I like the rug but not sure it will work with the existing house features like the flooring. (And size wise it’s needs to be about 2 x 3 metres, don’t despair if not because layering rugs is fashionable). Before you make the significant investment you need a plan. Asking here is a great start but you need to save some inspiration pics from searching photos here on Houzz and on Pintrest.

Do any of these images appeal?

Thank you For your reply. yeah I know the rug is probably a little too big but I really want to cover the ugly tiles up! Haha maybe after a year or so we can renovate and change the floor and kitchen they are really not my style.

from the pics you sent I like the second one the most with the black and white table. I am not really a fan of timber look furniture. I prefer metal or black, white gold colours for tables

thanks again!

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these are some examples of furniture I like, I love all these tables and the green sofa is nice but maybe in navy

These sofas are from Secret Sofa in Melbourne. Both are available in green and blue. Reasonable prices and good reports of quality.

Nada, why don't you follow the agents stylist and copy the first photo it looks gorgeous

Coffee tables from Temple and Webster that may fit your brief.

Oh those colours are both beautiful, will check if they deliver or if I can find similar in WA.

Siriuskey i think the photo of the agents styling is nice but a little too plain for me. maybe similar sofas in beige with golden Legged tables instead? Not sure I will probably go look around in furniture stores and take photos of items I like to post here before buying. I can never decide myself on furniture! Haha

your gold brass table legs will look lovely and pick up on the gold in the slate floor

I actually think the rug you have is a great start , but I actually think you need to look at the bigger picture , and formulate a plan .

The end of the kitchen bench looks beige . Beige , of course , is bad haha , and doesn't go with grey . And you have a lot of grey ! Grey kitchen cupboards , grey walls , grey ceilings , grey doors and windows , and in the styled pics -- grey furniture . Call it surfmist , or drab , or overcast , or any of the other 50 shades haha , and its still grey .

And to really add to this scene are those 70's tiles .

The veranda roof underside looks unpainted or beige , the fence is an off-white .

Me -- I'd do the ceiling in white . Just so it isn't grey .

The kitchen end , and the cupboard doors -- burnt orange would suit , royal blue maybe , or the bright ornage/yellow or red if you want colour , but I sense thats a No .

The outside fence in charcoal , the underside of the terrace roof probably charcoal too , but I'd want to know the rest of the outside colours -- lets hope they aren't grey haha !

THEN you can do the white marble table , the gold legged chairs , obviously the rug , you'd even get away with the grey couches , BUT add some coloured cushions , maybe some light blue and some royal blue to reference the rug . Maybe mid and rich red to reference the kitchen . Even the charcoal might work but it needs something -- a bright lamp , at least 1 large abstract art work in the tones you want -- the reds and/or the blues and/or the yellows -- several colours , and several shades of your dominant two .

Doing it now will cost $5-10k , but it will look much more integrated , it will be done , and easier than in a year too haha ! Delay if budget is tight , but I'd personally sooner do that and have a $100 dining table with a $30 tablecloth for the 1st year or 2 , than a $2k or $5k marble and gold one .

That sounds a lot more interesting and really nice .

Haha , yes I did say 'I sense thats a No' regarding the sunshine colours !

That brick 'feature' wall at the end of the kitchen may have been the go in the 70's , but the walls wouldn't have been grey , But as they are now , I wouldn't paint the wall grey too , nor any shade of blue . Crisp white would work , but be a bit of work to keep that way maybe , and you'd want the ceiling to match .

The only other tone I'd consider for that small wall would be charcoal , but it doesn't really suit the tiles . But one trick I once used ( I was selling the place , so no guarantees or idea of durability ) was thinning out black paint with turps about 2 to 1 , then dabbing it on to the brick and the floor tiles -- 3 or 4 coats , at least a day between coats . Will probably get you thru a couple of years , it may get that 'roman' look of one floor colour coming through another on the heaviest traffic areas -- I call that character haha !