stloc, the colors were used in separate rooms. I did do an accent wall in a sage green color, but wished I would have just used 1 shade darker on the strip to do the accent wall in. I can try to take some pictures of the perfect greige for you, but it won't look near as good as it would on your walls because I have dark mahogany trim, not white. I think it would look stunning with white. Maybe someone on here with more expertise could recommend an accent color if you like either of these colors on your walls.

cactuskatie, What a great post! I have the same concerns you mentioned, except that our TV will go in the great room, which is not a media room only, and doesn't have the space constraints. I completely agree with the points that have already been mentioned: (1) If the room is a media room, then it would be fine to have the television in a piece of open furniture, versus an armoire. Hiding the television away is more of a concern in other rooms. (2) The pieces of furniture you posted are beautiful. (3) Given the size of the room, you may wish to purchase a bit smaller TV, so check the guidelines for viewing distance, etc. The same is true of the furniture, if it is too much in a small space. The armoire would likely be too large in the room and leave you with less versatility in arranging the furniture now and in the future. ********************* The furniture pieces you posted are just beautiful. Can you please please share the source? We are looking for something like the armoire in #1 because the room we'll have the TV in is not for media purposes only. So we'd like to be able to tuck away the television in a piece of traditional looking furniture. However it has been a total challenge finding anything that #1 houses a large 50" television, and #2 is traditional looking like the rest of our house, versus modern/contemporary. Jan

grandmaof3.....it's a sleek, austere...not too cluttered look. AND a $4k surround sound system, it's heavy to move. It needs to be away from soot/dirt...heat. I'm painting an old cane sided chair black, reupholstering it in a black and white bamboo fabric and hope THAT will finish out the look. :0) Thanks for all the replies!!!

Melsouth, the floor wasn't difficult, it was just tedious, and the smell was pretty bad. If you notice in the pic, DH had a fan ventilating to the outside. It took a few days to cure. It chipped in a few spots when heavy objects were dropped, but DH says he can patch it up easily. We opted not to tile or put any sort of flooring down for two reasons. One was to save money as we have several other huge projects (new main bath) we would rather spend money on. Second is we live in a flood prone town. We have been here 7 years and did not flood with storms Irene or Sandy, however we didn't want to take a chance. Once our drain the the sewer backed up and we were able to easily clean up. The floor is pitched towards the furnace area where are sump pump is. We opted for a black ceiling after I started taking note of how many people simply paint their ceilings black. DH found the black ceiling tiles at HD and thought that would be easier. Since he was installing it, I wanted to do what was easiest for him. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. He also put a full bath in down there. Our main 2nd floor bathroom had a major leak and needs to be completely redone. Since we are mostly DIYers, it will likely take time and now we have a 2nd full bath in the house. It's not quite complete yet.