Great pictures such beauties!! sorry you missed the first flush! I do envy you you own such beauty mine did not do too good this year the 3 that I had as of last year died on me this year they were variegated brugies(snif snif) one of my versicolor died and also a white one, this year has been terrible for my plants however I have managed to keep alive my hibiscus except for 3 but hope to have a better year next year Marcie

If you give a sharp tug to old ratty looking foliage it should come right off at the main body down at the crown. If you tug and it is fairly resistant to coming off it means it's not ready to detach from the main plant yet. Leave it alone and try again later. Leaving lots of short broken off leaves down near the crown invites pests to nestle in between the old and new foliage and water to accumulate. Best to clean the old brown leaves out by stripping them away from the crown just as you would snap a stalk of celery from the main body.........Maryl

There is a lot of ways to look at this, a lot has to do with how you will power it, then how much of the artwork you want to light up, the longer the fixture the more area it will cover the smaller, more of the center will be lit. NO need to go from the ceiling. Picture lights are not cheap. I would go look at the vendor House of Troy, they have specialized in this for years, if nothing else you can get a feel for the market.

I would hang one of the larger pictures back over the bed. I think I would do the shelves offset from each other instead of lined up because that would be more interesting looking. Before you put holes in the wall, put up some painters tape to represent the shelves to test the layout. I don't have pictures of childrens' rooms, but here is a picture from a home office that shows what I'm talking about. You don't have as much room so you would have two across from each other.