Kelli, Quite a few of the 70s and 80s houses (and earlier) that people are seeking to renovate seem to have this issue, so may be worth a quick scroll through "dilemmas" focusing on exterior revamp/improved street appeal of these? cheers

Hi Caroline, i know what you mean, I'm not a fan of white tiles either because I have young kids but sometimes a room needs them to add light, the following photos all have a wood look feature tile but they all have white/cream somewhere. If you could imagine all of the floor and walls in your dark tile and then a lovely bright white background on just one wall and your wood look vanity I really think it would be fabulous! I think subway tiles may be too busy. A simple white tile would bring so much light into the room! you can add pendants , towels, decor to bring in more colour. Often when looking at tiles In showrooms they look like they will all go, but try and find a photo of the tile you've chosen laid as a whole wall, it often looks much different. I think you should go with what you love though!

I love your view! There's options here, and they'll be led by where your blinds are installed in my opinion. It looks like you might need to install the blinds to the face of the architraves, in which case, I'd be selecting pale blinds to sit outside the window as they'll, hopefully be up out of the way most of the time. If they fit inside the recess, then I'd select dark.

Hi Karen, Taking inspiration from your feature throw cushion, you may like to explore our aviary collection for artworks to build on that theme. We have a fabulous pair of black cockatoos that can be reproduced at a size to suit your space. https://www.signarture.com.au/collections/aviary-fine-art-bird-prints-on-perspex/products/bird-perspex-fine-art-shadow-framed-black-cockatoo