Help Me! Blank canvas house, where do I start?

[MiaFarrowsWheelbarrow]

Can anyone help?

We are buying a cottage as a "do up", the bathroom is going to be relocated (from an outside annexe to upstairs main house). New kitchen etc. It needs a lot of work.

It's a teeny tiny 19th century house with some original features including fireplace, beamed walls and ceilings. The kitchen is a more modern extension (1970's/80's) and looks like it's been tacked on (exterior very ugly), inside its basically square shape with a 1980's kitchen; we have to gut it and start again due to water ingress from a flat roof. One bedroom upstairs and the other bedroom is being converted into the bathroom.

We will be converting and linking the annexe to the main house in the future for guests but I'm not too worried about that for now.

I get to decide on the pretty things but I genuinely don't have a clue as I haven't kept up to date with interior fashion. I'm hoping for colour schemes that are on trend but I really dislike greys or beige and I'm struggling. I'm a fan of blues/lilacs/yellows/coral but not really oranges, browns/greens although happy to use them as a contrast when needed.

Can anyone throw kitchen unit ideas at me and tell me what colours are modern but suitable for a cottage with low light/low ceilings/small windows. I'm thinking maybe shaker style but my last two houses had cream shaker style and at the moment I just can't seem to get excited about it again.

Do we still have feature walls in rooms or is that passé now? I'm happy to spend on quality as hoping this will (finally) be my forever home.

Should I just buy a load of samples from Farrow and Ball and try them out in each room?

Also, bedrooms...any recommendations for fitted bedrooms that aren't light oak or grey? It would have to be a national supplier/fitter as we are in a rural location.

The bathroom/utility/cloakroom ideas I have already chosen so that's at least one area off my to do list.

Photos of your kitchens/colour schemes would be very welcome for inspiration.

Sorry for the epic post, and if anyone is an interior designer in the Southwest, will you be my new BF?

I've seen a lot of kitchens recently with wooden units painted in airforce blue, often with those Parisian thin brick-shaped glazed tiles in off white or cream. They look good. The worktops are pale quartz or bamboo which comes up as quite a rosy gold wood. Does that sound appealing at all?

Can you put a big skylight in to replace the leaky flat roof?

Love the idea of the skylight! That could definitely work to give the kitchen more light, also thanks for the heads up about the airforce blue kitchens. I've just been mooching around Howdens website and they have kitchen units that are a lovely dark navy blue.