poke or pokeweed or pokesalad

thank you. I was finally able to google that badboy. no problem encouraging the birds - catbirds, cardinals, mourning doves, mockingbirds.... I may have to move the plants away from the house, my goddess-in-training may get too interested in the fruit.

Calathea

First I like the red but many people are "scared" of red. I would not hang the valances. All you need to do is raise the shades, make sure the windows are clean and let the light in. I would use the pillows I think with the third quilt. Love all three though. How about putting the furniture angled between the tv and the fireplace? However, my first choice would be to move the tv anyway and disguise the wires. Remember you're trying to sell the house. Once you make that business decision, you need to stop thinking of the house as yours and you need to think as to how best to showcase the positive features of the house. That is not the tv. It is the fireplace. Fireplaces connote warmth and coziness. While having 2 fireplaces isn't important to you, it might be to a buyer and needs to be played up. I think it's a mistake to not play it up with the couches in front, and that gorgeous quilt implying that you could sit under the quilt with a good book, a warm drink, etc as you watch the fire. You want to play up the romance of the fireplace. Yes, you'll be inconvenienced, but if homes are selling in 1-2 weeks, that's a short time to be inconvenienced to make the sale and move on with your lives. OK off my soapbox and here's my idea. Tomorrow I'll play to show you my thoughts for moving the furniture to showcase the fireplace.