The color you picked is beautiful, but I'm afraid it wouldn't really work well with the color of the dining room chairs. Blue and orange can look very nice together, but you don't really have those colors carried throughout the rooms. If you had an area rug with those colors and art and maybe upholstery in a piece in the living room, it could work. Is the red in the living room there all the time or just for your Christmas decor? Instead of an accent wall (they have kind of fallen out of favor in home decorating), perhaps you could bring some color and life to your rooms using some pretty area rugs, one in the living room, one under the table. Then look for some art to hang that will also add some color. I, too, think you could find something more interesting (and colorful) than the clock. To break up the large area of wall to the right of the tv, I might look for a tall cabinet of some kind, a bookcase, small china cabinet or such. Then hang some art between the dining room windows.

Thanks for the advice! I like the ideas but we do prefer to face the fireplace. We actually use it a lot! And also prefer to face our backyard too. I do think the tv is high and too big (lost that battle) and will replace furniture once we’re done with our renovations. We need a proper seating area for sure but do prefer we face the fireplace which means the tv has to go above it (I think). I know that’s not great from a design perspective but it is practical for us! But open to other seating arrangement ideas. And paint!

Like the first wallpaper pattern ; do not like the second one. ... ... but it's what your daughters will think, and not just now but long term, that matters. Wall paper is more difficult to change later than paint. Do some research on this and have a conversation with each of your daughters. Do they really want their room to have only the one look for years to come?

Norwood, thanks for weighing in! Although not perfect, this design aesthetic allows me to do something unusual and still be within my budget. Doing the entire shower in hex is out of my budget and I’d rather do something than have a very boring shower. I think the inspiration photos look great and I think I can get close to that.