Hello elg684, I like painted rads and you could do yours. Best way is to remove it prime with an all round paint like zinsser bullseye 123 which you can spray for a better finish including inside the rad. Then spray the rad a top coat of your choice. Matching the walls is a good way to blend them especially if they are not a beautiful architectural feature like old Victorian style can be. Of course if you don't want to do that you can find covers that are white stylish if plainer, and easier to paint that a colour of your choice.. :))

No! Don’t use pink stuff paste or a magic eraser! Pink stuff spray is fine but not the paste. We have spare doors at work and have done tests on them. You should not use a product that is harsh such as paste because in time it will take the surface of the door off. If however your doors are so bad that they are ready for replacing you have nothing to loose. I’m now monitoring the removal of marks with baby wipes. For some strange reason they seem to shift a multitude of sins.

Hi Ben, I like the 2nd last design, the one without the cupboard opposite the boiler. Having a wall unit there breaks the sight line and makes it feel cluttered. I would use the shelves for glasses and cups. I have wood worktops from worktop express. Great quality, just a little wear 3 years on. We opted for an oil finish and need to do the 1st re-oil soon. We have a dishwasher so minimal dishes done but the sink is siliconed under it's rim. Water doesn't seem to be an issue yet.

Wow, ok, I don't know where to start :-) This plan only focuses on the kitchen, some things are left out because they don't really concern the kitchen design: - the room in the bottom is much larger than on this plan. We are going to use it as a sitting room/play room. We've thought about putting the dining table over there, but it would be too far from the kitchen. (plus: then there would have to be a playroom like space where the dinner table is on this plan) We might reconsider though. - the view in the top left, is the view from the living room. - the red dot in the kitchen island is a structural pillar. There is another one 7 metres lower, about where the cupboards of the new kitchen stop. - the area which Jonathan circled in red, is a walk-in dressing which you can reach through a sliding door. There we have acces to a separate toilet and to the bathroom. - we wanted an open shelf in the island, to store cookbooks etc. I'm adding a picture of the effect we're looking for. I also said to the designer that the three big cupboard at the back look too boring and overwhelming. So she echood the kitchen island a bit (if you understand what I mean). The 7 small cupboards in the island seem too much though.