This is probably the toughest poll out there - they're all pretty amazing! Purely on the basis of the image I like the best, I'm going to have to go for the Tuscan farmhouse (although the Canadian, other Italian and Swedish home come so so close)!

I think you should take a tip from Spas where they understand that too many watery colours are an overload. Consider adding a wood or stone covering to the wall and then take your paint colour scheme from that.

Please send me the plan how to make swimming pool

Hi Clare, Looking at the image, there certainly isn't a huge amount of space from top of tile to bottom of window. But that, to my mind, isn't a particularly convincing "excuse" - that would suggest the contractor has done what was easiest, cheapest and most expedient for him, rather than reprofiling the sill to do a more professional job. Again, I would have expected any contractor to flag that during the build before tiling. That would have given you an opportunity to discuss the pros & cons of the different approaches and make a decision. If it were unforeseen and only came to light once the room was stripped out, I would have felt it reasonable for the contractor (if done at that stage) to request a small additional payment to cover a little more labour and any minor materials, had you indicated a desire to have more of a slope or to perhaps have had a solid sill installed. But puddling at the back of the sill really isn't ideal. The other aspect that leaves me suspicious is that it looks as though the sill has been set at a height whereby there is an exact number of WHOLE tiles in height from resting on your shower tray to the bottom of the sill. It is most unusual that spacing falls like that! Normally I would expect to see the tiles lust below the window trimmed around it. It may be the contractor couldn't be bothered to do so, so has packed UP the window sill - again a short cut - but you could not know this without taking it apart. And it just might have been the tiler got lucky and everything aligned perfectly...