Thanks very much for all your feedback. Just to answer a few queries - the deck is directly outside the main room so the new doors open out onto it. The doors won't be French - they're just the only doors that the 3D planner I'm using had, they'll actually be large stacking doors. I've had another idea too which would be a lot more expensive but offers a completely different approach. This is quite rushed so doesn't show accurate layout of kitchen or anything like that, basically just provides an idea. Thoughts!?

I think you should! What color are you thinking of painting them though? I personally did this in my own home and painted the whole interior of my wardrobes white and it made such a difference! completed opened up and lighted my bedroom!

I'm thinking you should make them higher as the ceiling goes higher, but that's just my opinion. It's a slight difference in height between the exterior sliding doors but the height difference will be good I think. What'd you end up doing?

Hi Clo. Pinterest is very good, but it's more about photos and not actual information to read. Houzz is a good place, of course, but there are plenty of other good web sources. I have found this article on Google and it has a lot of information on Rustic design (it is also called Country style interior design). You can find there a good read on Provence style as well. I hope that helps.