shine, if you want silver than go for it and while you're painting paint some of the others, if not all, silver too. Please please please post pictures. I'm dying to see what you did since I too love that style.

Les, you are correct, this isn't our bedroom, though we've slept in it enough that it was temporarily (during construction) I guess I'm a creature of habit. Having been in my old home for 23yrs the ceiling fan and my bed were both centered in the middle of the bedroom and the ceiling fan was centered over the bed. I like the cool breeze - from Miami, need I say more? The dresser is opposite the bed, straight ahead. Closet is REALLY tiny, not even a twin bed would slide in there, I have a double. Not sure what I'll do with the valance. Had them all over the house. Personally, I like them, but everyone told me they were ugly and outdated. I still have them, I may just surprise the nay-sayers at some point later on. Nates, the table is square Forboystoo, Though I actualy loather Ethan Allen, I like the bed, have the dresser & hutch that goes with it. It's my daughters set from her bedroom, not an heirloom but like the way it goes in that room. We had a twin, full and queen to move in this house (and our king, but that was a given) and had to decide which way to go. We figured we'd get more out of the full and queen and got rid of the twin - hated doing so because that room was suppose to be the twin room - I would not be having issues if this stayed the way I initially intended (had sheets and window coverings to for the twin already) BUT, we've already been in the position that the full & queen were the right way to go, we've had visitors, the twin would not have worked. I guess it's me, and me being a creature of habit. We extended our master bedroom a few months ago by about 3 feet and we moved the fan over to have it centered over the bed, just like I had it in my old house. It's not centered in the middle of the room. I guess it's what feels comofortable. I guess we all have some quirks, and I know I have my share :) SIL is coming today for a visit with her BF, once she's gone I'll have to get in that room and see how the cubes will look with the bed the way it is. I'll take some pictures of it shifted over to post. This is just one room - there's so much to do in this house! Thanks again to you all!

marcolo: Thanks for posting the pic of the vintage sink and the sink in casey's kitchen. Those are creative solutions, but we don't want to block our windows in the kitchen. In the butler's pantry, we are running the countertop across the window, but anticipate we'll replace those windows down the road as a part of a larger deck renovation. We have gotten estimates for the work to be done on our renovation. We have just decided not to move any walls or doors for fear there are hidden surprises that will blow our budget. No one can tell us what's behind any of our walls, despite their best estimates, and with a limited budget and many years of home improvement projects ahead of us, we are deciding not to go down that path. We know we may be sacrificing the most efficient layout with our decisions and constraints, but we're okay with that. lavender_lass: We have decided to go with a range and separate wall oven instead of the rangetop and DO, but thanks for the revised layout. It would still work with a range and we actually looked at that. We think, though, we'd prefer to have the uninterrupted countertop right of the stove and deal with the hike to the fridge. I'm a recipe cook so I get out everything out I need and only make limited trips back to the fridge. We'd love to expose the brick underneath the plaster, but we need to slide the fridge over towards the MR door to alleviate the pinch point with the sink wall. So unfortunately the fridge won't be centered on the bumpout. Any suggestions on how we could still make that wall a focal point? never_ending: We are going with Mouser Custom Cabinetry, the Sonoma door style, beaded inset, painted in creamy white (haven't picked out exact color yet). onedogedie: The PO were kind enough to leave an extra roll of that wallpaper for us. We've offered it to several friends as a vintage Christmas gift. No takers yet. I appreciate everyone's thoughts on the layout so far.

Thanks for all the comments. I agree I need to lower it, it is so heavy, but I'm thinking of installing wire on the back so it hangs lower and at a bit of an angle. I have a beautiful painting that I love on the wall next to this one. Some of you said what I really kind of knew, but was too tired after the hanging to think of changing it! I'll be cleaning up the bricks, and accessorizing, Thanks for your creative ideas, gives me inspiration. Oh, and I couldn't flip the direction - I have reasonably high ceilings, but it would not make it comfortably - 60" wide