I'd personally pull out the little well thing. It makes me think of dressed-up lawn geese and gnomes. If you have the room and the code ok, plant a tree. A large shade tree would be great near the new deck and would help add some vertical height.

I'm finding it a little hard to see the detail. Can you enlarge the top 2 plans?

Why don't you live in the house for a while and get a feel for things. The curtains are bright but if they are still good quality / newish it would be a very expensive exercise to replace them (I have just spent a few thousand just on three rooms), you can always add a few red cushions or a red toned throw over your existing couch or a rug with a red tones in to it, to tone the red down, if required. Repainting the walls is cheaper than replacing curtains and a piece of art with red tones may also help. As far as furniture is concerned it would depend on what you like style wise. Why not send us a photo after you have moved in. You may find some of your concerns disappear once you are in and settled.

I don't think i've seen any other furniture company in Auckland (let alone NZ) do overnight delivery for big items like a bed or a couch but I managed to get a bed frame, a matress AND a couple pillows delivered the day after I bought them from andoo. Never heard of the company before so was a bit skeptical going into it but no complaints so far. The items are put together pretty solidly and the delivery time saved me a lot of hassle. As long as the items last, I don't see why i wouldn't keep going back for more. Plus the $$$ was a lot less dearer than the other places I was looking at.