Hi Sara, I definitely agree with the other responses here; you cannot put Woodland Grey with Ironstone. If you like Woodland Grey choose warm green/brown colours to compliment such as, Surfmist, Dune, Pipe Clay. And for the fence consider going darker still such as Monument. Blackest Brown is also lovely but not as popular because, well, it's brown.

So not knowing your style, budget, climate etc (!!), this is what I would do! ; D I'd stay true to the original character, although it could certainly do with some prettying up! Make it fresh, a bit tropical and a bit retro, there's no need to spend a lot to make it look great! Keeping it classic will mean it won't date, instead of following a current trend too tightly. Often helps to think inside out first too... I LOVE the Atlantic at Byron Bay as a reference, both inside & outside. It's got a nice beach relaxed feel but still honouring a bit of retro but still feeling fresh. There's loads of images on the web, but here's a start: https://www.habitusliving.com/architecture/kick-back-in-one-of-byrons-luxury-beach-shacks http://www.distinctive.net.au/blog/n/out-about-the-atlantic-byron-bay-160111 - Interior walls & floors: Keep the base fresh & pared back: Dulux Natural White on walls, satin polished timber floorboards (natural with clear satin varnish, no stain). If you need rugs, again Ikea sisal or a natural coloured textured one. - Window coverings: white venetians (often cheap from Spotlight etc), natural coloured roman blinds, linen full length curtains (in natural or even light grey - again Ikea if you don't want to DIY), even bamboo matchstick blinds. - Then layer texture: natural coloured cottons (e.g. sofa: Ikea sofa Ektorp or Freedom Hampton), linen. Then add feature pieces e.g. a few rattan / cane feature pieces (easy to find on gumtree), interesting pendant lights - Ikea have some great ones - rattan pendant, Ranarp metal, vintage (ebay) enamel industrial pendant lightshades. Then some pattern/colour: black & white stripe (again Ikea have great fabric and even $5 Vargyllen cushions!), maybe a retro style palm print https://www.templeandwebster.com.au/Palm-Tree-Cushion-Cover-VINA1177.html Black & white family photo wall... And indoor plants!! EXTERIOR - Obviously remove all the clutter first so you can better see what you're working with. (I'm guessing this is from previous owner photos) - Uncover the exterior! If practical, remove the blinds, the security screens, lattice and trim the bushes right back. - Paint colours- so many options on these old fibros. You could paint fresh Natural white, add some smart black & stripe canvas awnings would look cute, fresh and a bit retro (actually similar to The Atlantic above). Alternatively paint neutral white with coloured trims - such as Dulux Deep Ocean. Or if you're really brave, I love the look of a dark Ironstone or Monument colour with fresh white trims! You could even do the main house the safer white then the granny flat in the dark! It would be great to change the emerald roof as this does limit what you can do. Don't go dark, it'll trap too much heat, maybe paint Windspray or Shale Grey colour, depends on your wall colour choices. Actually this is assuming it;s iron, I can't actually tell from the photos. - If you really want to trick it up you could even do a weatherboard style cladding, even Scyon, it would look amazing but I thin there's something lovely about the original fibro too if that's a better option budget-wise. - Would love to see photos when you've done that and then you could get suggestions for the next stage. Options could be replacing granny flat sliding doors with French doors (Bunnings have some great super cheap ones, which I saw a reno show got a handyman to connect 3 as trip-folds?!), if you have to keep the large cover for shade into the house, paint fresh white and tidy it up, otherwise make smaller. - It's hard to see the shrubs but they do look a bit nannyish (!), but it could be good to retain them as they're established and give good filler for the short term. Alternatively if you're keen to re-do, I love lush Sweet Viburnum (check out Dense Fence, it's super quick, hardy), then add in groupings more contemporary plants - I love clusters of Mexican Lily (Beshoneria, the spiky one in the pic below), Westringia is a good filler, succulents like silver spoons, chalksticks and even a feature frangipani at the front of the house underplanted with chalksticks. If you want a nice small tree, Tuckeroo is great (see 2nd photo), other planted individually or in a line as below. A bit hard to find, but a great native option, I really love it.

I love those benches I have used one as sewing/desk with trestle legs, love it. The following is my idea with timber bench tops and using your cabinets, This would work if you could run the plumbing across to the left,either inside or externally. ,I have moved the sink to allow you to use the 80cm cabinet as your dish rack, the window won;t allow this. Or you could just swap the sink and cooker and use other shelving for the dish rack Back wall R-L 60cm cabinet,cooker,60cm cabinet 800 void for sink,60cm cabinet.fridge. Wall, using the 80cm x 42cm as plate drainer with timber open shelves on both sides, extraction is a simple ceiling extractor fan. I have added a narrow 60cm Island which uses both 40cm at both ends,like the sink there's a void which can have a couple of stools andr rubbish binscan be placed under the sink cheers

Just thinking about this more....because it is better than doing my overdue tax or taking palm trunks to the dump... :o) ......All of the designs have such great features to them and in some respects I need to just get a builder to look over them to let me know which would be cheapest for what I need and would like. Once the technical things are sorted (cladding, electrical, plumbing, insulation), the things that I like in a home mostly are inside/outside living (seeing views) and a bright, light filled space (natural light). I find it depressing ...literally.....to be in a living space that is dark. I wanted the living area to be maximised in this space due to the work that I want to do in future with girls with autism; a small open plan kitchen with this and this area that we use have the higher ceiling to make it feel bigger.... then I need an office space, which could even be largely shut away within a cupboard if necessary. I will lose the view and a bit of light from the back sliding door because of me putting a privacy screen with gate between this building and the pool area. I have a slight view and good light from the big sliding window at the back (I would have to close blinds though, if people were using the pool area). I definitely need more light coming in from the East where the leaking colour glass window is, but I would like for them to be high so that I cannot see the neighbour's house. I think the windows on the western side are sufficient because it gets very hot on that side of this building from about 4pm (earlier in summer). Then the sliding doors at the front bring in light, but at the moment it is not totally private becasue it looks onto the road from a long driveaway. My main bedroom can be small as long as it has room for queen bed, good storage, and room for a dog bed for a golden retriever sized dog. I like the idea of having the dogs going on the deck...however, they do bark at possums at night.(They have a lot of yard to use too during the day). I do need a room where a mother and new born pups can be isolated from the other dogs). I like the idea of having a toilet and basin of some sort, separate to the main bedroom, if there is only one toilet, because it provides separation from my personal things to the main living area. I guess the second space for the dog and pups could be a laundry or a "bedroom" or "office" or "storeroom". The area for the dogs has to be on ground level and I think I would prefer my bedroom to be on ground level too as I am not getting any younger (and want to think about future needs) and ideally I would to be here til my early 70's if all works out well. It doesn't worry me whether the main bedroom ceiling is high or not, because I spend so little time in there. However, it would be good if the other spaces (except bathroom/laundry) had the higher sections of ceiling to make them feel bigger. I am only saying all this, because when I look at all the plans, I think the best one may end up being mainly from one, with elements taken from another. Thanks so much for your help. I still have the option (one day) to maximise the use of the big attic space in the main house as with the non-compliant stairs to it and only two tiny windows in it, and it being so hot up there, it is not really useable at the moment, but the pool house is highest priority because until it is liveable, then I can't recoup any expenses by renting out the bigger space (the main house). (It does look like a demo site though in many rooms,)