If you're seriously considering chalk paint check out Marilyn's, the Annie Soames stuff is pretty expensive. Marilyn's comes in some made up colours or you can get the powder and add it to any colour you like. (I have only tried this on small amounts only, not sure how you'd go mixing larger quantities). I'd be inclined to get it in place before doing anything radical, then you'll have a better feel. I'm thinking that the grey drawers definitely need to be changed, I'd try painting some cardboar and sticking it over the top to experiment with colour. What you do with your splashback will also make a big difference, those grey tiles add to the contempaory feel. You could also change out the handle quite cheaply for something a bit chunkier. Open shelves or glass fronts scream farmhouse, so maybe just leaving some of the upper cupboard doors off could work, you can always paint the inside of the cupboard for a bit of interest. Or depending how the L fits in, open shelves, on one end. Another option depending on what's in the rest of the space, and how big that space is, you could think about a butchers block in the space, very farhouse and extra benchspace never goes astray.

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Don't suppose the roses are iceberg?, I can just see your dogs scaring the life out of the poor fish. My same farmer Friend had his roof spray painted on a similar period house to yours, and it was a perfect no problems, I think that there good and bad and ugly trades that do these roofs, I know a neighbour was not happy with the quality of his and had to be redone and then another managed to get a really dodging one going around doing roofs and driveways that were total rubbish. A good job removes and resets all the ridge line tiles repairs adjusts and replaces tiles where needed. and remember to keep too many people from walking around on your tiled roof as this can add to more cracked brittle tiles. Re painted down pipes I wouldn't worry at the moment, a house nearby has just had roof painted mid gray and walls rendered a very soft pale beige/sandstone colour. Windows doors eaves, barge boards, down pipes are all white and the gutter is the same as the roof colour, simple, it's hard to match paint colour with brick work so I think I would be going with unpainted white the same as the neighbours I just mentioned, they won't get scratched that way and your down pipes aren't terribly visible from the front. A farm house bedroom for you x, Ticking,linen,timber, black and metal and a blue wall like your fireplace

The placement of the sink in my suggested new floorplan is to keep clean up out of the kitchen as requested and is still in easy reach of the cooktop, with or without the Nib wall. If this sink is carefully considered it will accommodate large pots and pans The smaller sink in the Island is to facilitate veggie prep and salad making plus drinking water for family and guests, I prefer to keep the WIP and Laundry as separate spaces as shown but still allow both access to outdoor for clothes line and rubbish bins.. The Linen room can be an Airing room which are popular these days, either way it's a good space attached to the laundry. I also prefer the powder room not having to be accessed by guests via the Laundry, this powder room will also be used when the Media room is in use. The Media room and study have been swapped so that the Media room now has Light and ventilation via a window.