Looks incredible! So much more natural light coming in. I'm really enjoying the clean, fresh lines.

How big is your budget, and how handy are you? Some options: - 1. Yes, you can repaint a vanity, and you can also replace the taps and handles (Handles are very, very, easy). Cost can be kept easily under $100. Definitely repaint the exposed wall! 2. Replace the taps throughout and the vanity. Shop around and you will be surprised at the bargains! 3. You can also paint tiles and the bath, or have them professionally recoated. I had one bathroom professionally recoated. It was about 20% of the cost of ripping off and replacing the tiles, but best of all the bathroom was out of action for just 24 hours. (Yup, time mattered. A one bathroom place and we needed to live there!) Still looked good 8 years later when we sold it. 4. That shower screen CAN be replaced with a fixed clear pane for a contemporary look. The ready-made models are affordable. 5. I love Me Me's white colour scheme, but if you wanted to be funky you could go other ways. Is that a slightly pinky - grey fleck in the tile? You could take just the border tile a dove to mid-grey (a deeper tone but same value as the fleck) and paint the window surround to match. Paint the exposed wall with a coordinating tone from the same grey "family". Then play with the vanity. Eg. Silver taps, grey body, but funky handles, or pick out (say) the middle draw with a shade to match the dominant white in the tiles.

you said you could extend towards the west to replace the laundry but what's the distance from the side of the original dining room to the western boundary and what are your long term plans for the old dining room, kitchen and the space behind the garage? if you expect to extend, as me me already said, it's much better to plan the whole house renovation and it can also be more cost effective to add new rooms than to rearrange existing spaces even if you have to do the work in stages but, as we can't read the writing on your plans, it difficult to make specific suggestions and i don't understand where you plan to add the new kitchen ...does the house have only original rooms or is part of the house an old extension? what are all the floors and walls made out and what is the height of the back deck off the ground? please show room names and dimensions on the plans in larger print and some photos inside and out would help understand the existing spaces but my initial thought would be to have a new kitchen,pantry and laundry on the garage side and use the old dining room kitchen and laundry bathroom as a new master suite..but depends on correct dimensions.

The colours , design and overall execution are really good , and better tghan most 'professionals' who post on here , but again thats a matter of taste ( and to be fair , I'm sure a lot would rubbish my amateur efforts ) . An intelligent use of the existing brick , render , and modern lines and design . A bit too much grey in the kitchen for my taste , but definitely livable ! Three of my pet peeves though -- before photos with no lighting , after with every light on . -- messy before photos , prestine after ones . -- no colour or even owners personality yet showing . There is a cool apricotty orange chair in one of the pictures , and and orange jug in the kitchen , and see how much better those rooms look for it ? I know everyone is different , but personally , I think the primary tones suit orange accents , and I imagine the Wow that would be added with those bar stools in orange instead of white , and then do 3 of the dining chairs in the white , and 3 in a light orange ( or if that is considered too much , go white chairs with light orange cushions that can be removed if you don't like 'em ) -- a bit unexpected , but no too over the top IMO , and all ties in with the brick , the white , the charcoal , the grey , the timber .