Here I am. The brick wall represents my red hair, which seems to be what most people notice about me. It is now starting to fade, just like this brick. I wear a lot of boring basic neutrals that I can mix and match. I don't like to stand out, and everything in my closet seems to be either black, gray, blue, turquoise, brown, cream, or green. I like sweaters and jeans, and love shoes and especially boots. I am not a fitted/tailored/formal/tucked in type of person. I much prefer relaxed fits. The only patterns I typically wear are ethnic type prints. I do have a little bit of hippie still alive in me :-) The chandeliers and silver/gold items represent my jewelry. I have a fairly big collection of silver jewelry, especially bracelets; some gold; a few nice pieces like my tennis bracelet and anniversary bands. I have a huge weakness for ethnic and estate jewelry. I love turquoise, antique beads, silver from India, Tibet, Mexico, and Art Deco/Art Nouveau pieces. I also have a thing for handbags, mostly ones that I can't afford, but my current bag is the exact color of leather as the ottoman in my design. Love it!

Thank you for doing those images @mommyjoy!!! They are so lovely looking and I agree once some of the larger elements(rugs, furniture) are in place I will use accessories to tie it together. @aktillery9 I do love the rug but it may turn out to not work so great. I have a round rug if you can see in the wide angle image that is grey and purple with a vintage feel. When I think about the rugs together it makes no sense but when I see them next to one another I think they do work. Hopefully it does work as @mommyjoy said there is a vintage theme going on too. Next up is my floor plan! In looking at the room do any of you have ideas for how it should flow and how the placement should go? As I wrote it is a bit of a challenge, large room but not huge, not super narrow but not wide with walls of windows looking at the water and that alcove. I can take more photos if that would help any of you help me! Thanks!

Take a deep breath. I can feel your stress from here. Mixing metals is like all types of decorative trends - optional. Like jewelry! I’m a gold person and would never wear silver earrings with a gold necklace. But that’s me. My home, built in 1998, had brass throughout but I changed all the door hardware including hinges to brushed nickel. Made me feel better! But when I remodeled my kitchen 3 years ago, I went for a champagne bronze (and coordinating brushed brass) but my pantry door is still brushed nickel. Am starting renovation of my 4 bathrooms (one at a time) and each will have different metals. One bathroom is going to be for teen grandsons with Industrial mixed metal look. One (nearest kitchen) will be champagne bronze. Jr suite will be black matte finish and main bath will be satin nickel. Why do all that? Because it works best with the rooms decor and mostly because I like it. Decide what makes you feel good and keep or change what doesn’t feel right. Think of each metal look as jewelry. What would you wear if your kitchen were a favorite dress?

Ok, here's the dining room and the way it comes off the living room. Yes, I mentioned "styles" that aren't correct because, honestly, my little, humble house is a hodgepodge of our lives - I have local art, pottery, some handmade pieces of furniture, a lot of stones and rocks, way too many pictures of our adventures throughout the house, an over-abundance of throw blankets and treasures I've found while hiking and traveling and my little buddhist monk statues throughout. It's definitely eclectic and I apologize for mentioning the "vibe" of the house and what my friends say when they come here and not the exact techinical style. Anyways, there is definitely no blue in the house (except my daughter's room), my dogs (one which is large) most likely won't get on the dining chairs. I am a practical person by nature and I want something for my dining table that I won't have to replace over and over again that can use if I change the colors in the house or if I move. My house isn't fancy as you can see but it is well loved and there is a lot of life that goes on here - as per the dining table with jewelry making supplies covering it. The table you see is smaller than the one I'm replacing it with and the jewelry making will have to stay in the basement so it doesn't ruin it. I hate the table now even though the style will be very similar. My budget is varied - I saw some low-back wood windsor chairs at Pottery Barn that would be $1500 total and that is probably the max I want to spend. I am planning the main chairs now and then if I have room, I want to add more comfortable head chairs. I struggle with patterns because I feel like I don't get them right. If I do patterns, it's usually earthy with leaves and trees, sometimes mandalas. I like muted colors and calm so, I keep everything simple. I've said a lot. I appreciate all of you who have been gentle and kind with me. I don't love my house and it needs a lot of work, it's a boring 80's house and not my charming old house I used to have where I painted the walls purple so, posting pictures of it is kind of outside of my comfort zone. Thank you for helping me! ....and the actual table is being made. I don't have it for another 3 weeks.