Dear Bronwyn: thanks - I am an anthropologist - took a lot of linguistics and LOVE identifying regional names - I seem to do pretty well. However, yours is such a classical name - would be hard to mis-identify! :-) I am SO glad you have fallen in love with your beautiful home. I assume you are in England ?, not US, definitely go to flea-markets, swap sales and find an old stove replacement if this your concept. I don't know how big any of your bathrooms are, but we placed our double-stack in the bathroom! I also then made a very "small" partition - about 15 inches framed- which provides the idea of separatness from the bathing area. However, our bath is a rather large space - as it was the original back porch. This could free up some space in your pantry? And you might consider framing in and doing a cabinet finish for the fridge - then it would not stick out like a sore thumb. Please check out on line: Rusteoleim (paints) - they have entire new kits for refinishing cabinets -and countertops? Since you are a re-doer - perhaps having wooden countertops made would better suit your home? I would certainly NOT use granite, or something of this ilk - I think this would detract from the feel of the home. This also might give you an opportunity to save some pennies and wait to get what you really want to have - I actually did NOT have a kitchen sink for 15 years - it was in the bathroom [(one of those long old porcelain kitchen sinks (country)] because this was the only place in the home which was plumbed - OUCH! I guess the moral of the story is: I could be worse! :-)

What did you end up choosing Sanyukta? Would be interested in seeing what you chose to go with the greeny-white.

Beautiful view kalgansouth! If I read correctly the recess is to the left of the wallpapered main wall and out of sight until you are in the room? It depends on your overall scheme really & the recess is maybe meant to be for a dresser or bench so a mirror could be the best idea to reflect the view!

We did,no problems. First find a wallpaper you like in the wallpaper books here in Aus, take note of name, code number and batch then go looking online. We bought ours from a online retailer in Dundee in Scotland. They sent out samples for a small cost, and the cost all together including shipping was a quarter of the price here in Aus!!