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.

Depends on your budget. When we got our first home in 1971 we didn't expect to have all the best of everything straight away, we were handed down odd chairs etc. from various members of the family and a dining table and chairs too. As the house wasn't brand new, we paid the previous owner for their carpets and Venetian blinds, I made new curtains and we did buy a new bed. We didn't get a tv for about 18 months and then it was a secondhand black and white one. Whatever you do, remember getting into debt, just so you can have everything you want before you know what you really need, is not a good idea. Your taste could change before you have paid off the loan! If you are a fantastically wealthy person, then ask an interior designer to help you, whatever you do, remember to enjoy yourself and you don't have to overspend to do that either.

Thanks :) Hopefully worktops should be done within the next week. My husbands done everything himself plus he's never done anything like this before, hence why it's taking so long! but he's a perfectionist so I don't mind. No sofa yet, still unsure of what to go with plus I keep changing my mind on blinds lol. I'm so indecisive! :)

I would try some different neutrals such as Little Greene 'Slaked Lime Dark' or Farrow and Ball 'Light Grey17'. It a lovely bright space and the floor is very warm and quite strong so I would go for a warm stoney neutral that complements the floor and the range. If the paint is more obviously blue of green it will make the floor look even stronger. Little Greene does oil based so I would use that over water based. Hope this helps. https://www.littlegreene.com/paint/colour/show-all/slaked-lime-dark#