More photos of the place......

Yes the peach colour definitely has to go. I really like the look of the attic too. I am not keen on the carpet in the lounge room either. Just don't know where I should get rid of the timber. My sister has bought a house that similar ceilings and exposed brick on walls. She has painted everything 1/4 Lexicon white. I don't like that look because I think she has removed all the charm from the place. At the same time though, I don't want to live in something that looks dated or like a log cabin.

Beautiful home congratulations. If you go with concrete floors and remove the timber furniture, I think that will give you a clearer idea of what to keep. You have some wood running horizontally and some on an angle. Choosing one direction ( I would keep the horizontal) would make things more cohesive and reduce the amount of timber. Changing the stairs to metal or another material will also help. Good luck looking forward to seeing things as you progress.

Thanks. Oh, just letting you know that the place hasn't settled yet and so these are pictures with the current owners furniture in it. I have heaps of furniture to buy.

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I use a painting app call Procreate. You can paint in layers and turn layers on and off to try diff combinations. Some examples.

Thanks Kate! That's brilliant. I will have to get that app and see if I can use it the same way.

I agree it has way too much timber..

You MUST keep the Architecture of the Ceilings & Exposed Rafters/ trusses...The Attic/ loft spaces are great.. The Diagonal-Timber Wall in the Attic that follows the roofline seems to work..

Elsewhere the KNOTTY-Pine is a problem that can be easily solved with Paint - do what KATE suggests (section-by-section until you are HAPPY with the BALANCE).. - Knotty-pine was a CHEAP Timber that was used instead of Tasmanian Oak/ WRC - - "knotty pine" was NEVER a good look en-masse..

BEDROOM - paint the Window-wall & remove the Pine from behind the bed-wall..

Kate's suggestion for Procreate is great...

The outdated "Peach coloured walls" MUST go (I hated it in the 1980's)..

Try colours that CONTRAST with the timber -for example, a deep Blue. . The Rafters/ trusses have already been painted Black & this looks great against the timber ...

.. Maybe, try a 'whitish stain on some of the timber'? - this will soften the look..

KITCHEN- the timber on the bump-out is making it a 'dark-space', so paint it white, find a splashback tile that you LOVE & pick one of it's colours to paint the Bottom-Laminate-cupboards.. the RhSide kitchen-wall should be white.. the black-benchtops are not a problem (the rest is)..-you will probably change the Kitchen later, so don't spend too much here initially..

What a beautiful house the pink wall looks like rammed earth. where is it.

Rough idea using the PAINT program that come with most computers

Thanks siriuskey. The house is in North Brisbane.

Some more ideas for your lovely Unique home, you have a lot of plans and importantly to make use of the accommodation for AirB&B for extra income. So in the meantime paint will make a big difference.

I have an 80' home with a lot of timber and brick and love how the timber works with black and white.

Seeing your kitchen has a black benchtop that you don't like but is of good quality you could use black which will work with that and accentuate the timber

Thanks siriuskey, I had a long reply drafted to send you plus photos of the second building, but when I hit submit, it disappeared. How frustrating.

I think most of us have suffered that, I now comment in an email and copy and paste into Houzz just in case

As you don't like brick, get that rendered and paint it the neutral wall colour that you choose. I think the diagonal timber looks the most dated. I'd be removing that from the walls not just painting it. Then, as everyone says, selectively choose which walls and ceilings to leave wood in which rooms.

hi - have a look at this link-

23 exposed ceiling beam ideas that will transform your home | Homes To Love

.. at website homestolove.com.au/exposed-ceiling-beams-17206

and, have a look at pInterest website - tons of Ideas

.something different - calming Green on the Ceiling

and - Pinterest - pin/311311393002184097/

and - www.pinterest.com.au/pin/443323157076028865/

and - a soft grey - www.pinterest.com.au/pin/289004501098600766/

Great thanks...HU_423275082...lots to look at. Thanks for the ideas.

Are the pictures of your furniture too ?

Why I ask is have you actually looked -- almost every piece of furniture has timber arms or legs or tabletop or shelves .

Basically , hide some of the timber with some fairly simple tricks -- make something else the focus ! Bright , solid colours -- see the lounge with the white leather suite , and how different to every other room it looks ? But you then still have a wooden chest , and bookcase , and sideboard , and lamp legs , and a brown brick wall and a brown rug and a wooden door and . . . . . .

And the kitchen has quite a lot of white , a bit of black , some steel -- all good . But then you have black wrought iron chandaliers , and what looks like a couple of mint green in-fill panels -- what about some colourful infill panels , and trendy lights , and colourful appliances , and an arty clock ?

Timber is warm , so add warm colours IMO -- art , furniture , accessories . Not more wood , not black steel , not even chrome steel . Colour .

If you are after mid century furniture, there are many hidden gems in Brisbane, North and South Coasts - originals, replica and several cabinet makers doing some - at all price points. I have just built at Enoggera. The house was recently on ch 94. Please get in touch if I can share some shopping finds?

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Hi potsy99, no it isn't my furniture. They are the photos of it when I bought it. I thought it would be easy to paint out some of the timber, but it appears to have been planed but not sanded or cut across the grain??? because you can feel all the ridges in each colour change of the timber pieces.

kbodman14 I think I need to make a decision first about whether to open up some of the brick wall (salmon coloured) between lounge and kitchen before I look for furniture. I have loved midcentury furniture for years, but am actually a bit afraid of it at the moment with so much wood in this place. I am actually wondering how expensive it would be to change the look of the place inside into modern farmhouse. Timeless, and appeals to many tastes, but can have pops of colour added.

in my opinion, modern farmhouse furniture is alot better than mid-century furniture -

I Hated some of the 50's/ 60's furniture and still do -

as opposed to some of the "Architectural" House-designs which were about larger windows and access to outside..

I was just looking over all the advice and the drawings that have been done for me showing how paint would look in various places.

Thank you so much everyone for the time and help that you have given me - plus your honest opinions.

I have decided that over the long term, all of the raw timber on the walls will go, but I may also remove a section of the wall joining kitchen to loungeroom. I am not sure whether it will be removed and sheeted or whether it will be sheeted over in some places, and painted in others. What I decide is going to determine what the architraves and window frames look like, because to sheet over the timber means that the current architraves will not be thick (deep) enough. A carpenter has already suggested just using painted MDF due to the difficulty in getting timber architraves at present and their cost. These are decisions that I am not ready to make yet. I have no idea whether it would be best to keep timber window frames and door frames or whether to just have white. Your opinion on this would be appreciated too. For now, the lounge room and entry wall will be painted. The undercoat will start to tell me whether all white or black and white is better. I have a painter coming tomorrow to start. I will be doing some painting too, but I know he will prepare it a lot better than me.