Since it appears you like contemporary a little more than craftsman I wouldn't go with the sofa your DH wants. Personally, I like the sofa and chair you have in the room now since it adds some needed softness. There is so much wood in the stairs, etc. that I wouldn't add more with furniture. It appears you just need to add more accessories. Maybe a large decorative bowl and vases over the tv, a large piece of art over the fireplace and some larger plants.

I like your mix and think it just needs to be brought together with accessories.

annz--thanks for the advice! You are right that I like contempory more than craftsman, but I like craftsman too as long it has light wood. I do like our current sofa and chair(even though they're really not my style-it's a long story how we ended up with them) but need to replace them because the fabric is defective and the detached back cushions roll into a big lump everytime we sit on the sofa. The manufacturer did send us new covers for the custions so the sofa and chair look better now than they did for a while, but all the cording around the base of the sofa and chair is raveling and looks bad and I can't think of a way to save the sofa, specially when you add the problem with the back cushions. I am working on the accessories. The pictures in the link are old, so it looks better now than in the pictures but I still have a long way to go. We have also added cushions on the window seats which soften the room a lot. We will be adding more wood to the room though in that we are going to do a built-in in the recess where the TV is to clean up that area a little bit and we are adding more wood to the fireplace, but not a lot more--just getting rid of the white spaces and making the mantle deeper so that I can set things on it. As you can guess, my DH loves wood. At least this house has less wood than our old house--our old house had wood ceilings in the living room and foyer and wood walls in the bathrooms which was just too dark for me. Thanks again for the help!

Your home is really lovely Carolyn. Personally, I love Craftsman, although not the exposed wood frame couches so much. I like the softness of your current couch or something similar if you need to replace it. My style is def. eclectic. I have a nice quarter-sawn oak Prairie end table that I adore. I'm kinda glad I didn't go hog-wild with the Craftsman stuff, because this is a nice piece on its own and plays well with all my other styles.

Like Linelle, I like the craftsman style but I have never been a fan of the exposed wood sofas. It's just my thing. I think they look cold and uninviting -- no offense to anyone who has them it's just my personal preference.

That said, I don't think your different styles are so different that they detract from the room. There are some common threads-- the nice wood tones and the straight lined simple style. I think it is really working for you. You could bring them even closer together using more craftsman colors and styles in the artwork and fabrics but I think you are going in a good direction.

I also think a fabric sofa and chair would soften the room--not just because I am not a fan of the craftsman sofa but because I think it would be a better backdrop for all your great wood tones. Too much wood and it is a sea of the same tone-- a fabric sofa would enhance the tones you already have. Much as I love leather, I would choose fabric over leather too. If you do stick with leather, then I would choose a color that isnt close to a wood tone.

It really is a great space-- I hope you continue to share photos.

I think if you're going to go for contemporary, you need to commit, even if you end up with the exposed wood sofa. Updating the table lamps and other accessories could go a long way in giving the room some punch. I'd rather see bigger pieces of bolder art, one really big plant in a great pot, and pillows/throws/rugs with some texture. It's all pretty much the same tones and shades right now. Pretty room, looks comfortable, but a little safe.

You have a lot of wood in that room. I would not put anymore but then that's your husband and your home and it is better to have a sofa I don't like and get along with my husband than no sofa and no husband. I had the same issue with granite and stainless steel. I personally do not like either for myself. I like a warmer look in my home but he liked it and we have it and we live with it and I am learning to appreciate it for what it is and work around it to make it look more like "us."

I think homes are much warmer when styles are mixed or they are much more friendly. A room that is so cold and contemporary would make me want to stand at the door and not stay. A room that is so French country that I am afraid to sit down, would do the same. I would be afraid I might be enveloped in feathers.

Thanks for all the replies! You are really helping me to focus and think beyond the sofa. DH and I tend to get one thing at a time and then when it comes to get the next thing we find that we have dug outselves into a hole! I had completely put out of my mine that we do have replacement lamps picked out (see link) that we will get sometime within the next year if they ever go on a good sale again, and they are a wood/craftsman (but a more contemporary craftsman I think) style which will add even more wood to the room. I think I'll work on convincing my husband to go with a fabric sofa. He wants leather/wood because of the bad experience with our current sofa--leather and wood won't ravel and shouldn't pull apart at the seams. ideefixe--you are right, I should commit to contemporary but I have to compromise because of DH. Unfortunately, I'm decorating challenged so compromising isn't easy to pull off! Thanks to all of you for your help!

Here is a link that might be useful: lamps

I think the Stickley sofa would look great in your room, but it is not the most comfortable choice for watching television. What if you compromised with a very simple classic/contemporary cotton velvet sofa like Crate & Barrel's "Martine" (link below), and a pair of Stickley end tables? You'd get the softness you want, and he would have the Craftsman framing he likes?

The trick with mixing styles is to have only one big thing of each kind, counting pairs of small things like lamps or end tables as one. Both contemporary and Craftsman things look great with oriental rugs. I like the bold traditional patterns with both of them...nothing flowery or too feminine.

I think the lamps are lovely, but you do have a lot of wood already. COuld you use them somewhere else, like on a sideboard in your dining room, or on a chest or table in your entry? I think a pair of plain ceramic lamps would be a more interesting choice. Tell your DH for me that if you mix in a few simple things that aren't wood, the wood you have will show to much better advantage.

Here is a link that might be useful: Martine sofa

bronwynsmom--Thanks for the suggestions! I really like the sofa in the link and the idea for a fabric sofa and craftsman tables. Unfortunately, DH likes the craftsman look but he is really pushing the Stickley sofa because he thinks it will hold up well and that is my battle. It's just too bad that we had bad luck with our current sofa. We bought the current sofa for our old house and it was in a room where it was rarely used--if we had used the sofa more in our old house then the defects would have quickly become apparent and we would have discovered them before the warranty expired. The manufacturer was nice enough to give us new cushion covers even though the warranty had expired, but we were just too late to get all of the problems resolved. If we go with the Stickley sofa, then I am stuck trying to find a leather for the sofa that goes with the two brown leather chairs that I already have in the room and then finding tables that blend with everything else in the house so that it doesn't end up looking too craftsmany! Thanks again for all of the replies.