You have a lovely room and it will be worth the effort to take the time to locate the right furnishings. Try Pottery Barn for to get some ideas about stylish comfort. Some of their furniture is on sale now. With down-wrapped cushions and down throw pillows, it really is possible to be comfortable without resorting to a recliner! Also, if there is a Bassett Direct near you, it would be worthwhile to visit the store, as they provide complementary design services. We had a very good experience with a store here in Florida when we were refurnishing our second home in North Carolina. I took in the blueprints and the designer drew out possible furniture arrangments and did a marvelous job assisting us with our selections. All of the furniture can be customized by fabric and finish and shown to you on a monitor as modified. Here is a link that might be useful: Bassett Direct

I would pin down a style you like before you do too much more. Working toward a style will help you get a more polished put together look when you get done. Many people make the mistake of just randomly getting pieces they "like" and then wonder why their room doesn't have a put together look. Check out the living room photos here and click on the different styles. See which one appeals to you. Try to find an inspiration photo that you can work toward. You don't need to copy the exact room, just elements that give it the look that you like. You did pick a great sofa the is very neutral and would fit with manyl different styles. When I joined here I had always leaned to traditional things and then wondered why my rooms kind of looked like by grandmas house. Now I have found I like the transitional style and I really like the changes in my decorating.

I'm in love with this rug and can't find it anywhere. Please help! Thanks!

I recently purchased a couple of patio rugs for an enclosed porch. I purchased them online from a home improvement store. I'm not sure if I can mention the manufacturer. They are made of polypropylene. When they arrived they were rolled up and enclosed in plastic. There was no cardboard roll in the center and they appeared "flattened". (BTW, I had runners delivered for my hallway and rugs for the bedrooms and when they all arrived with a rather heavy duty carboard roll in the center of the rolled up rugs.) When I unrolled them they both had a very noticeable waviness to them so I laid them out flat in the hopes they would flatten out. I even put some books and rather heavy speakers on the in an attempt to flatten them out. Nothing worked. After looking at some of the pictures posted by other customers of the same rug, you could see the waviness in a majority of the pictures. When I looked more closely at the rugs it appeared they had regularly spaced creases in the material with the material more more flexible along the creases. I have since returned them by taking them to the home improvement store in person. The worker handling the return said he has seen this before. Is this waviness something I should expect from polypropylene rugs? Is there a way to "fix it"? ( I really don't look forward to fixing rugs that I just purchased.) Is there a way to avoid it? Any insights and suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.