We've got grey carpet and have gone for teal sofa. Mustard also works really well with grey as does jewel brights. Most colours work well!

Hello Anne, Glass seems to be the material of choice and why not have a look at places like ebay or other places companies such as Swoon Editions cut out the middle man and offer limited editions for affordable prices.. Some of their designs are rather good and with all companies it pays to look through.. I rarely like more than 10% at the most of a collection. So have a look around.. One other idea is to have a sheet glass made and sit this onto a base or legs of your choice.. :))

Just a quick question..................what's in the store room and is it big enough for the office? If it's in storage in a little flat...............do you need the stuff in the store more than office space? There's just a little too much in the lounge. The chest in the window is nice, but would be better with a grey and white colour scheme if it were dark wood. You don't need the side table as you've got a coffee table and it's stopping the sofa from being placed in the middle of the wall. Does the little side table fit in the bay? If not, then maybe that should go. The magazine rack maybe could go at the wall end of the sofa if you bring the sofa away from the wall and then it's hidden. The little blue chair is too much and isn't helping the 'lining the walls' placement of everything. The book cases although functional are out of place in style, so yes they could get painted to tie in with the sofa and a wall colour maybe. If they're the same colour as the wall they'd stand out less. The one at the T.V end of the table needs moving to the other side of the table and pinning to the wall as it's leaning and dangerous. They're not the most substantial of pieces at the best of times, but a corner would support it better. Maybe you could change the two book cases for one, and have it as a screen for the office? The footstool is non-functional so needs to go. You can bring the t.v unit back out from the corner also and to match the placement of the sofa opposite and paint that too. It really needs to be dark to match the table in the bay and the other furniture like the chest in the bay and the sideboard in the hallway. I like the idea of the painted table and the grey sofa. The Texas sofa bed is wrong for the style of the other furniture you're going with. I actually like the sofa that's in there more than the other two you've chosen. Something more like this would work with the grey and white and dark brown wood. That one granted is expensive, but lots can be found for cheaper than that, especially scout around on Ebay and the local Facebook pages, you never know what you're gonna find, and it's always fun getting a bargain! All of that will go great with your choice of chandelier.

Thanks everyone, this is so helpful!!! Dundrum that made me chuckle. I will stick to my guns but sadly the retailers have an aversion to pistachio. Went round huge Next home store today, tonnes of curtain fabric options in all colours except pistachio!!! Grrrr! Thank you again Man about House, I will persevere and I covet your curtains!!! I think I may well get the original rug you found! Thanks Laura will also look at French Connection, who would have thought! The parquet floors are from 1962 and I am chuffed to bits how they have come up, waited 3.5 years to do them! Angie and celery girl, very good points re rug size, my last Ikea one was definitely in the "not this" category!! Thanks also for the image celerygirl, I like the poufs very much but the trouble is the room is Lshaped and the walkway goes past them Any views on the coffee table dilemma everyone? As for brown sofa wish could replace asap. Would you believe someone gave me a beautiful South African wood sideboard and I kept it for a few years until eBaying it for a pittance! I even tried it in the space, see pic, yikes, I thought it was too dominant but maybe not....!