With a nice clean space like that you can go a lot of different ways. I would start by looking at shower curtains, because they can become the focal point. When you find one or two (or more) that you like, you can play off of the colors in the curtain to find the color towels, bath mat, and even wall color. Some ideas: You could go classic black and white, with a touch of something bright if you want for an accent (like the fuscia in the photo) Or something "spa-like," in acqua and cream. Or you could go bright, with teal and lime green. Another classic look: tan walls, white and/or tan towels and bathmat, simple white accessories. Good luck!

A local garden store or designer will certainly be able to help you. In the meantime, you can look up ideas online, but you'll need to know some basic information before anyone can help you choose specific plants. The first and most important is to know your planting zone, which is all about your location and climate. You also need to know the directional orientation of your house and the wall, and whether it is "full sun", "partial sun", or "shade". Will you be planting on both sides of the wall? You may wind up with vastly different plants if one side gets full sun and the other is in the shade. Take into consideration whatever shade is cast by the large tree, and the house itself. If you have the time, spend a day taking pictures of both sides of the wall - maybe once an hour (shadows will shift somewhat throughout the season), so you may want to do this every few weeks and keep a visual log of how the shadows move. Also, before you plant, decide if you want to paint the wall. It will be easier to paint before you plant, of course. White will reflect heat back onto plants. Climbing plants would look nice on the wall, if you're not going with a very structured garden. Ivy is an obvious choice, but there are other vines that flower beautifully, if you like that idea.

Having only 4 feet above your face sounds tight to me. Guess you could have a couple of people hold a thin piece of plywood at that height as you lay on the floor. Think I would move the doggie den somewhere else and use a couple of those feet for the sleepers.

Hi everyone! I'm wanting to start renovating our home but before we get started I wanted to get some ideas and figure out what is possible, what is recommended and what is the best design that would suit our lifestyle. I have little to no understanding of who needs to be contacted to give the thumbs up that something CAN be done and HOW it should be done (such as removing load bearing walls, new floor layout- etc). We have a two story house with the bedrooms upstairs (3 bedrooms and one bathroom) and downstairs we have the utility room, a spare toilet and the garage. we're wanting to start renovating downstairs as it's the area that needs the most work but as first time home owners (and really young home owners) we're a bit lost. If you have any advice or even links to information/books that would be amazing. Thanks all and have a great day :D!