It looks like a fairly large, light space so I would definitely go for the darker, bolder choice. I also agree with the majority that keeping the arch, but enlarging and squaring it off, might be better and leave you with more flexible spaces (it will also save you money!) If you get rid of the fireplace (which is pretty unispiring) I would make sure you still have some kind of feature there to add impact - console tables with mirrors over them work quite well. The beauty of the darker grey is that you can accessorise with pretty much any colour and it will look cool.

Thank you Victoria. Haha! Yes that's exactly what she suggested! Several times over :) We just didn't have the budget at all to do all three floors of the house, so we prioritised the downstairs and our master suite on the top floor as they needed obvious structural work just to make the space work for us. If I wasn't being a complete cheapskate and trying to get ideas on here for free now (!!!) I'd get her to do the whole middle floor but with £100k spent already on the renovation its just not an option! We only had £50k aside when we moved in, so everything else we're having to do month by month as money comes in, which is quite painful!! Gina's done so much above and beyond what she needed to, to help us that asking for more help on a totally different part of the house that was never in the scope of work just seemed a bit unfair- especially as I know she'd help anyway :) Being completely honest, we had never planned to do anything structural at all with the middle floor as it's perfectly okay. The plan had always been to do nothing more than decorate, change the carpets and windows and put in two modern bathrooms (which would give us 3 bathrooms to five bedrooms) and we'd allocated £15k to do it. We had never done a renovation before- not so much as a lick of paint! Our old house was immaculate when we bought it and we didn't do a thing to the day we sold it having been there 7 years. This has been a huge learning curve for us and I've loved every minute - it's a world I didn't even know existed! Considering how much I now love it, it's hard to imagine that 12 months ago I'd never even picked up an interior magazine!! :) I guess the reason I'm now being a bit of a cheapskate asking for help and ideas on here, rather than employing a professional is because through this whole process and all the things I've read and seen on here a year into all of this, I realise whilst there isn't a big budget for the middle floor, I just wondered if there was a better way of doing things before we start next year! Your advice on ensuites seems very sensible and definitely something we need to consider! Hubby thinks cheapest and simplest idea is to leave everything as is now and as and when we need extra bedrooms (or decide to sell) to turn the games room back into a bedroom and steal a bit of the current very large room for an ensuite and put the office back to a walk through dressing room as part of that whole area and leave the family bathroom where it is. That way we'd have three ensuites plus a family bathroom to five bedrooms. I can see his point and would be cheap and easy to do, it just doesn't really address the fact I don't like the landing :)

hi agree, wallpaper looks great I'd opt for medium format tiles with the size of bathroom you have and if there is enough light then maybe even go for darker tone.

Hi Vicky, We've just done our bathroom with patterned floor tile and a white metro tile. I think if you do a coloured grout it stops it from looking too public toilet-ish - we chose a light grey. I think the cream tiles are not quite right for your bathroom, and the light grey ones look a little blue-toned which I'm not sure would work. I don't think you'd have a problem with white looking odd against the beige in your floor tile as it is quite dark and therefore enough of a contrast. I'll post a couple of pics of our bathroom - we painted the walls in a light grey too. P.s. the subway tiles we chose were XL (30cm) and also matte finish for easy cleaning.