If using Colorbond colours, try using a combination of Woodland Grey, Paperbark and Pale Eucalypt.

Priya from the link I posted above. Collection: Mother of Pearl Tile Material: Seashell Color: Natural White, majority chips are white, with small percentage of natural yellow and minimun natural grey; overall is white Shape: Penny Round Surface Finish: Glossy,easy for cleaning Size: 12x12 In. (300x300mm) Chip Size:?Appr. 1 In. (23mm) Thickness: 8mm Detailed Description: Each sheet of this tile is approximately 1 sq ft per sheet and is mesh mounted on high quality fiber glass for easy installation of your mosaic tile projects. Application: Mother of Pearl mosaic tiles are impervious to the elements, thus it is great for both interior and exterior use so moisture is not an issue. Mother of Pearl mosaic tiles are great on floors and walls and have been most popular in bathrooms, spas, kitchen backsplash, wall facades as well as a variety of other applications. Characteristics: The mother of pearl mosaic tile has a zero water absorption rate, and this tile exceeds ANSI standards for water absorption for mosaic tile. It is strong, durable, contamination free, and only the best quality tiles are selected as our tiles are inspected for blemishes before shipment. They do look a lot like the marble tiles but these would certainly be pretty. I see that you can have a sample sent to you for a small cost .join www,myus.com which gives you a post box US address if needed to do this. You will certainly need to grout them using a water mould proof grout. If you found them to be a problem just have them covered with clear glass,

Thanks For the inspiration Julie. I’m thinking we might go with a darker colour for the back wall like one of your photos. I’m not sure if we will retain the jasmine creeper or go with another approach to planting. There is only about 1m between the pool edge and the walll The main view is at the end of the pool and that will definitely stay!

Hi Charlie, If you want to outdoor living on the north side as a priority, go for it. I have attached a sketch that allows you to do this and maintain 4 good sized bedrooms. I have assumed you could change your pedestrian access to the house to match where your cars access the house on the north. This will reduce how much of your outdoor space is given over to access rather than usable space. Forgive me if I'm wrong on this point. The sketch maintains a large number of the internal walls and one of the existing bathroom locations. I have closed the front door and put in the master ensuite in its place, this way there is an external window for this room. You may need to consider means of escape from the bedrooms by putting big low level windows in or french doors from B1 onto the verandah. If you don't like this idea, you could make B4 the master and put the second bathroom where the powder room is but this would make both bathrooms smaller and with small kids I think it will be nicer to have a separate powder room. So, all the bedrooms are at the front and all the living is at the back, though I am suggesting you switch what is back and front!!! The roof structure and ceiling over the new living area could possibly be altered to be higher to make it feel bigger. You could change the trusses to rafters and beams where needed, possibly within the existing roof envelope and have sloping ceilings. Open the new living up to the back yard (new front)as you want. New openings will need to be adequately structured. I have also shown a courtyard off the kitchen and dining. This is to the west so you will need a shade structure outside the kitchen or it will be too hot to cook in the evening. The dining could move to the back of the house in conjunction with the living and have just a breakfast area opening onto the court instead. This will be more private that then north space and will be nice and cool in the morning or great for autumn and spring evenings. The only down side of this is the long corridor but that is a function of these 'single stack' houses. You could make B3 smaller and the corridor could double as a playroom if your kids are small and you could put in an additional door between B3 and the powder room to keep their mess out of view!!! It might be a bit hazardous for you if it is not kept tidy but you could introduce storage down one side for toys etc. It seems like a wide corridor so it could work. Good luck, Christine.