Flyleft, the chairs are from a company called Sam Moore. You can buy them through a furniture store. These were custom covered, Very, very comfortable. The fabric is from the Design Center in Philadelphia.

Sarschlos, love those slipper chairs.

All these rooms and spaces are beautiful.

hoosiergirl - Yes, to the rug. Yes, larger lamp. Yes, keep that afghan (and the memories),. I have an olive green afghan that my grandmother made. Matches nothing in my home. :)

Right now I'm at our summer cottage, and my favorite room here is this one. It's a small sunroom with 8 windows, one big comfy sofa, a big coffee table with baskets of magazines stowed under it, and a built-in bookcase on the other side of the room. Oh, and a view of the ocean! I have my coffee almost every morning on this sofa.
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sueb20, can see why it's your favorite.

I absolutely adore sun rooms and screened in porches.

How wonderful to see so many beautiful rooms both indoors and out! Great Idea. It's really hard to pick just one.
Our Family Room is where we spend most of our time, and it really has lots of our favorite things.

slinkey, love your room, very cozy and pretty. I noticed your cute window treatments that you have mounted on the inside of the window. Do you have some other window dressings you could photograph and post? I'm looking at others windows hoping to get some ideas and inspiration for the windows in my new house. If you can't, that's fine, I understand. Thanks

slinkey - What a wonderfully comfortable looking room! :)

sueb20 - I'd love to see some more of your cottage...especially that view to the ocean.

I just came in from my screened porch, where I have my coffee - weather permitting.

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hoosiergirl, Thanks, DH and I have and still are putting in many hours, tweaking the backyard. I just wish I could get the inside tobe comparable.
Here is another view just for the heck of it.

Well, with only two to choose from, it doesn't mean much to pick a 'favorite' room, but here's a warm weather view of big front windows in my living room & the little American Empire daybed I bought for $225 when I was still a penniless college student & when spending that much on a piece of old furniture meant living on peanut butter sandwiches for months. My equally broke pals called me crazy, and of course, they were right, but thirty years later, it's still a great place to lie & watch the big Chicago sky, especially during a whale of a storm like the one we had the other night. Much more exciting than those predictable old fireworks they have down at Navy Pier.
In the winter, the daybed gets covers of wool & cotton velvet in deep colors, the pillows' slipcovers come off to show their ancient tapestry, and the linen curtains--my grandmother's old sheets, which are way too big for my tiny bed--get switched for a heavy 194Os floral cretonne in red, green & purple on a tan ground, but the function stays the same: to give me a place to chill & look out the window.

Not long ago, a visiting photographer looked around my place, told me it had a very European feel and asked me if I liked traveling. I told her no, that I only travel when I need to, and that although there are a lot of things I'd like to see, to see them I'd have to leave home, and that, generally, my enjoyment of travel varies in inverse proportion to the distance I am from my own bed. Like I said, my pals think I'm crazy.

What can I say? There's no place like home.

Wonderful spaces everyone. I'm with several others, this being summer, my favorite place is outside. Entertaining on the patio is so relaxing - little care about cleaning a mess and everyone is in good spirits.

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My second favorite space is our Living Room. Just redecorated it last winter and still feel good with the outcome.

thanks brutuses..I'd be glad to post some other pics.
Some times I buy fabric and other times I just use sheets..
(much cheaper), especially when you like to change them often! I try to use tension rods whenever I can, as it's much easier to make a change w/o having to put any holes in the moulding...which makes DH a happy guy. I'll post on another thread to you, as soon as I can.
sueb20...Love your sunroom...what a nice place to escape to and especially enjoy morning coffee. I had one in my old house, and really miss it. I'm totally jealous of you and newhomebuilder!!
Thanks newhomebuilder for the compliment. It is a nice cozy place, especially on chilly days.

Our den is my favorite place to hang out. It's a cozy room for reading, watching TV and doing crossword puzzles!

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Thanks, NHB! The room definitely needs tweaking, but I love it now, and it'll be that much better when accessorized, etc.

newhomebuilder, thanks!! I don't really have any good pics of the interior, but here is a pic of our location. If you look near the bottom left corner of this aerial shot, our house is on the corner lot with a detached garage. You can't see it in the pic, but the water seen from the sunroom is about 500' down ('north' in the pic') from our house. The only reason we can see that water is because we're up on a hill (which is a killer when we're walking home from the beach!).

Ok, I had to post another one. This is my home-office-used-to-be-the-living-room-that-nobody-ever-used-except-for-once-a-year-on-Christmas-day. I just love being in here every single day now. What dummies we were for not using this space in a more useful way sooner.

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Beautiful, beautiful pictures....I would love to visit in each and every room!
Traditionalgirl1, do you have any info on the fabric/source of the red drapes/blinds in your first picture? They are beautiful!
Thanks in advance,
J

Thanks, Jaybird. I bought 4 panels from JC Penney, hung two of them on the window and had roman shades made for the french doors with the other two panels. My SIL made the shades; she is very talented and can sew ANYTHING. I just love having crafty relatives!

Thank you....I'm off to look at Penneys.

sueb20 - Beautiful property and place!

OH, o.k., here it is...

Here is a link that might be useful:

OH, was this supposed to be in my *real* house? Or my dream house?

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Not decorated yet, but this is my absolute favorite place in my apartment. I sit out here in the evening with a cup of tea. I love it. I need privacy in one section only (in the middle of the long wall of windows I look right into the students' veranda next door and I want privacy from that) and don't want to hang curtains all over...not sure how I will deal with that. In any case, this is my favorite room.

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I sure hope nobody minds --- I've just finish copying every picture and putting them into my "Special Inspiration" file.
Every single picture, whether outside or inside had something wonderful in it that caught my eye.
You all have created wonderful spaces!!!!

slinkey wrote:
Some times I buy fabric and other times I just use sheets..

A gal after my own heart!

magnaverde wrote:
although there are a lot of things I'd like to see, to see them I'd have to leave home

Ahhhh....another one of me. lol
Hubby says I'm a 'nester'. Leaving home means leaving my nest and all the wonderful little things (to me) that make it the most comfortable, serene and safe place to be in the whole world.

Was comp'd an amazing hotel suite in Vegas a couple years ago. Five days we were treated like a King and Queen by the whole staff. Had a concierge that made sure everything was above and beyond luxury but I so much missed my clinky 9" tall glass for my ice tea, missed my morning mug for my coffee, missed the scent of my blooming Brugs and Roses that I can get from any point of the house. Really, really missed my Hummers that I can see out of any window of my home or walk out back and have them flutter around me while they get fed----It's those little things that make me happy.

I am a homebody with a capital H.

I have stayed in a few hotels that gave me a serene and peaceful feeling because of the balcony with wonderful plants, lighting and water feature/pond.
Getting that feeling at home meant I had to create something outdoors.

So my favorite 'room' is the area out back that me and hubby DIY'd.
Nowhere near what those wonderful hotel balconies were but serene and peaceful it is!
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Ahhhh! When I die, I hope I go to Magnaverde's living room. LOL

Magna, every time you post a picture, I try to figure out what is wrong with my house. Because it has nothing in common with your spaces, my answer is invariably "everything."

So many great rooms here. A big thank you to everyone who has posted!

Slinkey,
your family room is so homey and inviting. It makes me want to curl up and read a good book! And Newhomebuilder, one day I will have an enclosed porch! You must live somewhere warm. How many months can you enjoy it?

fourtogo - The porch is clean for about 4 months out of the year. Then there is late spring where I sit with the pollen, and early fall where I can use the porch in the afternoon, but by that time have given up cleaning for the season. I sometimes will even go out in the winter months, because of early morning hot flashes. :)

My favorite room in my family room cause it surrounds me everything I love. I posted many photos of the room, but here is the view from this room...I agree with the others that say, outside is my favorite room. :)
Four years ago I came up with a brainstorm to put in a big bump out box window to be able to enjoy the garden views.
Since we do everything ourselves, we jumped in and started this window on July 2nd...I asked hubby if it was going to be done for Labor day...and he said it will be more like gobble gobble gobble!...well, in fact it was more like ho ho ho!..but the wait was worth it. My hubby is a gardening nut! The fruits of his labor can be enjoyed much more now from inside the house...

view from French Door in Family room.

All these rooms are just stunning. I'm partial though it seems to the backyard "rooms" those sun rooms, back porches and screened patios.

My home has so much decorating left to do to make this home the way I would like. I love my greatroom, my kitchen, I can envision the way my library/office will look if and when I can find the "right" desk! I even can say I really enjoy my laundry. But like brutuses the room we seem to be using more than anything right now is the one below....well except when it's snowing! LOL

kats....
stunning! takes my breath away!

where is the location?

Kats has my new favorite outdoor room! Just give me a stump.

You guys have wonderful homes -

Fantastic indoor AND outdoor spaces! I loved looking at all the different styles, color, decorating~such a treat for the eyes.

Patsy, your back porch is absolutely, no doubt, strictly SOUTHERN! Love it!!!

Classey looking room Magnaverde!

Good thing I don't have to vote! All are so so pretty and the gardens and the views, wow! just amazing!

Have been out of town and couldn't play! I *love* these rooms.

Flyleft: Your style is absolutely stunning. You know my style from years on these forums, and you know I tend to favor the frou-frou design, but I have to say, when I imagine myself going modern or minimalist, your room is what I would do. It's absolutely perfect.

My favorite room is still my kitchen, even though I'm not happy with the cabinet color.

Right now, I also have an outdoor space that I love a LOT.

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reno,

I love your kitchen! Especially the black chandeliers. And your cabinets are great. What color would you want them???

kats - I thought my view was great. Your view puts mine to shame. Where are you? TN, NC, VA?

reno_fan - Another favorite kitchen. I love the white cabinets.

yvette123 - Your room is gorgeous! too pretty to use.

reno, you want the cabinets yellow, right? I still love the white!

Slinkey, do you mind if I ask what your paint color is? After 2 1/2 years of SW Macadamia, it's just feeling too dark. I want to lighten up my living room and I love the shade you have in your lovely room!

I love this space because it's right outside of our BR and the room I walk into first thing in the morning. The windows give us a great view of the outdoors.

When it is not hot and muggy as right now I do love my patio:

Yvette123,

Ohhh, now that's one COOL patio! I can't wait for mine to look as nice as yours. Porches, patios, sunrooms....like I said before, for me those all mean HOME!

Christina923, Mustangs and Newhomebuilder....
You guys are very kind! I had to laugh when NHB asked if we live in TN, NC, or VA......nope just Southern California!

kats, if I only had your view - I would never leave my home.

Love your kitchen reno gal, it's gorgeous.

Yvette your patio looks wonderful. Good conversation and a good chardonnay works well in there I bet.

My favorite room is outside as well. Nice to live in California where we can enjoy it for a good portion of the year.....

Love having a sitting area where we have a nice view of our U.S. and Angel flag (lol)

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View from right side of the deck:

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View from yard of deck and pool

I've been out of town for the past couple of weeks. I love this thread!!

The two favorite rooms in my house are my family room and living room. My family room is surrounded with pictures of my children through the years and it reminds me to slow down and enjoy the moment. My living room is where I go to escape from the chaos/noise of the TV, kids, dog and endless supply of neighborhood children in my house. I like to go in and curl up with a good book (I'm a huge reader).

Family Room
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Love all your rooms inside and out! Here are mine. Our DIY kitchen that we are still working on( DH rather) and our front porch. I used the painters tarp and grommet ideas for curtains for the porch so now we can sit and watch the storm.I call it the "biggest little porch in town" You are looking at the whole thing in the photo, there ain't no more. But it is big enough for 3 to sit and the 2 dogs can lie on the porch with us. We have our morning coffee outside after our walks. I included photos from May when I had painted the free CL loveseat and made pillows so you could see the colors in a better light. I am just using grosgrain ribbon right now, I plan to make tiebacks out of the stripe canvas. Of course the roses arent blooming like that now.

Sueb... do you have a picture of the ocean view? I was just getting lost in the beauty of all these pictures, and I saw where your view was mentioned. I went back through all of them, and didn't see that particular view. Now I'm curious and wanting to live vicariously through you, so please post it! ;) It'll be like a mini vacation for me (who has no view of anything).

mldao, I am looking for pictures similar to what you have in your living room. Can you tell me a little about them so that I can search for something similar on art.com? Thanks!

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cooperbailey I love how you set up your porch..it's so inviting and cozy. The roses surrounding your porch entry way looks like a picture out of a magazine. I truly have ROSE envy.. (deer love mine) That CL find was a unblievable!! Nice fabric you selected for the pillows too. It all just fits in perfectly. I don't know how your kitchen looked before..but I must say, it looks really nice and I love the color combo with the cabinets and granite.

newdawn...love your dining area it's just lovely and is also like a scene from a magazine..we've got the same decorating tastes.. I love to mix & match new and old too.