How to maintain hardwood flooring ? Does Hardwood flooring last ? Marble flooring is better or wooden flooring ?

A hob and a separate oven will be better as you can get storage below the hob

sararahim123 What constitutes an adequate illumination level varies from person to person. What exactly do you require illuminated? If its simply ambient light you would have tiny lights as shown that throw light on the stairs itself. If a bit more is required you could consider adding a railing with a light under. If general illumination is what you are going after, but in a muted way, would suggest wall scones that throw light upwards onto the ceiling, diffusing the light.

My wife has been getting all kinds of conflicting ideas about the living room furniture we're thinking of buying. So we want 2 leather couches in taupe (whatever that is) which will face each other and then 2 recliners side by side. The recliners are the same model. I want mine is Blue leather (muted) and my wife wants hers in a fabric that has taupe and blue. She said she'll have the ottoman in the same pattern as her recliner and pillows that will match her recliner as well. We're being told that the recliners must match and that she also get the leather. We don't have a formal living room. We have a large family room. Do the recliners have to match as some or telling us or can we do this the way my wife wants. I just want her to be happy, I'm not that big on everything matching. Ideas?