A couple of things from me. Firstly, the cornice painted a yellow makes the ceilings feel lower than necessary, paint them out white or as per tour ceiling rather than accentuate the highest perimeter moulding, you don't want yo draw attention to the highest detail not being high! Secondly, to make the room feel fully addressed the window has to be looked at in context of your room. The house style is important, but more so the room space and light. As you have a verandah you probably have in direct sunlight, but the room is not large, so i would try to make the window feel part of the bigger picture rather than contrast with it. Which is what the red does, effectively looks like a red rectangle dominating a small wall. Do the opposite, taking colour cues from the room will make it feel unified, therefore bigger. The caramel carpet, for me is where I would draw upwards from. I suggest a rattan roman blind, the texture and stiffness will resolve that terrible sag, let in diffused light and provide a natural element needed in country style schemes. It allows the scenery to stand out, and colour is easily built upon it. If you need further blackout, you can install a uv cheap roller blind within the window frame, which would be hidden from view by the roman blind, so it can remain up most times and the roman can frame the beautiful view, allow light and then use the roller as your night privacy blackout blind. Most Romans look best as a frame treatment, they dress the window better than they function on them. Shutters would also be stunning with their play and filtering of light, but costly. And just a tip, your bed would feel far more luxurious in that space if it were not heavy in colour, the metal and timber, both which are not genuine as in fake cast iron and artificially stained orange pine date your space, that is not a dig, just an observation. You could do an upholstered bedhead for a luxurious look that a linen would tie in with the soft furnishings, you can address colour in many ways, but the blinds, carpet and bedhead should be neutral unless you can afford to upgrade often?.. A layering of texture and tones rather than colour is far softer in a country space, that's why it's done often, creamy whites on a caramel carpet will really brighten and freshen that space, , timber lamp bases, fabric shades, plush pillows and personality pieces, you'll have a space you can't wait to get to. I hope this was helpful!

The choice of hearth depends on the style of your room decor as well as colour wise. Hearths can be bought ready to go from most fireplace suppliers in a range of colours and styles. Do you want to sit the fireplace on the hearth or on a ledge? We did not want the ready made angled style for our house. Our tiler did the lot from building & sheeting the hearth before tiling & sealing. We love it in our room setting of timber floor, timber ceiling and next to a timber wall.The consideration was fireproof materials and size/style of hearth guided by the building code. Other materials can be tile, glass, stone, concrete just have to be fire rated and professionally installed. Slate has been a popular choice forever and comes in different grades and colours but will need sealing most likely.

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Thank you all for feedback. I was initially having white subway with maybe grey/charcoal grout but then decided that I didn’t really want tiles or more so grout to clean. That is why I thought of going with glass or acrylic. I then thought that The sample of white herringbone in the glass was maybe best option - but concerns that it will look too fake being tile pattern. So confused - can’t decide