I love this style house. What type of flooring are you considering eg new carpet, wood, tiles. As this is the biggest surface you need to finalise your preferences for that sooner than the rest.

Thanks.
We were initially thinking timber to match the ceiling. But worry it will be too much wood and will look heavy.
Currently the floor is carpeted and kitchen dining area has slate.
One option would be to continue to use slate here as well and use hydronic heating under the slate.

Congratulations I love your house, we have a very similar house built in the 80's, it would be great to see the floorplan to help with flooring choice

Thanks. Here is the Floor plan

Beautiful mid century. My suggestion new flooring, leave the brick as looks very expensive and in good condition. More lights a beautiful mid century statement light, Replicate Lighting - many out of copyright and wired to current standards. One of two pieces of furniture from that era. Then add co.our in soft furnishings and art work. Congratulations you have a beautiful buy in the house

I would not paint the wall anything but white due to the beautiful ceiling. Long term maybe extend the. External deck and have door from the dining room and lounge are out. You could then use greens from outdoor planting to bring the landscaping in as a’natural’ feature. On the wooden floors I would invest in a statement’ wow’ rug. Eg https://img.zcdn.com.au/lf/49/hash/26677/19035554/4/Kingfisher+Stem+Hand-Tufted+Wool+Rug.jpg

Great 1980’s house. I think the colour of the carpet works….so maybe choose a large format MATT tile, a similar colour, for the floor in the lounge, entry and follow up into the dining room. Placing a very large floor rug in the lounge for texture. The ceiling is always a feature in these 1980 homes, so having a wood floor would be too much, in my opinion. The mantle placement is good and the colour, it just needs “bulking up”. Dulux Snowy mountain paint for the walls. For lighting, I would keep with discreet lighting. Maybe floor lamps or a singular pendant in the corner of the room. I have attached photos showing a home the same era, this was built 1980. Take note how the ceiling is the main feature not the floor tiles. Also the fixed lighting in the timber ceiling.

Wonderful house and great floorplan, these houses have a lot of brick timber and glass and are always filled with light. I can see by your floorplan that you enter and then have to cross the living dining to access the rest of the house. I would suggest that you have a timber/tiled entrance and then a timber walkway the width of the fireplace up to timber dining room. The recessed carpet in the sunken living will work beauitfully.

This Eichler Mid Century house gives some idea of what you could do with the living room flooring using timber and not tiles.

Great lighting for Mid Century and 80's houses are Paper shades, track lights and wall up

lights

Love this type of lighting also.

Dare I say it, I think there is too much brick. If you’ve got the money, I’d remove half the brick wall leaving the fire place & make it double sided.

I agree with Siriusky about the flooring & the wall Color from Dreamer Dulux Snowy Mountain. Another option is to do a built in bookcase or bar next to the fireplace to fill in the dead space.

The built in could be wood or the same colour as the walls.

Hi Jani,

Lovely spaces in the home you have bought. Initially I thought it was too much brick but it is quite well balanced with plenty of white walls and the accent timber ceiling.

One thing that sticks out to me is the white trim between the carpet and the brick. This should not be needed and a simple transition between the two materials should be implemented.

I would stick with a light carpet and the colour depends on what your furniture suits. A light grey might freshen up the space but a soft beige tone would be fine too. You are unlikely to change the carpet again so be really comfortable with your choice, especially if you decide to go with a bolder colour. If you decide on something darker, you will need more lighting.

For window treatments - I'm not a huge fan of them unless you need them for privacy. Go with a roll down blind or a simple natural fabric curtain, like linen or silk blend and make sure you hang them from the top of the wall, not the top of the window. If you can get away with it, a plain white or other soft coloured sheer curtain.

I quite like the idea of laying a tile or stone floor strip the width of the gap beside the fireplace, as previously mentioned, all the way from the front door to the kitchen and keeping the living and dining spaces carpeted. However, I would hesitate to install more slate and it would be problematic to mix something new with the existing slate - unless you plan to replace that too. I am a huge fan of terracotta tiles. I know they polarise peoples opinions but they work really well with timber and white with other neutrals and natural materials. There is a reason they have been around for centuries!!! They have to be the authentic terracotta though, not ceramic. You could lay them over the whole entry, living and dining rooms (and Kitchen) and just have large rugs for the rooms. Depends on what you like the look of.

Lighting - why not look at using some narrow black tubular pendant style fittings. Or something that has a bit more impact but not fussy.

C.

This looks like our friend’s house in Bacchus Marsh? If so, I’m happy to connect you with them for history of the house.

It looks a beautiful house.

Congratulations on purchasing a really impressive house with huge potential. As you can see from the above posts, everyone has different ideas on what you should do with your house and my suggestions would be different again. I think the important thing is to identify the things that YOU really like, maybe it’s the timber ceilings or the brick walls, and what you don’t particularly like. When you’ve done that, it’s easier to work out what to change and how ,in order to make it work as a whole. You mentioned adding more lights so I’m guessing it feels dark, if this is the case I’d suggest painting, rendering or plastering some or all of the brickwork white to make the space feel lighter. Do you love the mid century look? Or do you want a modern feel? Do you have children and want hard floors that are easier to clean, or is it a house for adults and you love the warmth of carpets?