I think a dark, heavy Chesterfield suite is wrong for this space. The room needs a sleeker, more modern sofa, in a lighter shade or a bright colour. I know lounge suites are an expensive item to replace though. I think a corner suite would be a good piece in this space and do away with the side table and lamps in the corner. The walls need some art - the mirror is decorative but does not add any colour to the very plain walls. The TV is massive and a very dominating feature. The dining table seems to be in an odd position in relation to the kitchen too. The whole space is very beige/brown and needs some colour to liven it up. Perhaps replace the cowhide rug for a large rectangle one with a colour and/or pattern.

Thank you everyone! I love how it turned out. Pictures don’t do it justice. The stone is granite, fantasy brown. We had it professionally painted. Not sure on what color gray. The contractor brought us samples and we just picked one. They glazed them with a darker gray to bring out the grain of the oak.

Before Now We opened up the wall to make a walkway. Basically, closed up that laundry door near the bathroom. So now the way through the back entertaining/pergola area is through kitchen/laundry. And when you come in through the front door you no longer see the laundry but a nice recessed feature wall. Where the ladder is, that will be the pantry. I would've liked a bigger pantry but the builder made a mistake measuring and we lost 100mm. Basically made the recess bigger. But was too late as wall was build. Also, would have preferred a french door or sliding door rather than a window, but it was too much to do and we didn't want to sacrifice the space Since we couldn't make a french door to replace the window we opted for a servery window instead. I'll update again when we've got the cabinets and everything else.. Thank you so much for all your wonderful ideas. It really helped us create our dream 🙂

Hi there, we went through a similar process choosing a new white for our living spaces including the kitchen. While we ultimately chose a different white SMQ was one that we trialled throughout the house from all aspects including west. It was a lovely clean white that in my opinion looks more sophisticated than the VW which looked like the ceiling white. The difference is super subtle and only people making these choices would even notice, and I am sure your kitchen will look lovely either way, SMQ just looks a little more sophisticated to me. Good luck with your Reno.