Congratulations, a really exciting time. At the moment your head will be racing and you will have so many ideas. I think you should make yourself a mood board of anything you see and like ( any scrap of paper from magazines to fabric or to photos you can snap on your phone). Sit down on a quiet night and close your eyes and feel the room and imagine what you can see open your eyes. have a drink of your choice and then start writing and looking at your board and this will help with what you would like to see in your room. This normally helps when you really are unsure. Enjoy.

This is beautiful, I love the use of the mirrors to give the illusion that the courtyard is bigger than it is. Well done on a really fantastic transformation

Sonia, @Rinked, Jonathan, Victoria et al, how nice to get a notification from Houzz after all this time age read your posts. I’m so sorry that you’re facing tough times @Rinked. Sonia how lovely that your pet cat is getting you through what must be challenging times. My house is ‘finished’ in the sense that I got to 85% done and though ‘this’ll do’ . Before and after pics of the latest project below. But the new dream is to build our own house in a couple of years, so I can see myself back on here full time soon!

Hi Raj, Huge congratulations on your purchase! Half way done I suppose towards the final dream home:) If it's the whole house that you are considering gutting and remodelling, a holistic approach would be needed to make the best use of the full footprint and then you can decide having that dramatic space is worth it or not. It feels like you may consider getting help from a designer just to do a feasibility study with some internal massing models/views for you to fully understand the volumes better and assess what exactly matters the most to you. Hope this makes sense. If you need to speak to a professional, feel free to call me. No commitment, just a chat. Cheers, Tuba