Hi Sharon. Wow, you have done an amazing job! The paint looks great and what a lovely cheerful feature wall. The fridge looks much better ther and must be so much better for you having it closer to the action. Love the white cabinet next to it. Also, that's a beautiful window seat. In fact, your house is really lovely, with so much natural light and views to outdoors. It must be a very cheerful space for you and your family. I think the current stove wall would accomodate your fridge (integrated) and pull-out pantries as you have planned. I'm unsure if your freestanding stove will fit comfortable in space where clock used to be, as it would be pretty close to the sink. Unless you plan to have a new sink in diff configuration? I'm just thinking there's not much space between stove and drainboard for sink for you to place things while using the stove. Of course, if a new sink had drainboard running out the left side, that would give you some benchtop space btwn sink & stove. What do you think?

Looking at your lighting plan, it isn't not enough lights, it is where they are positioned. The three lights above island should be spaced directly above island for task lighting. Your plan has them across the kitchen, the same as other three in the middle of the kitchen. If you look at the photos that have been posted with pendant lights, they are all positioned over the island bench, not spread over ceiling. Hope your choice of lighting works well.

No-one seems to have talked budget . Where I'd start is actually leave the actual room as it is for a start . Eh ? Yep . Take down the nothing curtains . Go for bright colour curtains , depending on the rest of your house . Personally , I'd go for red , or white . Or red and white vertical striped . But yellow , orange , blue , green would all work . A leather lounge suite in white or red , or possibly black . A leafy pot plant in a colourful pot . And then -- a big abstract picture in complimentary colours on the brick wall -- around 1.8mtr x 1.2mtr or similar . Lighting -- stainless designer 12volt spotlights , 3 or 4 on each light . You can point and position to suit , highlight and hide features , and thge lights themselves look good without being instrusive or knocking your head . Basics done for $2k plus furniture !

The sample in the pics does look a bit yellow. I’d stay well away from anything with a red or yellow tone. I love your ceiling and it’s a feature to try and keep but as it is domineering you need to be careful of your other choices. Is the sample board a pre-finished board? On one hand that’s good because you can see the final colour but on the other hand it’s bad because the final colour is lot quite right.