Claudia Raperport - Your kitchen looks really nice. Where did you get your floor from? honeypoppet - Very good point about the tiles. We have some green samples coming this week. If we don't love them I think we will play it a bit more safe with white/grey tiles. Man About The House - The DIY & Odd Job Handyman - Those tiles look really nice. They are currently sold out but should be back in stock soon. I don't suppose you have any pictures of them in your daughters kitchen? Floor Monster - Currently checking your website and I may request some samples/

I think that you are attracted to the walnut because if feels like a more expensive product but if you are going to do Georgian style with deep skirtings and ornate architrave and grand cornice then a painted panel door is best. In my opinion painted panel doors work with the other features and make a cohesive scheme, but also Georgian coving and architrave is decorative and you don’t want to detract from that. Also classical grand features work when their proportions all match- for instance the coving should be as deep as the skirting, which should be as high as the bottom rail of the door and the plinth of the fire surround. The middle rail of the door and the door knob are the height of dado rails and the legs of the fire surround. The door panels above the middle rail of the door suggest the approximate mantle height and the top of the door suggests one possible height for the picture rail (although in high ceilinged rooms I prefer picture rails to be a skirting board width down from the coving). As far as putting in modern features such as contemporary kitchens this can also work if you have cabinets that have the right presence for the room. I think extra tall wall cabinets are needed for high ceilings but since the kitchen choice and design is room specific perhaps it deserves its own thread when you are ready to start planning it.

I always paint mine white, or you could use the same colour as your walls, in an appropriate wood paint of course. Natural wood skirting looks a bit 80’s.

It all depends on so many different things. Warm grey/cool grey - it's all relative. If the room is really sunny with plenty of light then a blue tinged grey can work. Generally though, your floor looks quite a nutty brown and not too orange so pretty much anything should work. Sage greens look traditional, deep greens look fashionable, dark blue and pale grey look lovely but are everywhere, which is fine. Farrow and Ball describe Elephant's Breath as warm but it can look a bit pink and has definite 'walrus' undertones (that should put just about everyone off!) Little Greene Slaked Lime is a set of greys that are good. I would take a look at them as a starting point perhaps. Walrus breath from now on - we need a chuckle at the moment.