clintandvic - are you very minimalist, private people? a lot of the solutions above seem very impersonal - and, while your current artwork might have special meaning for you, it could be found anywhere. I'd go for either the round or cheaper 'floating'-style bookshelves. I definitely wouldn't have a mirror backing for anything on which you are likely to put books (or heavy decorator items such as vases) - too easy to accidentally break the mirror! (I'd be filling the bookshelves here with cookbooks - but that's me), but it seems you don't really envisage books on the shelves? But most of all . . . this is your home, and it seems to be the corner of the kitchen, so close to the heart of your home? Even if you go with the shelves, don't fill them with this season's trendy decorator items - save the space for meaningful objects from your life together! Frame and display all sorts of personal items (not just photos - though I am also a fan of the idea of making it a photo wall): festival or sporting event tickets, maybe framed with a very small poster (you can even find and printout original ads for events from the internet); that crafty thing you bought when you were both away for a weekend . . . don't be afraid to make this space about you, rather than what you think it should look like - and it will make a great talking point to share with guests . . . How much more interesting would this wall look if it featured framed clothes from your wedding/the day you met/your favourite holiday together? These Houzz articles have some great ideas about the sorts of personal things you can use as decorator items around your home: https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/8-everyday-treasures-and-how-to-share-them-stsetivw-vs~44492547 https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/9-everyday-items-youd-never-think-to-frame-stsetivw-vs~45495730 and https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/20-inventive-ways-to-decorate-with-your-holiday-souvenirs-stsetivw-vs~25913013

Thanks for the reply Claire I think that the fact that you plan to live there a long time warrants a substantial commitment. 1. I don't know if it possible (depend how much you cut into the slope and lower the level - may need to build a bit of a retaining wall) but the first think that I would look at is the possibility of making bedroom 4 into the main bathroom with a separate toilet. This could be on a concrete slab and on the same level as the rest the bedrooms reducing having to do the stair (at night) when members of the household are sick or injured and well located in the middle of the house. 2. I would turn bedroom 1 into an ordinary bedroom and add a new master bedroom with a walk in closet (you may like to have a look at the walk in closest I designed for one of my clients in my Houzz site "Tarneet north QB") and En-suite making use as much of the existing as possible - possibly make use of the area under or extend the carport area roof. 3. I would extend the laundry by using the existing bathroom area and improve store areas that may be lost by as new corridor leading to the new master bedroom. 4. If the kitchen needs too be renovated or rearranged then I would open the area between the lounge, dining, family and kitchen area - this will include the lounge area visually to the main living space.This might give rise to heating and cooling issues which might need to be considered, however for the immediate few years it could make a good study area for the children (retaining supervision from the kitchen) and later be used as a lounge. Please note that these comments are made without any real knowledge of the site such as north point, slope, possible reference to views; both within the site and external to the site, or the geographical position of your house, or the materials used in its construction. These issues may significantly alter the above comments, furthermore you would need to take at least two measurements (say one of the bedrooms overall length and width and ceiling heights) so that the drawing can be scaled into a cad program) to begin the design process - photos of the site would also be needed. I hope this is of some benefit, I would be happy to become further involved with the project, contact could be via email and Skype and PDF documents on an A3 format which is easily printed in any local printing service - Regards Michael.

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I like tvs wall mounted....looks much neater and so much more classy. Some tvs have horrible ugly stands. Well done to your handywork it looks fantastic!