Hi there! I like the tiles! May be your temptation to paint the whole place white is a good idea. I think Vanilla White from Dulux will look nice and bright up the space. Your can use cobalt carpet for staircase and you have plenty of possibilities to be original with art or pictures and accessories.

I am afraid I think you both need guidance. Both colour and border will date your kitchen, the expensive items you should keep very subtle as they are expensive to change when you get bored of the look. If your units are cream, try the metro tiles with a soft colour, either grey or sage green (not dark), you need to check the colours against your worktop as they have to look right together. I would suggest you do something exciting with colour on the walls. Having no picture of your kitchen makes giving advice tricky, but putting colour on the walls is cheap and by doing it this way, in a couple of years if you are bored with it you can pick a completely different colour and change the whole look. Again, with the floor, keep it fairly neutral, as it is an expensive item, if it's a small room keep it light as this will make it feel bigger, if a big room you could be more daring with a darker colour.

Hi Getty Welty What a shame about the worktop but I think it's almost a blessing in disguise. Once you have settled on the worktop my advice would be to take samples of the cupboards & worktop to a tile shop and look at them altogether. You really need to see a large tile together with the other samples to appreciate the overall look. A 10 x 10 sample is only a representation of the whole tile and the colour changes on a larger scale. We always advise our customers to do that if possible as its really important to make sure the overall tones work well together. Good luck with it all Karen

Or this, which is fairly similar to the effect you're looking for, but at a much lower price: https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/aspect-black-ivory-patterned-floor-tiles-331-x-331mm?FT=5898&pgno=1 Anyway, in these styles there are options galore :-)