I dont know your personal style, but I would stay with a light color in the hallway to keep it bright because If you have the wall space, hallways are a great spot to display the family photos/ art in a gallery style and a color wont distract your eye from them. As far as the paint itself , I also had your idea( 4 kids myself). Years ago RL paint had a catalog with a hallway that was painted the same color ( a light gray) and the upper half or 1/4 was a flat finish paint and the lower was a satin or other. Great solution for kids with sticky fingers. It looked great!

Ok, don't like the dark cushion, don't like the TV in the bedroom. You could go for pendant lighting using the same 'material' as the mirror? If you went for larger beside lamps while you have that mirror there, they would be fighting each other. In the programs I watch, they say to have 'a hero in the room'. In this case the mirror is the hero I think. Also the extra throw cushion for the bed could match one on the chair, so it ties in (or don't have one at all on the bed). If you did need a TV what about having one installed on the wall to the right of the chair,(looking at the photo) and make sure it can swivel out, so when you aren't watching TV in bed it can be against the wall, out of the way. Then you can have a lovely (glass) ornament or two, or a bunch of flowers sitting on it along with your photos. I love how you have your bed dressed, spot on! (without the dark cushion) I absolutely adore the blue shades in the duvet cover and I would draw those out into the room. Love that you have opened up your windows in the lounge. Maybe a throw rug and some colourful (same colours as in the duvet cover on your bed) cushions on the lounge suite as nothing is really popping! There doesn't seem to be any colour except for the flowers and the photos. Colourful paintings on the wall would be lovely too. Maybe the potted plants could be in coloured (as in your duvet cover) pots instead of white. I know you weren't asking about the lounge and if you are happy with it, then that is all that matters. Well done.

Hi swampykerr, our house similar era, previous owner had done similar to our house, put fibre cement column around poles, we took it off and replaced with original style. I really like the veranda posts that you have, I am not sure what poles you want to replace. The carport would have been added at some time if you can get similar style fabricated for your carport that would be good, unfortunately our house had been painted several times and with bagging paint before we purchased it two years ago. We have re painted (in all the one colour) as it was too expensive to impossible to take it back to original brick work, our house had a similar awning over the front room, our bedroom, we took it off and replaced glass with low E glass and left off the awning, and put block out curtains in bedroom. Trim and fascia drive, walk round the neighbourhood and check out your era home that is loved...that is how we chose our veranda poles.

Thank you for your comments, I do agreed with your comments of considering not rendering as we don't dislike the brick, we just thought rendering would bring it up to a more modern feel. We have an established tropical garden already....so would play on that with the timber and see what we think. Currently, the roof is manor red, but liking the Ironstone better than the current. Thanks again