I rather like your facade. I would think twice about painting the brickwork, as this would be a maintenance headache, but cleaning it would brighten it up. Otherwise stucco and paint the front ( brickwork) only? i would clad your existing canopy in lead, but leep the existing shape. Is the tarmac yours? If you could change this to something lighter and softer, this would have a really big impact. Clad the stairs in slate or indian sandstone, get rid of the block screen and replace with glass, ( marine grade stainless steel fittings and door furniture) black iron railing for the steps.

I agree they're great rooms. Part of me says continue with the peacock colour scheme and go really bold with a really deep teal/petrol or nearly emerald on the walls :) As you've mentioned grasscloth though I wonder what a gold one would look like and perhaps continue on the feature wall in the dining area? I really like the white cabinet in the dining room but wonder what that would look like in the emerald or deep teal? Can I also be cheeky and ask where you got the Thai wall carving please as I haven't my seen one that size:)

* That leaves me obsessing over different shades of sands. I also don't like the yellow undertones. I am considering a three color combination - one to line the edge of the roof(darkest), one for the body and another for the trim(lightest).

That photo does look good, the two don't clash at all. I can't afford real wood flooring. I will either be having new laminate or engineered wood flooring, neither of which are something I would want in a kitchen. I also don't feel comfortable having something I feel would be more difficult to clean than tiles. It's a kitchen diner which opens onto our unusually wet and muddy garden. I have two children who create lots of mess. Just yesterday my eldest spilled some sort of hideous red goo all over the cream carpet upstairs! My other option is some sort of blue geometric patterned tiled floor. I haven't been able to find many affordable options so would probably only be able to do half of the room, depending on the way it is designed. Do any more affordable options exist? I found the optiks tiles at topps tiles which are just under £70 a square metre, so still too expensive for me. They are also quite a light blue and I'd prefer something darker. Are there any other options around?