Our new holiday home has dated green aluminium windows, with magnolia walls and golden varnished wooden floors. Suggestions on how we might use colour and furnishings to give it now impact welcome.

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First, find out if the hallway wall is load bearing. If it is, you probably won't be allowed to cut into it or remove it without a structural engineer approving the modification(s). Are solar tube skylights an option? Translucent glass doors might give a little bit more light into the hallway...

Hi, I'm trying to decide what to do about my window furnishings. I'm thinking in bedrooms to have sheers for privacy and then block out curtains for night, but don't really want double track as sticks out too much. Is it possible to have track inside window frame/recess? and is this a good idea? Any other ideas? It has been suggested I could go with a sheer blind for sun and privacy and curtains for blockout at night. In the rooms is also a wide but small window above window which will probably have a blind? Appreciate any advice