How about a duck egg blue or add some greys? Could you add some pictures it may help people to visualise what kind of room it is

Hi khowieson! This sounds like a great space with lovely tall ceilings! I’d recommend having a look at our Dulux Heritage range of paint –this has colour palettes specifically selected to complement the character and style of traditional period properties, such as yours. In terms of colour, I’d suggest Dulux Country Sky, which is a gorgeous, soft grey-blue. Go for a flat matt finish of paint to give that effortlessly classic look you are after. I think this would be a great choice for you and your husband, as it will add a hint of elegant colour, without being too overpowering. https://www.duluxtradepaintexpert.co.uk/colours/collections/heritage I hope this helps and I’d love to see some pictures of your room once it's completed. Jo Dulux Design Expert www.designer.duluxamazingspace.co.uk

I like the pull out cupboards, excellent idea. At only 700mm wide, lets face it, you can't go in, so Jen is right the depth makes it awkward. Quite often those cupboards are near to kitchens and bathrooms, and are made that deep so that you can put a washing machine and tumble dryer in one on top of the other, plus have space in front for the washing machine door to open. They're ideal Utility cupboards for people that want to free up space in a kitchen. However, they're great storage if you can figure it out.

I had colours like these in 2 of my homes for years. Blues and yellows work really well, they're beautiful and striking together, but we found that some things don't work well with them. Golds and browns work very well (gilt mirrors, leather armchairs, etc.) but -- surprisingly -- black is really out of place. I had a pair of enormous tower speakers with my sound system that could blow the windows out on half volume and were a really striking statement, but they were black and they looked weird. So I wrapped them in muslin sleeves that I was able to paint to match the walls. They were sunflower yellow for a couple of years! I stretched muslin over the removable fronts too, and spray painted them different colours. Fast forward to the future and I had to get rid of the colours to rent the house out when working overseas. And suddenly, when back to whites / magnolias / etc., the rooms looked twice the size! And they felt twice the size too! Today my company builds garden rooms, which are typically fairly small, and the use of striking colours inside really shrinks the spaces down. Most of our customers keep things fairly neutral as a result and get the striking statements from the furniture, rugs and fittings.