Good,glad you solved the problem.We need to have good lighting when we create. My sewing room used to be the master bedroom many years ago,it's a 16x22 room,that we had 1/2 of it added to a pre existing room in the 70's.Dh at the time was still in the marines,so a lot of the time he wasn't home,then he retired and went to work for s.calif Edison,and at one point for a few years he traveled almost 2 hours north to work,and did a different shift every week.That got old real quick,so he took our fifth wheel up to where his job was and lived in that for a few years,coming home when he had a long weekend(4 days) off in a row. So I suggested I take the master as my sewing room,and the sewing room I had would be our bedroom. He didn't think I could pull it off.Fooled him.The next time he came home I had everything changed out.Was able to get everything into the new bedroom,was tight at first and had to turn the night stands sideways,but eventually I downsized the bed to a queen,and everything worked better. I did all of it by myself except for the mattress,and called ds over to help me with that. Another ds cane over and put a lot of shelves in what used to be the master closet. I'm still in that room and downsizing to a smaller bedroom didn't cause any problems.We've kept it this way all these years. We sewers and crafters have to do what we need to do to be able to be comfortable in our spaces,don't we. Kathi

Sergers are great (pretty well indispensible) if you sew a lot of stretch fabrics. But they are dreadful to thread and if you have macular degeneration I think you would struggle. I don't own a serger but since I've been using one at work I'm leaning towards getting one. But I suspect I sew a lot more than you do. Frankly, I can't help but feel in the long run it would be more cost effective for you to take your alteration and mending jobs to someone who does alterations and mending, rather than purchase expensive machines you aren't comfortable with using.

Contact the place where you got yours.

Hi Clare/CDR Design (and all): I hope you are doing well! I hope you don't mind me reaching out again. I apologize I never replied or thanked you for the last post you wrote. Just recently I decided to start "obsessing" over the look of our living room AGAIN and what it is that drives me nuts. And, holy cow, the changes you suggested made most of my angst about my living room cease! First, changing the direction of the rug...wow! That made the world of difference! It made it seem bigger and finally more cohesive. The rug "or something I couldn't put my finger on" seemed so out of place and wrong. Just that little change did the trick and now it's not so annoying to look at for me. :) I would have never thought about the rug direction if it wasn't for you. So, thank you!! Second, I moved the couch forward and away from the wall. Looks SO much better! I wish I could get a different couch b/c it is so big and I don't like the color however that will have to stay for now. Third, I was inspired by your rendering of the living room you designed and shared with me so I moved the arc lamp over the leather chair in the corner and "I think" it looks good?! Fourth, will def add a console behind the couch instead of a floor lamp! LOVE that idea! Fifth, I moved the orange chair to the left of the fireplace and removed the blue chair however, the orange chair is a bit smaller and seems insignificant and a little odd in that corner (maybe b/c it really doesn't match any of the colors in the rug/room). :) The blue chair just seems like a better fit in that corner (to me). And, there is still room for the orange chair in the other corner even though I moved the couch forward a bit. My kids told me that the couch was too close to the TV when I moved it forward even more than it is now. I think it was b/c they had to crane their necks a bit (hence your wondering if we could move the TV to the other wall...) b/c it is a little high. WIth all of that said, I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am for all of your suggestions! You hit the nail on the head with all of them and were the first person who actually gave me thoughtful and helpful advice! I have asked a lot of friends (many talented decorators in their own homes but not professionally) for their opinions and no one ever gave me such solid advice and recommendations as you. You truly are so gifted!! And have the most amazing vision! Clare, you have brought me this far - I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind helping me finish this project so that I can FINALLY look at this room and think, "YES!" I love this!" I need to be done thinking so much about it! LOL! If you do not have time, then please no worries at all! I am so appreciative of all the advice you have given me already! I'll include my questions here just so you have them and then include pics of the room as it is now in another post but again, please no worries if you aren't able to answer them at this time. 1) Would a different, more neutral rug pull the room together more? Or should I keep the current one I have and work with it? 2) Arch lamp over chair? I also have one that has a gold metal 12" shade that I haven't put together yet. If you like arch lamp over chair instead of the tree next to the chair, metal or white shade? 3) Do I need another arch lamp in the other corner? If so, matching? If not, table lamp or no lamp? 4) Material of console in back of couch? Wood, black, gold metal? Thinking an 8" or 10" W and at least 56" length? 5) PILLOWS!!! My biggest dilemna. There are so many options and I don't know if I should stick with blue/cream/white or add another color!? Thank you SO much for taking the time to read this (if you do) and for everything!!