I really hate black and enjoy natural bathrooms. You can add colour in various ways, including towels, accessories. And change the accents as you get sick of them. I've never got over black baths that existed in my childhood (and looked dated then) - too dark for most spaces and show up soap, powder etc far more than natural tones.

We have installed external ziptrack blinds over our northern windows which solve the problem well. They stop the heat from getting on to the windows in the first place and radiating into your house. The darker the blind the more see through they are. When they are down they are so see through you do not know they are there. You can stop them anwhere on the window so can be adjusted easily during the day. Why I chose them was that they completely seal the window and so sun at the sides will not come in either . Quite expensive though. They will look black from the outside when they are down which you may not like. We have them on our rear windows so this is not a problem.

Hi I have a black bed frame with a curved board. I’m not sure what style / colour wall art would complement the bed and also create a relaxing scene. I’m not wanting more black. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions. Btw My bedroom door is a timber barn door with black hardware.

I seem to have similar tastes to you , but funnily enough , as I was reading down your post , but before I got to the bottom , I actually thought instead of the Big White , I would have done those areas in surfmist or similar , as I think the contrast is too harsh . And then I see you are considering it for garage etc -- I'm just a bit worried it will all start looking too wishy washy if you have the navy/white and just a small amount of neutral Surfmist ? Personally then , I would do a wooden garage door ( a strong coloured Cedar or similar ) and I'd even be tempted to redo the Big White 'panel' on the front , in the same cedar ( vertical timber ) , and paint your front door in the orange you talked about -- that existing dark colour does absolutely nothing for that door . Where you have the orange temporary downpipes I'd try and incorporate some wooden poles along that side -- it would look quite good if you matched the downpipes ( maybe hiding the downpipes behind 150 x 150 cedar 'poles' or similar ? ) . Basically , its the small details that will really make your look here .