Dewpot, I had a go at painting your kitchen with the Dulux app... see the results below. You can give it a try yourself at: https://www.dulux.co.uk/web/visualizer/ For the opposite wall, you can go easy or complicated. Easy, just get some picture ledges, some of those great black&white pics like you have in the living room - sweet! http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50152595/ Or mix some prints with your photos, etc.http://www.houzz.com/projects/52249/village-apartment-nyc Or go for some 'snake' shelving. You can make it as long as you want; have slim bottles, some spices jars and photos there too. Complicated: get someone in to make a radiator cover that doest just cover the radiator, but extends to the other end. Use the top of that as a shelf and add another shelf on top. Or have a radiator cover and then a folding shelf, almost like a breakfast bar http://www.pinterest.com/pin/41376890301726149/ Good luck!

The rest of the house is nearly restored and we are down to one of the final stalling points, what to do with the main fireplace. I've attached some better photos. Since taking them I have made a start on stripping it back. I've removed all the old fabric from one of the chairs and sanded a section back. The dark finish is not ingrained in the wood so sands of relatively easily. I'm thinking I may as well have a go at painting it before my wife makes me take it out! Its not the main living room so we won't be using the room very often. Therefore I don't think it matters that it's not really practical.

You have some great features there. I love the bullseye architrave and panelled doors. One of my favourite hall transformations on Houzz was this one: [From dodgy pink to elegant grey[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/from-dodgey-pink-to-elegant-greys-dsvw-vd~2942113) If I was lucky enough to have a hallway like yours, I'd be getting a skip for the dado rail and wallpaper (as already suggested). The dark brown carpet would also go in. I'd then be wanting to use white emulsion on the doors and walls. To add some interest, how about creating a feature using either a coloured chandelier or mirror? How about a stripe carpet going up the stairs?

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