Here are some colour ideas... the top right is my home with colourbond "Wallaby" on the gable and colourbond "monument" down pipe.. wallaby is a brown undertone grey. I used it full strength (in dulux) however you can reduce down to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 strength etc... as you can also do with the other two colours below... I still suggest test pots first..

Hi Lorraine, sorry I missed your question. I only bought this house a few months back and the glue has deteriorated anyway so I used the steam mop to test it out before I get new flooring. Because many animals lived in this house I was hoping the steam would help kill germs. I've read so many opinions on the use of steam on both vinyl and laminate so I'm at a bit of a loss now. One of my joeys has laminate and has been using a steam mop on it for 12 years now with no ill effects at all, despite that supposedly being a big no-no, but she found it so quick and efficient when the kids were toddlers particularly and the floor needed doing almost daily. I just have to wonder these days how much manufacturers are protecting themselves and not giving consumers honest information. How often do you buy an item of cotton clothing and then find the label says "dry clean only". This does not mean the item can't be washed, it is to protect the manufacturer from someone doing something like washing in boiling water. We need more transparency in care instructions, only then can consumers make informed decisions on the right product for them. If steam is going to affect the glue, then it follows water will too so then it comes down to just how do you clean your floors. Manufacturers' special products that are always ridiculously expensive are not the answer and having access to these products is not always possible for country people either. I believe there are two types of vinyl planks too - one type are glued down, the others are a floating floor which would not require glue, but I was told in the event of damage, a glued plank is much easier to replace than one in a floating floor. There are so many glues on the market now too, there must be one that could be used to reglue a plank that has come adrift.

Hi Lucy Have you thought of using the same colour on the skirting boards and architraves but doing them in high gloss? That way they will look slightly lighter than the wall due to the light reflection off the gloss.

Hi we want to paint our home, which is a combo of warm bricks with a (warm creams, tans, hint of terra, tad of random small dark splashes of dark burnt black type) on the lst floor with weather board on the 2nd level with tin roof. We were thinking the roof to be Surfmist, gutters Ironstone, the facsia and weather boards Paperbark. we will be having the small balcony in black pool fence railling with wood top to be painted a colour ?Ironstone or Paperbark or Surfmist. will this color combo work?