Hi, I am at same stage of renovating kitchen, regional Western Australia, harder to get different but I have found these at my local tile shop, that had to be ordered in, not up yet but our house is 1960 build and I had the red brick exposed with glass over the top, while very unique and lots of positive comments it was in a chimney location and debris fell behind and I have had it replaced once to clean it up and it happened again so I am afraid it is going, I am covering with same stone as bench top in fire place but I am using some marble tiles on other area. I wanted the stone behind stove top for cleaning purposes but I love the tiles I have selected I hope they look as good once up, I agree about not wanting house stuck too much in 50/60, my bricks were red and I found it quite dark when cooking as well, I am looking forward to clean white behind stove, I actually found the harshness of the old brick a bit depressing.. I don't think industrial look is for me .. I love your lights I think I actually had them on my list... the whole look looks fabulous, I hope you are surviving, I have had enough of cooking in the laundry but I must say I could write a book on the creative gourmet using $29 electric frying pan from target, I have fallen in love with it. :)

@girlguides - all projects, no matter what they are, come down to simply a process of sequential decision-making. The individual decisions are not rocket science and when broken down logically everybody and anybody has the capacity to make the decisions.....when people/clients say to me "I'm hopeless I can't decide, I'm not good with decisions etc " my response in one form or another is "No, you in fact can do this, you just need some clarity and guidance" Without getting too deep into it, (and it's a separate conversation/story), years of university study proved somewhat disconnected from the "real world" of design & architecture. However there was one particular lesson/concept that's stayed with me and seems to inherently apply daily to what we do: 'design (or project) decisions require a sound reason and bulletproof argument' . That's all there is to it really. You do/follow this and it naturally steers towards both viable and appealing outcomes, as the decision making is always grounded, with some sense of purpose logic and confidence. Where I find people getting stuck or lost with it all is when the path of decision-making has either been pursued out of logical sequence or has become compromised (or contaminated!) by irrelevance to the particular situation. I always endeavour to starting with fundamental aspects, derived from the client (personal preferences/requirements) and of course the contextual elements and limitations. From that point, you always have a solid foundation to build project decisions upon and you can always then refer back to it at times of being stuck or overwhelmed. If you're caught on something, break it down and take it back a little, regain the footing/hold, then continue. Regardless of a project's scale or complexity understanding and implementing these basics can go a long way to avoiding projects getting off track or ending up at the wrong place if you know what I'm saying ;) Cheers PD

Hi again, Lorraine here, I looked closer at your pictures of the area. I also noted your comment regarding "what if" you re do your kitchen. So, we all can do that and then time tics away and we dont do anything and frustration sets in as you really just want to change the things you have been looking for many years. The picture you have taken tonings from is very near your kitchen. the chairs to the table are the most pronounced of the colour you are seeking. Around the larger part of the room there are only little touches of the tone you like. Your rooms are very light with the blinds up. So I think the kitchen can take darker colours. Like the very deep grey outline of the fishes or the deep blue/grey in the painting or colour of the chairs. Laminex limed cement is a wonderful deep colour and will bring the benches alive. Then with removing the heavy door handles and seeing if you can use the push and clip fittings - you wont have any door handles but use a neater steel looking knob for your drawers or brushed steel handles on cupboards if you cant get the push and clip things inside. Paint the front board looking into the lounge and the cupboards a deep grey/blue colour to fit with the, mid deeper colour in the painting and the outline of the fish and the red will fit in nicely. Keeping your blinds up allowing the light in more than not will bring the room to life. Take out the floor runner. Do you use your stools? with the table right there are the stools necessary? if not take them away and ensure that area of the cupboards at front is painted - this gives a clearer area defining "kitchen". hope this helps Loz

Ros213 GI, I think it depends on how much you want to spend. Both options can look beautiful. I also saw on this site somewhere that people had used a stencil to paint a wallpaper like wall (it was in a lounge room but looked great all the same). I tiled to the ceiling in both small bathrooms that I have just renovated....tiles and tiling work out quite an expensive outlay. However, I was doing some dreaming the other day, and went through a home that I can't afford, as per link.........it's bathrooms gave a sense of luxury and beauty and yet very little of the walls were tiled....I think it all comes down to good design in the end....https://www.realestate.com.au/property-townhouse-qld-grange-133034482