Hello Jules - I really like your choices of wallpaper. Both greens are really soft and relaxing colours; perfect for a sitting room. I love the Cole & Son wallpaper too but I don't think it would work as a feature wall alongside the greens. In fact, I think feature walls have had their day and you would be better off to go with the green paper on all four walls. The light wooden floor will look super with the green and if you do the woodwork in white/off-white then it will look clean & crisp. You mentioned that you were finding the room a little echo-y. You'll probably find that it'll be less noticeable when you have the dining furniture in the room and the curtains hung. If it still feels a little echo-y then you might consider putting down a large rug to absorb some of the sound. It also has the added effect of making the room look cosier. I hope this is of some help. Best wishes, Jessica Jessica Buckley Interiors

This is a lovely space and a huge garden by the looks of it. I think your ideas are conventional but nice, probably a washable paint is the quality to look for in a playroom which tend to be semi-matt. If you use the dining room as a Christmas dinner venue you might want to think about how it will look under winter lighting conditions, but the room has so many windows even xmas lunch won't need the lights on! Personally I wouldn't paint the skirting boards because they match the floor already.

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First of all your room is lovely and I'm reluctant to suggest anything, as I love walnut and I love walnut with white. I can see that you would like to get a softer effect however, and I think you can do this with a relatively small amount of effort. First off - do you want to embrace the darkness of the dining area? If you want a clear separation between the two spaces you can achieve this by painting the dining area a different colour, which will have the effect of shortening the long appearance of the room and making the dining area more intimate and cosy. If this is your only eating space, though, you might find a dark colour a little oppressive during the day (personally I'd love it - my living room is dark green!). I wouldn't use a patterned wall paper in this space, as I'm struggling to decide which wall I would use as a feature wall. Papering a side wall might bring pull it in visually and make the space seem longer and narrower. Colour-wise I love indigo and brass/gold with walnut and a dark, blue-based colour will make the room seem intimate and expansive at the same time. Sometimes the wall with an extractor recess above a hob can look nice in a feature colour, but I can't really see yours from your photo. BUT you could pretty much leave the decor intact and bring some colour and texture in with soft furnishings and accessories. I like your blinds, perhaps you can soften them and add a feature at the dining room end by adding floor length curtains? Maybe just fixed for show. You could stand your dining suite on a flat weave rug and add a large mirror to one wall to reflect the light around the room. Curtains and/or rug would allow you to use some pattern. Alternatively swap out your blinds for softer looking fabric roman blinds. Add the odd accessory with warm metals or bright colour. Suggestion above. Hope this helps a bit :)