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Brutuses: You have not offended me, I just did not want the wrong impression about my husband, and there is no "marital problems" lol I am a very compromising person so I am willing to compromise with my husband and make the best of it. I donÂt mind the "dead animals" but that is what is in our LR now and would like a change when we move into the house. Thanks. Suero: Our ceilings are going to 8ft, so I am worried about it looking "in your face" higher ceilings would work a lot better. Holrbak: You have a good point and I would love to see pictures of your auntÂs house. Thanks sundownr! I love the black around the hides and then the black rafters. Marti8a: you are right I probably phrased my post wrong, I just wanted it noted that the dead animals are not my idea lol but IÂm willing to live with them and make the best of them. Hoping for someone to show me how good the room could look with them in there. Then we could both get what we wanted a nice looking LR with our style mixed together instead of a separated LR with my stuff on one side and his stuff on the other lol (not that I would realy do that, but I picture kids that have to share there BR and they draw a line down the middle and say this is your side this is mine, donÂt come on my side and I wonÂt come on yours lol). Roguevalley: Thanks I never thought about a google search I will have to try that. Sheesharee: Thanks for taking those pictures, very nice.

Marti, I thought one lady on the Decor forum had done the trick, so I held my tongue for this long. Imagine that! :) But I cannot puzzle out the dimensions of your 3 piece shelving unit, so cannot totally tell if my idea might work. What I'm thinking is this: Leave the entertainment shelving unit to the LEFT of your hallway door. But push it over to the corner. No problem with the switch that way, is there? That will leave you a long blank space adjacent to the hallway. I suggest that you hang multiple pictures of same size same orientation (all landscape oriented and not vertically oriented.). Then on the opposite side of the doorway, on that same wall, if you have room to butt the two open shelving units side by side, they will fit there quite nicely. I suggest that you BULK UP the open shelving units with more STUFF. If you have some short and wide artwork, put it behind some of the decorative dishes. Put some books standing upright, and some big books stacked flat too so you need NO bookends. Then, ACROSS THE TOP OF ALL THREE SHELVING UNITS, put some big baskets or ornamental boxes, maybe two per shelving unit. And in the middle over the doorway itself, put a large round or fan shaped ornamental object....could be wrought iron which is suitable to your decorating style. And do not think you must smoothe your walls to lose the "Ponderosa" style as you call it. How about thinking of the way Tuscan walls look? They are stucco, and they have what is called "broken" color, which just means it is not a flat and single-tone color. I'd consider something a little like a soft tan on the walls. But I've never had to deal with really high ceilings before, so that color advice should come from someone more knowledgeable. If you really like the blue furniture, I do think tan would be a good choice with that. Using natural colored basketry, maybe wrought iron (but not the old Spanish trail stuff, keep it more real looking)too. I'm guessing that your DH would like the wrought iron. But honey, you have to live there too, and should like what is going on in your house. If you have framed photographs of your family, or of vacations, whatever, put them on that console table behind your love seat. If you hang any art work on the wall that goes behind the upholstered chairs, be sure to keep them LOW. Also, lower that painting above the mantle. Move the object now beneath it to the LEFT end of the mantle, and leave the clock where it is now. Remember, paintings are to be hung at EYE LEVEL. If the mantle painting is even just stood on the mantle itself, the top of it would help lead the eye cleanly across the entire wall from window to window, I think you are hanging curtains soon, right? So plan of hanging the painting so its top is the same height as the curtain rods. Think about getting some bulky rods, and having the curtains hung by the huge grommets, because that will give a strong horizontal look to a really vertical wall (nice fireplace) The rods could be black metal, of course, or the dark wood same color as your mantle finish. Whew, I'n not going to reread this because I might try to change something and lose the whole deal. I don't think you need to do a lot of expensive stuff to your living room, but oh my that is a LOT of space to paint !!!!! How in the WORLD do you get up there to PAINT?

You're not a pest at all, mldao! I'm happy to help when I can. :o) Laurensmom...I stopped by the flooring shop and the rug that is in the living room is by Tommy Bahama and the style is Paisley Lagoon. She said it was new and isn't in the full catalog yet, but she did have a small pamphlet on it. The rug comes in several different colors, but the largest size was approximately 8 X 11. Lindabarbara...I'm on the way out the door now to pick the kids up from school, but I'll call the tile shop when I get back. :o)