There are lots of "flavours" of mid-century kitchens as this period ran over a number of decades. Have a look at some of my Pinterest resources to help match your kitchen style and tiles. https://www.pinterest.com.au/secretdesign/kitchens-original-mid-century/ https://www.pinterest.com.au/secretdesign/kitchens-renovatednew-inpsired-by-mid-century-mode/ If you want some specialist mid-century advice feel free to contact me, Regards Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

I assume the rest of the house is a similar style , and mainly white and off-white walls ? The copper pipe up the brick I would get your plumber to change to polished UNPAINTED copper , and make it a feature , especially if you want to keep the shower doors . I'd change the window sill to a stained darker wooden one , maybe even 25-30mm thick , depending on whether it goes under the window -- a lighter brick with the darker wood and polished copper would look different but in a good way . The toilet and cistern would even suit . BUT the floor tiles have to go -- I'd go a rougher matt charcoal . The shower door I'd keep and polish , but get rid of the extremely dated glass ( yes , I know its period , but . . . . . . ) and go clear , or flat opaque . Some of the tiles in the shower look okay , but I'd use it as a chance to strip the tiles , inspect the waterproofing behind it , change to a mixer , and re-tile , If you think you can 'get away' with just doing that wall ( bit hard to tell from the pics ) go for it -- re-use some tiles maybe , or redo in a very similar style . There doesn't appear to be a wash basin -- you can get some quite nice slim ones , with matching dark wooden cabinets . With copper taps, or a copper mixer ? I assume it is possible to get a copper toilet roll holder too -- stick to that theme , especially if you want to keep the shower doors . There may be a basin outside that room of course , but I can't see one ? I'd go for way more modern squarer skirting , maybe in a dark charcoal stain to tie in with the tiles , window sill and wash basin cabinet if you need one . Copper light shades are trendy , and tie in with the rest of the fittings , but also , for example , 4 lower power downlights as an alternative , would also be a sensible update . There's then only a couple of part walls to do , and I'd probably stick with white or off-white , unless you have another room in a different colour theme that you want to 'reference' .

rereading your post i now realise that the windows are already grey but would be great to have the gutters painted to cover the green but instead of hand painting check with the local powder coating company as it's possible to have the gutters powder coated ..we took our gutters down and had to put them back up again...tedious but more effective than hand painting

using approximate metric dimensions my initial suggestion would be to move the kitchen into the "upstairs" (with or without keeping the old opening) use the old kitchen as a hobby, media, study, guest room with sofa and wide desk, use the stairwell space for a mini laundry and rearrange the bathroom and toilet to include extra space out of the hallway to allow for more generous vanity and shower with extra handbasin for the toilet but need to know location of all windows and views to suggest best arrangement for kitchen, dining and lounge, remove the old fire from the entry, retain the original storage and add a set down table, seating and or small desk with charging stations and reverse the front door to open towards the living area but, something like this should work without spoiling the original house and make sure that new kitchen and bathroom is styled to suit the timber with vintage colours and, if the sliding doors shown in the plans are not cavity sliders, replace doors with plain hinged doors