Hi, I recommend that you add two pot plants to your house. to accentuate the coastal look, add potted palm trees, preferably between the dining table and the half wall separating the kitchen from the dining area. Secondly between the two sofa sets in the third photo. Also, let the plant overshadow the pot not vice versa. add some colorful wall hangings too, they could be framed art works or beautiful ornaments.

We have timber stairs though downstairs is retail. Being clumsy I've had to put in anti slip aluminium strips on mine . Hubby reckons they look ugly but I do not want to slip all the way down the stairs. have done it on our steps before and stuffed up my ankle. I would carpet it unless you've got lots of room for a big staircase . A narrow one in timber is very dangerous.

I have done exactly that. 600x600 on the entire top floor including the out side area and the bathroom. The outside stairs and the front porch are exposed to the weather so I have a more textured non slip version of the same tile. Very happy with the my choice.

If we swapped the chaise lounge to the position of the 2 seater it makes the gap to walk around it a bit narrow and we don’t want to move it down any further as it would be too close to the tv. That was the challenge we had looking for a lounge that worked in the room unfortunately. I like the idea of the sandy/natural tone cushion just thought I needed contrast of the 3 colours (white, pink and dark grey). Would you add the sandy colour to it or replace it with cushions already there? If so which ones would you replace?