WOW, what amazing ideas - who's up for forming an Interior Design Company around the UK - could be great fun! One thing not mentioned is that I would move the microwave immediately and put it where it has work surface at each side for safety. Where the micro was put a huge shallow glass brightly coloured bowl (TK Maxx/Ikea) and fill with either different coloured glass 'eggs' - Murano, Caithness etc, adding from each holiday or, which I've also done, fill with coloured crystal bauble string lights - I just drop them in and switch on when I feel like it. I've just bought a stunning Lava lamp - pink for my kitchen - tho' they come in a number of colours. There are some really funky fish tanks around too. I have a pink one shaped like a cats head ( lol as I have cats) and a square one, very architectural, with viewing 'shapes' cut out. They're no more then 6 inches high and some colourful fish prefer to be solo, or would you kill them along with the plants? Lol. Hope you manage to find great advice from all who answered you. Bee

In our new kitchen, traditional look, the cabinets will have brass handles. The sink is belfast type. I would love a brass/traditional colour tap, not chrome, but at the same time for functionality it to be a mixer pull out one. I can't find one! Any ideas? Thanks

Hi. They seem to have a different finish? I would just go for cup handles with Victorian knobs personally. These are polished chrome to match the cup handles https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorian-Cabinet-Cupboard-Polished-Chrome/dp/B0088V8HVC/ref=sr_1_1?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1487665032&sr=1-1&keywords=victorian+cabinet+cupboard+door+knob+polished+chrome

Hello, @Juliet Docherty is exactly right, and unfortunately, that is the cause of the problem on this one. The cream is actually bringing out the purple further (and the red teatowel won't be helping). The first step would be to change the tiles to a white that compliments the grey with its undertone. The walls with them are much easier to manage (and find a white for). I would then (personal preference only) also do white on the beams overhead to minimise their impact, push up the ceiling and allow the kitchen and lighter wood here, to take centre stage. When all this is done, as a side note, you may then also want to change the bar stools to get away from those creams :) PS I love your floor! it's gorgeous. I hope this helps. But definitely, always get samples of tiles and place them with the kitchen in the actual rooms you are working with - taking a door to the artificially lit warehouse isn't going to give you an exact colour reference to look at. The same with the wall colours - we found with our clients, painting a shoe box works best because standing this is your room you can see angles from all sides and where shadows fall etc all in one sample - works really well with an empty space too. All the best and do let us know how you get on :) Best, Gina