Oh wow! Thank you all for your input!!!! So thankful!!! It's great that you've come up with the downstairs living space becoming a bedroom - my husband and I had been discussing that! Been trying to decide whether to make it a fourth bed or a rumpus for the kids so all their toys (and them and their friends) are out of sight! Just to help with the questions asked CP and OKLouise, we've got two primary school kids 6 & 10. The house is west facing (there is a car port and drive at the front of the house where the beds are). So the most light will come in on the right hand side of the house where the longest lounge wall is I think? We also live in Melbourne. We do have interstate and overseas visitors occassionally so it is good to have a space we can put guests! I also work from home so thinking how I could sneak a study nook in somewhere...! Siriuskey I really appreciate your help and it's helped confirm some of the ideas I was thinking - I'm def keen to join the ensuite and toilet and fab you thought the same!! It has really helped clarify my thoughts on that (I'm thinking if I can try and get an extra small wardrobe in main bed somehow too by absorbing the spaces). I LOVE the open plan area how you've done that and put in a pantry. I also like where you've put the kitchen island. It's given me some great ideas to work with and I'm very thankful for your time! What package did you use to play with the floor plan - I should have a play too! One of the downfalls of the house is the garden is at the back (beyond the living room) but it's very small. A ten year plan (if we win lotto) would be to build up a level and try to reclaim some garden. Let me know if you have any other questions...

Hi Kruti. Those new pieces are lovely. There’s a houzz article in Stories about how to decorate a console table. If you select Stories, then Interior Design, then Decorating, and then type ‘how to decorate a console table,’ in the window, the article should pop up. I think you will find it very helpful.

Pressure wash all concrete areas. Replace outdoor light for larger and brighter one (marine grade). The small one pictured isn’t doing much for illumination and it’s too small for size of wall. Leave brick as is. It looks fine. Whatever paint colour you choose for fascia and shed door should complement bricks. Trim and tidy all bushes and landscaping plants. The shrub obscuring the steps to entry need to be trimmed by one-third. Does the metal ballustrading & handrail need paint as well?

Hi there, I love the look of your 50's kitchen: takes me back to my childhood home but our kitchen was about 4 cupboards and 3 overheads!! By todays std it was like one of the pantries people are putting in!! I was impressed with the "see what you need to store first": that is the best place to start, then thought glass display cupboards were all the go but you have those! Unless you could copy them for the corners? Then I thought open shelving with micro on one: NEVER on the bench. Timber shelves could have bright multi coloured glass or china which was all the rage! Please tho do not go for the lounge curtains with red, orange and every other colour large squares: nothing subtle or quiet about them and nothing nice about them either!! Cheers Margot