? Is that tree still obscuring the view of this section? If so, perhaps remove its lower branches (or replace with a stunning flowering feature tree) so that section of house is more visible. If you plan to have furniture on your verandah, what about a gorgeous white wicker/cane setting in front of the lighter strength Ironstone painted walls to help balance out the white forward wall? Just some ideas...

This is a great article.... thank you for sharing :). Be nice to see this in the 'stories' section where everyone will see it.

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