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.

I also have a window like that in our shower - it may, but doesn't normally get wet from the shower. I have put in a thin venetian blind in white (made from plastic) very cheap, under $5. I am in process of making an puffy austrian blind to hang above the window, for a bit of colour I am making it from a shower curtain). It will be there for looks, I may never pull it down. The venetian gives privacy and blocks the light a certain amount.

http://enviroshop.com.au/shop/solar-whiz-roof-ventilation-system.html this one looks good although we have not used them before. If you get one i'd be interested in any feedback. Great that you have realised the inherent flaw in the whirly birds!!!

Dear all, I am seeking input on what to do about the position of windows on an east facing wall of my planned extension (which I have posted about before) it faces towards our existing pool. Obviously one challenge is to make it look like the pool and house were designed with each other in mind, given that it is an old pool. The plan and view I attached above are the initial ones by the building designer (and there are a few other things we need to change, like the amount of glass generally on the Eastern side, especially the clerestory ones) but the advice I am seeking here is on how to place the windows in the eastern facing wall of the living area (which is the part of the extension that is adjacent to the pool just West of it). The TV and fireplace in the living area will on the Southern wall. I am thinking there will be an L shaped couch, with one side looking at the TV/FP, and the other looking out to the pool. The pool will be squared off, losing its “roman” end. A change to be made to the drafting will be that the living area as drafted will be extended further by about something a bit over 50 cm so that the South side of the extension and south side of the extension line up for aesthetics. The house cannot be extended any further South than that as the distance to the boundary must be 3m (the pool is 3m from the boundary). My thinking is that the building designer should centre the window looking out to the pool from the living room (and the structure above it providing shade) on the pool. Will this look ok? Will the bare wall next to it look odd… or as an alternative should I have windows all along the living room section (not sure that is a good idea as it is east facing and I want wall space for art.) Finally, In the inspiration photo I have posted, the fall facing the pool from the equivalent angle as my dilemma wall has a “step- in” next to the window that looks out from what looks like the master bedroom in that case. I am wondering if that could assist in my case. Any thoughts welcome, much appreciated.