Yes, it does come down to personal taste, but the overall look of your initial kitchen that has the concrete look tiles is beautiful. It would appeal to a wider audience too I think than the navy blue. If you concrete look tiles looked like those in the picture it would look great (as compared to a more matt look concrete tile which may not look as good). I say no to the herringbone look timber in your whole place downstairs. It will probably cost more to lay and I think it adds complexity that you don't need in a home as beautiful as an old queenslander. If you do decide on timber, I would stick with it being just straight planks. (Herringbone is flavour of the month now and I love it for tiles, but it makes a very big statement that not appeal to everyone if you are putting it in a much bigger area like kitchen etc). Good luck.

good to hear about yr Dulux experience. Beware of dark wall colours. I have a black wall in my second toilet and I love it. I have two black doors, asking for notes and photos. I had paint Hog Bristle half and find that TOO dark and what is worse: too sweet. I painted Half Lexicon and I find it really blue, something I could not see in samples at all. And every room looks different with different light conditions. When the sun shines in all is fine. No sun is fine, too. LED light hammers on the walls and brings the blue out... the lounge looks like a VET practice. Just the dogs missing. Other colours will come to the rescue. (I hope) The dark timber floor..... fabric... new floor lights.... All of this will work together in the end. And I am sure you will not have funny colours in yr window glass..... :) And I am sure the walls will vanish once you have started some living in the newly painted environment. So have fun in the process. apologies for the waffle

We did think of pulling up some tiles from elsewhere, but they are stuck way too well and would certainly break. Everything in this place is built to withstand a massive tornado, or maybe a bomb blast! We think the builder had shares in the company that made Sikaflex! And no, just using contrast on the threshold won't do it, sadly. I do think we'll have to cut out some good tiles to extend the feature somehow so it doesn't look odd.

Is this what you mean?