Any advice if I try to figure out some of this myself? I found this website http://www.ikeasaudi.com/ikea.com.sa/images/stories/new2010/Web%20BG%202011/Kitchen/FAKTUM/FAKTUM_bg_GB.pdf Its overwelming for me. Did you use the online ikea design tool. I love your color scheme. How did you decide on that granite? I found this website too . Perhaps those cabinets are not available here but just where you are. either way I can find something similiar. Did you have any issues with ordering..getting parts.. assemely? Do you have any helpful tips for designing ? Did you actually hang them yourself? Is there anything about the cabinets that you find defective or insufficient or think could be better? Thank you so much for all your help.

Thanks Lesley looks great ! Do you have the names of the paint colours ? This has been a great help, we've been stuck on the one colour scheme and this has given us a whole new perspective. Thanks again.

Hi Macca5, It is always really exciting to embark on a new project such as yours! Removing the wall to make your living area open plan over the waterway makes a lot of sense. Is it possible to then open the kitchen view to the waterway as well by having a long countertop with storage below? I would then paint out the whole area in a warm white and bring colour in with a large area rug defining living area seating space. Large artwork will also give your home the character you look for. When choosing your pure white wall colour, it is a good 'rule of thumb' to add a tint of your largest piece of furniture, in this picture being cornflower blue. Natural light and a view! Enjoy!

We have the same challenge with those cream window frames. If you use window coverings (I will probably add warm white blinds and sheers) think about what they will look like from the outside as well. Stark white will look wrong with our style of home. I love plantation shutters, but again, can’t have them because they’d look terrible from outside.