Hi Beth, I'm so pleased you may have a solution with the click-clak flooring, so hard to fix something like that!!! I mentioned in my earlier post that I found a discontinued tile by simply ringing every tile place I could find in Australia, as I have a home plus plan with Telstra where any call in Australia is free, except for mobiles. I found this perfect tile for my bathroom, a feature tile, only to find out it wasn't being made any more but I decided to see if the tile stores might still have some sitting in the back room so to speak and to my surprise I obtained over 20 of these tiles, some at a reduced price, some at half price, and some even for free. Still haven't used them as we're not up to that stage yet in our build but at least I have them and even a few spare. My offer to help is genuine, let me know if I can help you. My mobile number is 0409 014 658 Cheers, Barbara

There used to be a discontinued tile store in Sydney.

Great job- really fantastic. A tip for anyone in the process of renovating a bathroom: I used Blake and Taylor chalk paint with a couple of sealer coats to paint a laminex vanity in our bathroom- and it looks great. Easy to apply and looks like a million dollars now. include new knobs from the great range at Paddington Hardware, and you can spend the money you've saved on good tapware.

nothing wrong with a mixed but balanced materials palette.....we regularly mix weatherboard cladding with rendered sections, but it comes down to how it's configured and the form articulated....the problem is when say only the lower level is render and then you have a lightweight upper form articulation - it screams obvious upper level add on, rather than seamless extension.......... It's always about balance and texture - on your home the tiles provide a nice complimentary textural contrast to the render.....you pull this out and replace with a more streamlined contemporary material you'll get a different look - it could well work, but as always when we deal with these types of project we try to respect, preserve and derive the solution form the original character as much as possible........ If you are using an architect specialising in this type of work then it sounds like you are in good experienced hands and rather than confuse the process for yourself you'd be best to work through the options with them privately - it can be almost too confusing and overwhelming the you get multiple opinions, particularly say from here where your context and the project subtlety/details are not fully understood... Best of luck with it Cheers PD :)