Bar...with glass decanters on a silver tray. Ice bucket. Maybe on a wooden tea cart or a old side board. Heavy on oriental rugs, heavy curtains including at the doors on thick rods. Maybe even combine with shelves of books.

I really like Scot Meacham Wood's sitting room. His apartment is very English and old fashioned without being stuffy, and he throws just a touch of modern in.

Click on the "view project" tab on his site to see more pictures.

Here is a link that might be useful: SMW Design

Thanks both of you. We have a deco cobalt blue cocktail shaker set, you know the one by hazel atlas with sail boats on it, could we put that set on a silver tray and use that? I love the SMW site, nice ideas!!!

Bombay Company was a great place to get this look. Dark wood, leather, everything looking very British Colonial. A globe (with the gold background, not the blue) the bar cart is a great idea, some leather bound books, a few pieces of exotic Asian china or accent pieces (blue willow ware is always nice, but just a few pieces) a palm, some hand carved side tables, maybe a little brass, very Victorian meets East Indies. Have fun...it's a great look :)

I forgot to mention...use a few animal prints, but just a bit. Maybe a leopard print pillow or a small ottoman.

Here's the link to the Bombay Company. They used to have some great stores in the malls, but apparently QVC is running it now. I'm not recommending that you purchase anything, but their accent furniture and accessories might give you some good ideas. Also, maybe google search images of British Colonial rooms and furniture.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bombay Company Link

Sources to google for ideas and inspiration: John Soanes' house in London. Also check out movies like Gosford Park and mini-series like BBC's "Jeeves & Wooster" or "Rosemary & Thyme" or the old series of "Sherlock Holmes"

Let's see:

A gentleman's study or library would be lined with dark bookcases (with a rolling ladder) filled with books; a fireplace with real logs and a proper fender; old portraits and an old mirror over the fireplace mantel. There would be old maps and botanical prints -- along with old prints of wild animals from around the world. There would be "interesting" collections -- like a grouping of old tortoiseshell boxes and silver frames with photos of the "ancestors"

A comfortable sofa (maybe a leather chesterfield) with a couple of leather chairs sharing an ottoman (maybe covered with an animal-skin fabric like zebra or leopard) flanking the fireplace. A good worn old area rug like a Heriz. Lots of lamps around the room -- and lots of tables and a desk.

A bar suitably stocked; a tray on top to hold a decanter, an ice bucket and a silver cocktail shaker and its stirrer. Tiny bottles of club soda and ginger ale would be stashed in the cabinet. Sometimes bottles of liquor are kept on top - or stashed in the cabinet. Decanters are brought into the room when serving up snifters of brandy or a schooner of sherry. Don't forget a lovely platter of cheeses, grapes/sliced apples/pears and water crackers. Also a box of very nice chocolates to be passed around the room.

Jan at Rosemary Cottage

I love the idea of using the colbalt blue cocktail shaker on a silver tray. The sail boats would be prefect especially if you added a couple of old sailing trophies to the room.

Here's a pic of a "Smoking Room"

Jim

Ok, this is what was bought so far, mostly Ethan Allen pieces with one cheaper small side table from an online site(shown below) that we saw local but found it cheaper online. I like the Henredon windward manor flip top coffee table(shown below), it is a bit pricey but still looking for a rectangualr shaped cocktail/coffee table...anyone have any other suggestions, it has to be smaller.Sorry, but I can't grab the pictures from the Ethan Allen site so here are the individual pages.The fabric on the sofa is not what we choose and we chose the smaller 2 cushion version.

http://www.ethanallen.com/product?productId=1653&categoryId=8207

http://www.ethanallen.com/product?productId=1104&categoryId=8020

http://www.ethanallen.com/product?productId=707

http://www.ethanallen.com/product?productId=1044&categoryId=8106

http://www.henredon.com/catdetails.aspx?fid=7&img=7200-40_Closed

Here is a link that might be useful: Paloma chair

OK the photo of the "smoking room" made me smile. I am from the UK and have a very old, small home there. I have truly never seen a room like that outside a particular designers opinion what one should look like. It is entirely too self conscious and contrived.