Also have a dual purpose room. We did inexpensive white shelving units around two walls, with fabric boxes to stash stuff, (office, and my "crafty" supplies), threw in a few decorative items. Got a tall basket for rolled up mats/foam roller storage, a complementary lower basket to throw in the requisite elastic bands, small hand weights, etc. Decorated walls with pics from our travels, framed with colored mats.

Wow, what a great piece! I hope you purchased it!

Hey Dounia The colour and the way it has been painted is very much what we saw in the late 90's and early 2000's when we all went through the textured paint feature wall craze. But, saying that Paint and design technology have come a long way since then and I would encourage you not to give up on the copper idea and use a modern approach and product. Dulux have recently added their new range of Design Effects, Here's the copper and concrete look. There's also other options available at www.dulux.com.au. You can email them for a copy of their brochure or they are readily available at Bunnings in the paint section. Thanks Paul

Keep the cooktop as it is and add the fridge to the other end of the sink, this will give easy access for family and alfresco use. The long island can be just that 2800 x 900 with cabinets down one side and space to sit at on the other, or you can say halve it and have a table at the family end and replace the other half of the situp with 300 deep cabinets Instead of a sofa you could have a dining table, just depends on what you prefer. The old dining used for both study and Pantry/storage Mudroom? To accommodate the window in the study, I suggest drawers against the wall with an open desktop across the window You would need to change the garage door or you could keep it as is and just lose some of the cabinet (900) to allow the original door to open