Thanks! I'm looking into Hoyas and Pothos now. I'd like to do umbrella, but I'm reading that it also does not like sudden temperature changes.

You are right about the umbrella.

I adore Grape Ivy, up high on a tall shelf. It is just a lovely dark green, awesome leaves, and not too thirsty, which will be nice on the days you don't want to climb up there to water. The vines are wirey and the leaves papery, not moist, so they won't hurt furniture. Very easy. Here is a link. http://www.costafarms.com/plants/grape-ivy. I like Danielle's Hoya suggestion for your dresser, and the leaves come in so many shapes, sizes and variegations. Can't wait for pics.

Well I grow plants ON TOP OF the AC in the West window. Was partly why I didn't get an AC for yrs (both the expense & eating up space on my few windowsills). The particular Euphorbia I have on top of it loves it.

I'd think Pothos & Spider plants (Chlorophytum) would do well there, Snake plants too (Sansevierias).

I'd GUESS the Purple Velvet vine (if it's a Gynura) will need direct sun to keep its purple color.

Lena

Thanks for the suggestions, guys! I'll update soon.

Good drawing. Ok, so I'm no light expert here, and I haven't physically seen your room, but I'm guessing that the sun comes in through your South window first, lingers for several hours, and then rolls around to the West window after which it then sets.

So based on the pattern of the sun, and the distance of your furniture from the two windows, I'm wondering if you should focus your medium light requirement plants (medium light at most) on the dresser, and more of a low light plant for the bookshelf. If your bookshelf is higher than the window, then you've got a really low light situation there. You can use a light meter app on your smartphone to figure out where light is most intense in the room. This could be why your jades were suffering.
You could put a plant on top of the AC as lmontestella suggested, just stick with a tougher one like a pothos, heartleaf philodendron, or sansevieria.

As someone who always struggles with enough light, I tend to play it safe with low to medium light tropical plants. For the dresser, you could go with something like a parlour palm, another pothos, a smaller variety peace lily, or a Chinese Evergreen. Stick with less variegated varieties, as they need lots more light.

Sorry for the length. Thank you for all the detailed drawing! : )

Thanks for the ideas, guys! I'll update with photos when I pick the plants :)