What a great room - the potential here is endless! The curtains definitely need to come down first, they completely overwhelm those stunning windows. I'd go for super soft white, sheer, floor length curtains, and the walls would look beautiful in a beige color with white ceiling and trims. Can you afford to replace the blue lino? Even if it's just a different colour lino in a neutral shade like cream or beige it would make a big difference. The tablecloth could be replaced with nice placemats (white or natural fibres) or if you really love tablecloths go for one that is a bit more neutral like white or beige and have a nice centerpiece ie a small plant, vase, candles or similar. Also add a few decorative items to the sideboard on the right - a lamp (with a WARM white bulb of course) is a good start plus provides lovely mood lighting to dine by. Good luck with your makeover and happy decorating!

Amazing transformation!!

Great thankyou so much Annabel for posting! Looks great. The project will be amazing when finished.

gorgeous location ..consider wide grassed ramps to criss cross the slope diagonally from top to bottom, 1.5m+ plus wide paths will allow for easy mowing and two people to walk side by side...Tube stock is so much better for big areas needing multiple plants and you'll get better results quicker than the more expensive bigger plants ...use mass plantings of the same species like Correas and Westringeas... we had great success stabilizing slopes with a variety of Casuarinas suitable for the local area and fast growing wattles were good to create quick windbreaks while other trees and shrubs became established..(the wattles are short lived and gaps left when they go are filled in by other maturing plants) buying multiple tube stock we were able to economise with deals that included the plants, labour for planting and tree guards for orders of hundreds ..digging trenches (as apposed to single holes) and planting closer together, adding drip irrigation, mulching heavily and using tree guards for shelter and to prevent drying out and/or fences to keep out kangaroos will also help... keep the areas close to the house free of shrubs and garden beds and include wide mown paths as snakes are usually happier to stay in the rockeries and shrubs, don't feed pets outside to attract mice and snakes and, given a suitable area, a dam is always a bonus to create a destination for walking around the garden and giving wildlife their own space and, as a welcome surprise, we found that bulbs and irises introduced some colour in Spring and Autumn and propagation from a few parents plants quickly expanded into mass plantings..happy gardeniing