Hello folks! I haven't disappeared, just had whooping cough (yes, seriously!) with a garnish of gastric flu and torn muscles from coughing fits. So that has severely impeded our efforts (hubby's had it too, and it lasts around 3mths so we're not out of the woods yet!) with our new house (which I now describe as semi-derelict before we bought it) and so had no time/mental energy to properly get updated on what's been happening with you guys. Truth be told, I've started reading a few times & either got interrupted (mummy-ness) or fallen asleep, without finishing. I've missed this, but u guys, esp Monica & RoRo have been in my thoughts. Where to start?! I think I've taken in all that's happened in this thread since I went AWOL but might have missed some finer points. Monica, I'm so sorry to hear what u'v been through, with the RTA & the cowboy tiling / wallpapering on top! (& work always picks worst times to intensify - I just started on a Task Force this week, when shd really still be on sick leave). I mean, a marker?! Seriously?! Isn't it common knowledge / common sense to use a lightly applied pencil? Sounds like u r doing best thing by looking at it as a learning experience. Still, he deserves an honest review somewhere. Anyway, onwards and upwards, I'll look at the lounge link when I've finished this post. BTW I LOVE your artwork. Vivacious, bright and deep - is there an insight there? ;-) And RoRo, wow you've got a lot on your plate! We've been so frustrated with being held back on our projects by health, but u have taken on a bigger scale of project altogether, sounds like it's verging on municipal! U guys inspire me. :-) Thinking of starting a thread on our living room, it's the most 'civilised' room of the house so far, but I didn't take the north-facing position into account when I decided on a colour scheme of turquoise, grey and lime. (Doh!) So far I've made some headway on a concept I'm excited by, but it needs some tweaking so it doesn't feel 'cold' with the blue tone of the natural light. Are you up for sharing some of your thoughts on this??? Hope so. :-)

Because it’s the littlest room in the house you wouldn’t be alone if you made a bolder choice than in bigger rooms. And I like those tiles. If however the objective is to make the room seem larger then generally larger patterns help. If it were mine I would choose a wood floor tile, so that I could have stripes of wood across the width of the room (thereby visually widening it), I would also add an upstand of floor tiles (kinda size of skirting board) all around the room to trick your eye into thinking the floor (and therefore the room) is bigger. And I would paint the walls and ceiling the same colour as this warms up little rooms and it also helps corners to disappear (again making the room appear bigger). You might also consider getting mirror cut for the door panels (I prefer a grey or bronze mirror) If you really love pattern I would buy a stretched artists canvass and paste your favourite wallpaper to it and hang it like art.

Sorry, I haven't been very clear there. No - the toilet is opposite the door at the moment - so as you go into the room it's straight ahead with a small sink next to it. I think the soil pipe goes off under the window to join the drain further along the outside wall. And yes - it's the size which is throwing me - too much choice about where to put stuff! I am also toying with the idea of making the water storage cupboard bigger - so I could possibly stick the hoover in there? I don't know! Ha!

Normally it’s around 1/3 of the wall height, maybe fractionally higher. This image looks good Most of your imspiration pics have wallpaper, would you consider that? Coving may look good depending on the style of the house, I don’t think it’s necessary in a loo though How do you intend to deal with the boxing in of the pipes? Could you increase the boxing in so it’s the width of the wall (hopefully!) just above the sink? You would then create a shelf for things, this is the best pic i could find minus the white sill!