Hi Jeanette, I would paint an horizontal strip over the tiles (same width as the width of your green wall more or less) with the same green color. I would also add some shelves above the sink where you could add a few (not too many) green items or green storage baskets and maybe a small kitchen garden with green herbs to use in your cooking. I would also change the cabinet handles for more stylish ones (not necessary expensive ones). And why not adding a curtain or a blind in a bold green you could shut at night? Good luck!

Hi Jaclyn, we always recommend laying the flooring in the direction of your light source. The effect is more attractive and can help to emphasise those beautiful grain patterns and natural textures that we love about wood flooring. As your kitchen is longer than it is wide, you'll be able to lay a good few lengths down the room and this will look really impressive as you walk in. We wouldn't worry about this meaning the planks are laid a different way to your living room - it's how the room looks when you're in it that counts! (:

This is what I just sent as mentioned in above comments ^ I think after a lot of deliberation I am going to tone back my design quite a lot and hopefully build a glass conservatory out in the side return after doing the rest of the the renovations inside the back of the house. This is what I would like to do to begin with: With the intension of doing this after the the above is done: Im just trying to find out from a structural point of view if would I need to add a new steel RSJ in above where the current window opening is in order to put in the french windows, or bottom sliding Bi-folds in, and also find out if I have to move the boiler to make this design comply with building regs? If the answer is yes. Then I think I would bite the bullet and move the boiler and put a bigger opening in here to make something more like this: With a the possibility of adding something like this after the main works had been done: I would like the have a glass and steel conservatory sit on a steel conservatory base that is placed on concrete pads. Like I have found out can be done after coming across this website: https://www.premierlc.co.uk/conservatory-bases-compared/ What do you guys think?

Hi Emily, Sorry to hear that! you had two problems: firstly the wood floor purchased is very rustic, D grade with very large knots and filled cracks. Mind you some people like it but if you didn't expect such "design" or if you were not made aware that many planks had filled cracks, then it's the supplier's fault. Secondly, fitters, are often incompetent, and would start laying floors without even looking at the boards. It's technically not even their fault as they were tasked to fit a floor that you provided. If it's a supply and fit job, then that's another story and you should go back to the suppliers complaining that the job wasn't carried out well enough. Were you made aware that some planks had large filling knots and cracks? There is nothing wrong with the planks. They are defective as such, they just look awful but again you have to ascertain if that's where expecting. It's very difficult to lighten up the black filling with a lighter colour and it's also very difficult to remove the filling but not impossible. You can use "french polisher" who will touch up your floor but they are not cheap. The easiest job is to cut out and remove the faulty planks. This is something that is often done to replace damaged boards. Of course the question is who is going to pay for it. The fitter will argue that he merely fitted the floor provided and wasn't asked to "look for ugly boards". He will also argue that he was to avoid those ugly boards he wouldn't have had enough boards to finish the job. Hope this helps and feel free to contact me for further advice. All the best.