LOVE YOUR HOUSE! I started of with a builder and wound up taking over halfway through. We have a lot of similair tastes! I have a granite foyer, same pantry doors, and a very similair lot! I love sloped lots that have FULL walkouts. You have to deal with a lousy driveway but get awesome views and a super usable basement! OK here are some questions. I will would like to do similaair teracing in my back yard. Did you DIY or hire a contracter? Did you have it engineered? What advive can you offer on the terrace and step systems? What did you use for the block systems. I love your floors. Are they marble or granite? I lov ethe look of marble floors but worried about the upkeep. If they are granite what type? Also if you dont mind telling how many square feet not including the basement? I really like your taste in finishes. It is very similair to mine. Good luck you did an unreal job and should be proud of your self!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for any advice you can offer.

My living room, dining room and spare bedroom, and also the woodwork on the stairs and upper hall, are painted in Behr Navajo White (which is a muted, soft pale yellow; it looks more yellow in the northwest bedroom than it does in the rest of the house where it is more ivory-beige). My family room ceiling is Behr Cottage White -- very similar to Navajo White only lighter. My painter also prefers either Behr or Sherwin Williams. The only thing I didn't like about Behr eggshell the last time I used it (9 years ago, so it may have changed) is that it had just a bit too much of a sheen/shine to it... different than my previous experience with it. So, the rooms mentioned above are now Behr color mixed in Valspar paint.

Thanks Design Interior South for your comments and reference to “boob lights”. Ha haha ... I am definitely replacing them now! Yes I’ll keep the tile floors but will likely put rugs on them. Staircase...yes needs to be updated for sure. I got a few quotes and it’s nearly 4000 to paint. I can get new spindles and posts for this much which I think would make a bigger impact than just painting. Happy to hear if you disagree. Re the kitchen, I’ll be getting a white/cream quartz countertop with an overhang plus changing the backsplash to match/complement the countertop. Hopefully that will lighten up the very dark kitchen nook. The other option is to paint the cabinets white which I am still thinking about.

Here are some images of Brazilian cherry put in by the previous owners of our house. It is about 14 years old in these photos. Cabinets are Kraftmaid maple put in at the same time. It might help you visualize with your cabinets. Not sure what colour it was when installed but it was quite faded near the garden doors where it received afternoon sun. It was all a bit too orange for me and butted up against red oak in the rest of the house includding the adjoining formal dining room. We ended up replacing with a stone look LVP until we redo the kitchen with some big structural changes in 5 years. There were also some quite large gaps between some of the planks and our flooring guy said that happens with tropical woods in Canada likely due to low humidity in the winter and no humidifier (but it was summer so not sure why there were gaps in some spots. I am sure it can look great but think about how well it will go with your cabinets and if you like that much orange/red all in one room. It was a bit too much for us. Walls are BM Swiss Coffee for reference of what other colours were in the room. Hope this helps!