My son has the same wallpaper in his dining room. The rest of the front of the house, except the kitchen, is painted a very pale creamish yellow. Standing a few feet away from the room, it looks like the paint matches the cream background of the wallpaper. It's absolutely stunning to look at!

les - Brought the tuffet up this past weekend and I love it! It always surprises me that just one piece added to a room can pull a space together so much. It is shaped liked a cushion-cut diamond - square top that angles down on the sides. I have it set on the left side of the rocker, sort of under the loon print. It doesn't crowd anything and the square shaped top works with the boxy shape of the rocker, while the curved feet mirror the curves of the handles. The stained feet make it not too matchy-matchy. Since my nightstands, headboard & chest all match, I think it's better not going overboard with more black wood! The rocker was placed there because it gives a view right out to the mountain and brook, but I will move things around as you suggested, just to see. I also like the idea of a pillow with the big button. Maybe I'll leave the tuffet black, and just cover the big button with a coordinating fabric (?) And I'd still like to get another rug for the sitting area, though I'd probably move it out in the summertime. A friend who came for dinner on Sat., who had never seen the cottage but had looked up this post, brought me a Wall Words saying as a hostess gift. She made it clear it was up to me whether I wanted to use it or not. The script is black and it reads,"Prayers Go Up, Blessings Come Down" which she thought would look good on the wall behind the bed. She said she thought the phrase worked especially nicely because the wall is angled "Up" and that coming upon this property was a real blessing. Thoughts? oceanna - I can just feel how badly you want to dress that room! I now it probably looks sparse, but if you stood in it I think you would feel differently. My aim is to have it be an uncluttered space where my eyes are drawn to the outside views and sounds. I want to appreciate the way the sun glows off the wood floors and highlights the knots and texture of it. If this were in my home here, in a city neighborhood, I would be with you(and Cher!)100%, though! And I appreciate the tips on covering an ottoman. You inspire me to give it a try doing it on my own!

I haven't seen the fabrics other than on-line. I had planned on ordering fabric swatches after I narrowed it down. The target comforter I posted above is trimmed in hot pink. You see her current lavender pillow sham peaking out, which does not stay. And yes, I realize none of these are toile. My DD did not care for the fabrics with "scenes" so we are going with a damask instead. I failed to change the thread title. I'm not very good at visualizing how something will look, which is why I didn't want to spend hundreds of $$'s on fabric and then hate it. This was the primary motivation of buying the Target comforter. To see if I would actually like a black and white print with the lime green walls. I do like the look, just not this comforter. I also ordered the damask drapes from Target.com and received them today. They are much nicer than the comforter set. I have two on the bed to give the illusion of a duvet. I also found a striped sheet set that I have strategically draped to look like a bed skirt. Target has a comforter set in this line but it is only available in king and the reviews state that the comforter is rather thin and cheaply made like the one above. Therefore, I am considering making my own out of two drapes. Cost wise the purchased drapes from Target would be about equal to the cost of one of the fabrics above and the material to line them. The ones from Target are 96" but still about 8" too short. I could solve this by lowering my draper rods about 4" and adding rings so that the panels drape softly rather than shirr on the rod. Here is the room with the wall behind her bed painted lime green. I still have to do the other walls. No flash was used. Another view. The lavender walls just don't work!! So, I really like this. Now I just have to decide whether to use keep these drapes along with the two extra to make the duvet. Or start from scratch and custom make everything using one or two of the fabrics above. The advantage of making my own would be to have the full 106" height that I need for the drapes without having to move the rod. But then again, it would be easier to move two rods than make four drapes! Another option could be to sew about 8" of solid black to the bottom and have a somewhat two-toned look. The only thing I'm unsure about is the mock up of the bed skirt. I kind of think the bed skirt needs to be bold and contrast with the bedding. Are you guys sure the bright pink stripe fabric wouldn't work for a bedskirt???

I'm sorry to get back to this so late....hard day in toy town (which is what DS calls our house lately). I adore the samples posted :) And live wire....that comment about needing the black and grey is a biggie....thanks. I don't want any of our guest rooms to scream "chic" :) I actually love this victorian because it's masculine and so many aren't. It's so easy to take them into the lacy hell we call B*B land LOL I'm a big plaid and stripe lover so most of my wonderful fabrics are those, and I also have some gorgeous ivory silk with black monkeys and palms or something...fun stuff that I can dress up but also keep manly at the same time (hold back on the lace LOL) Some of those plums are fabulous. I love deep rich color and despite the low ceilings in these rooms (they're the old servants quarters in the attic) they're beyond light with big windows and this one room I want to do has skylights as well (yes they're not victorian but they're there so I'm leaving them). I would toy with a soft lilac ceiling, rich plum trim (it's already painted and I'm too lazy to strip it) and gray walls....Black floors. I have to tell you...I'm planning this in my head because I'm trying to avoid finishing the dining room which I'm painting after removing the wallpaper. The ceiling is a deep and old gold (almost a green gold if that makes sense, it's a made up color). The walls are between avacodo and olive :) (another made up color LOL) and the picture rail dado is in deep brick/burgundy? Ok I'm just odd LOL I have to finish this week...and inbetween finishing I need to adopt a child, buy a refridgerator, clean the house and umm do 400 loads of laundry (we moved the laundry room to the house this week...I'm so excited LOL). Purple and black is so much easier to think about LOL thanks for the beautiful inspiration. I have it in my head and it always helps to pull it out here on GW :)