Yes, but since it's all neutrals except for the soft reds, it looks very nice to me. I'd like to see more!

ETA to add that I looked up the photo, and it was done by a woman who specializes in art for the home. Anna Hackathorn. http://artsandhomes.com/

I like it too, but with the reds it seems like there is maybe just a bit too much. Kind of reminds me of my dad's house in the 80s. He fell in love with the colour green and didn't know when to stop. I came home one day to find him with a tin of paint and a tiny brush painting all the kitchen cab handles green and I looked up to see he'd already done the chandelier :)

Note to self:. Do not look at chijim's posted pictures early in the day!

Makes me feel ever-so-slightly dizzy. A couple of thoughts come to mind, one being that it reminds me very much of a B&B in a little hamlet in the SW of England where I stayed a few years ago. The other thing I zeroed in on was the ceiling. Those beams look beat up and possibly dirty, while the rest of the scene seems to be very well cared for. That must be a very old house, but I still think those beams could look a bit better than they do.

The picture would make a good jigsaw puzzle.

I liked it until I noticed the ceiling beams. They completely throw off the very carefully planned and arranged "weightiness" of the area.

I love that lamp!

I think it's just bad photography. If you took pic from bottom of stairs looking up or at top looking down it'd be much better

I love this composition. It really appeals to my love of matchyness. Does the stair have an ombre painted "runner?"

So can I too make my 8 ft ceilings look trendy by removing the plaster and whitewashing what's left?

fori - honestly I love that look. but I did grow up in an area of pretty old/busted houses.

I just tracked down the originating instagram and that's it, I'm in love with a house.

https://www.instagram.com/gustthepoodle/

I knew I was on trend for not getting around to finishing the ceiling in our basement. Hey, it's only been 15 years.

Whomever decorated seems to have a sharp eye for detail. It's a fine line between tastefully busy and chaos.

Like robo, I was wondering about the stairs too. It does look like a painted runner. I would love to see a head on picture of the stairs.

Replacing those two chairs with solid back chairs, preferably upholstered, would help a lot, in my opinion.

Too much business up front competes with the pictures. Pare down the furniture there and focus on the pictures. The eye doesn't know where to settle.

It's a lot of geometric shapes fighting with the other details --- the unfinished ceiling and the X-cross stools add to the distractions.

Oh robo, I clicked on the link you provided. Thank you. I love some of the textiles in the house (and textile drawings). Some of the tablescapes were absolutely lovely, too. How I would love to sit down at a table like that.

I think I'm getting a migraine, lol.

I had to come back to this thread and share that, while I find her style a bit too much in whole rooms, she has a lovely instagram feed. Her photos are beautiful in smaller doses esp those of her gardens and her fabric choices. Scroll down and you'll see her stairway from a top angle, too.

This is just the same link that Robo shared above:

https://www.instagram.com/gustthepoodle/

Spaces are over analyzed when you have one static picture to stare at and pick apart :)

Well, my house may go this way eventually because I just can't edit my art, lol! On the flip side, unless those chairs served some important function, I'd get rid of them, especially the bench under the table, what's up with that! Not sure what purpose the hallway has from just this one picture, but it seems to be overkill in the seating. I have a similar problem with not being able to edit my chairs either. I used to have a basement to store them in and did use them occasionally for larger gatherings. Now I only have an attic with a pull down ladder and I don't picture myself wanting to haul chairs up and down that thing. So my house right now has random seating all over the place, :)

When I perused her blog, it does give me hope that I will eventually be able to find space for all of my art. Right now it is in storage, waiting for the rest of the house to get sorted before I try and place all of it.

Edited to add that when I got around to clicking on ALL the Pinterest pictures, I can see that she is my hero! If I had my way, I'd have what she's having, right down to the upstate NY location! I can see that she also suffers from "random chairs" syndrome but also uses them for entertaining. If I show this blog to my SO, he will be afraid, very afraid . . .

My eyes went to the lamp shade first. It's okay.

Here's a photo of the stairs

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCsltf7DE-7/?taken-by=gustthepoodle

I could easily live there. As far as focal points go, I don't buy into them. The whole area is a focal point, not one specific thing.

Raises my blood pressure just looking at the picture! (although I do like that red blob painting in the stairs picture)

I agree the bench and then the chairs throw the whole visual off. The cushions on top of the woven chair seats also seem off to me. Love the lamp, but edit the bench and the 2 cushions and I think I could like it much more.

If I show this blog to my SO, he will be afraid, very afraid . . .

Haha, Pinkmountain!

I like it also. Very nice!

I love it. Don't understand the hate, at least with respect to the original pic. In the pic down the stairs, there's a higher proportion of red and the red is showing much more vivid, and it comes off as too much (probably a photography issue, but it could be that the stair color really is that vibrant and you just can't see much of it in the first pic).

That is some of the most boring art that I have ever seen - the frames are more interesting than the art, and they are boring also. I can understand why it hiding behind a stair railing. I don't hate it - I just think it is boring and not worth the trouble. We have better art hanging in our garage, as we have more original paintings than we have room to hang in the house. Another reason why I do not like open floor plans - not enough walls to hang art.

I do like the colors, however.

SO and I have been sharing "inspiration pictures" for our eventual moving in together. So far we agree on about 25%. It has spurred some interesting discussions. His favorite colors are black, grey, brown, tan and beige. Mine are: "anything but orange, and even that is OK if it is on a flower or fruit or pot or leaf or some coral." We sometimes agree on the wild colors of navy blue, camel, and burgundy.

Who owns the home?

Pinkpaula did you ever build "Elegant Simplicity"?

I find it tasteful and not overdone. Many times if red is used as an accent color in decorating there's too much of it. Whether it was the homeowner or a designer/decorater making the choice, it has an appealing effect, although the so-called 'art' needs to go.