Have you tried using the dealer locator function at the Metroflor website? If you can find a dealer, they should be able to point you to an istaller.

With all of the built ins, this is actually a MUCH smaller room than it appears to be, and that you are trying to arrange furniture for. And that is why the furniture feels crowded. Crowded, not cozy. The desk and ladder visually blocking the door makes the space feel like there is no room to walk. That may not be correct based on your comments, but it is absolutely the first thing you notice and it sets a tone for the room. The hard lines of the large beautiful desk make the only spot really suited to it in front of the windows. It overwhelms the space if you want comfy seating too because it doesn't leave enough room left over for anything but a small loveseat or oversized chair where you have the desk currently. And the large sofa overwhelms the space if you want it as a more officey area. There isn't room for both functions because of the built ins. You've got to pick one large piece to embody the main purpose here. Either the large desk or a large sofa. Not both. Both don't work with the available floor space. Unless you switch to a small scale writing desk and a smaller scale sofa, and maybe not even then. No extra chair at all. It's already too densely populated. And I agree with the others that the ottoman is visually too bulky and casual for the room. If you choose comfy seating as the room's primary purpose, then I'd choose a sofa that had a matching ottoman to keep the visual clutter at a minimum. All of the different books when they go in will up the noise considerably and you want to try to minimize that effect.

clueless, thanks for posting this. I am finally done with our kitchen remodel (still shell-shocked though, LOL) and this is exactly the kind of perspective I wish there were more of on this site. I learned SO much here about layout and function, but this forum feels like a home design/decorating site a lot of the time. In hindsight I got way too swept up in how the kitchen looks/feels rather than functions (at the expense of the original budget.) There were many things I came to "want" after finding kitchen forum, and most of them I did not "need" ! We haven't moved in yet, but I really hope that I will still have succeeded in making my life easier and increasing quality time with family, like sumbrm so beautifully illustrated. I'd echo what trailrunner said, too. A kitchen comes to life because of the life that happens in it, not staged life (perfect lighting/accessories/photography etc.) Don't get me wrong I thoroughly enjoy seeing the reveals that make me feel like I'm reading a design blog or Elle Decor, but I most enjoy kitchens that really reflect the unique personality/lifestyle of the home/homeowner. I'm thinking right now of arlosmom, sayde, sabjimata, and actually, trailrunner. I know there are lots of others I'm forgetting right now. (And this is hypocritically coming from someone who just put in an off-white butler's pantry kitchen like 100 other kitchens here!) It is refreshing to see a kitchen that is not traditionally "magazine worthy" like the link below and see how folks make it work for them. I bet it's inconceivable to most of us TKO'er that this woman is not posting here for how to improve her storage and layout, LOL. But then think of the food being turned out of this kitchen... Here is a link that might be useful: Tour of kitchen from article

I can confess that I really don't understand what the problem is. I know I have a thread with probably over 50 posts (help me and my new to me house decor) on it- and yes as Molly said, there are changes and advice. I thought it was preferable to continue with the one thread so all the info and pix are there and people can see the progression. I find it very helpful. I know there are a few I have seen that are huge, and I just scroll by. I don't know if you are talking about other threads that I somehow have missed, but if it's mine I had no idea that it would be perceived as selfish.