Decorating ideas

The windows are going to stay as varnished wood. The lime plaster we are going to leave as is for now. But we need to decide how to finish the plasterboard walls and the surrounds of the windows as the plaster doesn't go very neatly up to the windows so some filling needs to be done then painted. But how will we blend that with the plaster?

Downstairs the plasterboard is one side of the toilet and then on the sides of the shower. I am thinking that in the toilet we will get some breathable paint and paint the whole thing with that (perhaps white? or grey) then behind the toilet is going to have a morrocan pattern in grey and teal.

The outside of the toilet and shower we will paint in the same paint. That will leave the back wall in the following photo the natural lime colour. This area will have a sink and work suface. We think the walls might get paler still as they dry, at the moment they are a grey brown colour which must come partially from the plaster not being quite dry as the sand used I think was less grey and paler. It is hard chosing the colour of the other walls without knowing what colour this will end up. If it stays this colour white could work, but if it gets paler that might be too similar.

Upstairs there will be a plasterboard ceiling, this is the insulation you can still see at moment. I think mid-ish grey could look nice, and white woodwork for the little bit sticking out the ceiling, but I think Doug is not convinced - the ceiling is high and a darker colour could make the room more cosy. But then white is always good. The joists you see here are for the bedroom floor so will be covered by floor above and ceiling below.

I am thinking about painting the window recess a different colour to the wall so that the fillered bits blend in - and this wooden bit. White? Grey? Blue - like sky? I think trying to match the colour of the walls would be tricky. On the whole I think white - but not if the walls get much paler. It would probably make sense to do the window recess and the ceiling the same colour. 

Then sometimes I think we should have some braver colour choices - I have been watching too many renovation type programs perhaps - yellow is meant to brighten up the room and bring the sunshine in. 

Maybe the windows surround and ceiling not the same colour in this case.

Pretty exciting to be thinking about this kind of finishing detail. Although a lot to do before we are actually there.