Love the lighting and pristine white color palette that sets off the cars and cabinets so nicely. Why not go all the way and find an inexpensive Oriental-look carpet to lay under your favorite ride? (assuming it doesn't leak oil. If it does, remember, it was a cheap Oriental-look carpet!) How about some leather stools or chairs in there too?

If you seek a modern look for your house, then I can recommend our Ebony range. These bricks are very smooth and have unique dimensions. Alternatively, if you want to mix things up and put some really stone like looking bricks in as features, then our Tierra range will work for you - thinking the Toledo or the Bilbao. They will be the colours that suit. These bricks are really unique. Handmade, incredibly textured and varied. Have a look at these options and see if it helps.

Given Australia is fairly dry country (current flooding excepted), we changed our water usage considerably: changed to a front-loader washing machine, updated the dishwasher to one with minimal water usage, and changed a lot of taps and our shower heads to low flow types. It's cut our water usage by 60-70%. In particular, the Miele washing machine made a huge difference.

Your kitchen is a good size but not huge so I would go with gloss white to match in with your lovely fridge. All white appliances. Light coloured bench top in the grey range. Backsplash, I'd go to tile expo, choose something you love and add some colour behind the stove, the rest of the splashbacks behind the sink etc in white subway tiles. Dark floors as you have chosen, all the walls in the house Dulux Whisper White. This is a great colour to go with everything, i use it all the time in my designs.