It looks very, very pretty!

It's just perfect in your room! Very nice choice!

It's a beautiful rug! Is that picture of your actual room or is that a picture from a catalog or website? If it's yours, you have exquisite taste. Congratulations!

Beautiful! I love your entertainment center next to the FP. It just seems to "fit." :)

What a beautiful room!

Your rug is lovely. Wonderful choice!! Also, that looks like the perfect TV placement to me, and it corresponds so well with the Fireplace.

It looks really nice! Perfect with your color scheme. Isn't it nice when everything comes together? : )

Very nice rug! I like everything about that room! If you don't mind me asking, where did you get that picture/painting?

Beautiful rug, perfect for your pretty room!

What a great rug and a beautiful room.

Lovely. It looks like one of the Ballard rugs I drool over, but can't afford. I love those colors.

Wodka: Yes, that is my family room. Thank you so much for your kind words! It has been a long, slow process to complete. We are tackling the house room by room actually item by item--VERY slowly since our budget is limited. I have a mix of hand-me-downs, vintage estate sale items, true antiques, and new furnishings. It is tempting to run out to one of the big box type stores just to "complete" the room but I know that I will be much more satisfied in the long run if I take the time to find one-of-a-kind, high quality items. It is frustrating to live in a hodge-podge while the process is going on but I am finally starting to feel like it will be worth it in the end. In the picture above, I have a table & chair plotted. I actually just ordered the chair today! I have waited over two years for that chair and have lived with a broken-down lazyboy that does not match anything in the room. The chair I ordered will be lovely & worth the wait - it is a Hancock & Moore piece.

Sheesharee: That painting is one of my favorite items in our home. I found the painting at an antique store in the fall of 2006 and fell in love with it immediately! Everything was perfect including the hand-carved frame. I raved about it for the next few months and could not get it out of my mind. I was looking high and low for something "similar" but closer to a price that I was comfortable spending. When my husband presented it to me at Christmas that year, I was in tears! The scene reminds me of the area that my husband proposed to me at.

My biggest disappointment in the room is the ottoman. I don't feel that the style or quality are quite "right" for the room but it serves a function for now. The ottoman was originally a soft leather in the perfect caramel tone. I guess that my pre-school daughter did not appreciate it - she colored all over it in permanent ink. I tried everything and could not get the stains out. It was an inexpensive piece to begin with (clubfurniture.com) so I hated to invest much in recovering the piece. The material that is now on it is a vinyl. I would love to have some decorations on it (maybe a tray, some books, etc) but with 2 preschoolers running around, items have trouble remaining on the ottoman.

What a beautiful and serene looking room. The rug is just beautiful and the colors are sophisticated and relaxing at once. I love your stone fireplace.