I liked the first picture. I think the walls being the same color as the blue in your beautiful fabric, and retaining the dark woodwork is very striking. For the floors, not sure why you need floating. The best is a solid piece of vinyl flooring, such as comes on a roll, but you have to pay an installer for that. On a tight budget, I used Novalis plank from Lowe's and I love it. It comes in different colors/types of wood look. The best part was the price. It was very easy to install. To shorten a ":board" I would just score it with a utility knife run along a metal ruler edge, then snap it into two over the edge of my pull-out breadboard (any table, counter top, dresser top would do). Here is a thread in the flooring board about it and several photos from others. Just be sure to get your seams very tight. I'd accustom the flooring to the indoor temperatures of the room for a few days before installing. Here is a link that might be useful: Vinyl Plank Flooring

Hi Jane, the upper smaller pond is called a bog and it's purpose is to clean your water and offer a naturalized setting. This is a good thing that someone planned that feature. Your iris as with most of the water iris can be on the aggressive side. I divided mine with a saw a year ago. You wouldn't know that today though. I have Gamecock and Yellow flag. Yellow flag are super water cleaners. My gamecock has never bloomed but I do feed them with the approved pond tabs so as to not upset the overall environment. Personally, I would wait to divide as you could still get some cold snaps and they might be too stressed to handle the cold under those conditions. Placing them in a water garden plastic container/basket would make the job of dividing in the future much easier. There are many bog type plants to choose from. I love parrot feathers. They like to float on top and koi like to eat them so it is better the two don't meet. In regards to water: You might check to see if there is a koi club nearby or a garden center with knowledge about water gardens and koi. Of course the internet is full of information and it can be like the wild, wild west. You will run into many differences of opinions. I ran into that and it was very disheartening and totally confusing. In the end, it's up to you to do homework on water chemistry and how best to maintain your pond. I only say this because of experience and I hope you understand. I would gladly tell you what works for me but our ponds and environments are very different. Sad experience tells me that stuff happens on Saturday nights when there are no stores open to get emergency supplies so now I have those things, just in case. At minimum, you should know how to test your water. The good news is your pond is established meaning you have all those beneficial bacteria working for you. That can take months to get going. The first year of a pond can be an adventure :( Barring an ammonia spike, the bacteria should be able to handle the majority of work. Prior owners said to just add water occasionally. That probably would be okay because of your total volume. Doing the whole chlorine removal probably isn't necessary unless you are changing out thousands of gallons. A couple of hundred gallons added to what you already have will dilute it enough, I would think. Looking to the immediate future, spring is coming which will mean a food change. Water warms up, bacteria get more active. I would imagine the number one mistake people make is overfeeding. When the water temp. is low, you might not feed at all. The fish's metabolism slows down and food won't process. Koi can live in iced over conditions with a small vent hole for gasses to escape. They can do this for a long time so don't feel you are torturing them. But then spring comes and they are hungry and you need to be careful with the type and quantity of food because they will make a lot of waste and your bio filter needs to warm up in order to process waste. Are your Koi more cigar shaped (male) or rounder (female)? Spawning season is coming and that affects water quality too. Finally, think long and hard about adding more fish until you feel really confident in your maintenance routine. You probably will have to muck out the debris on the bottom, old leaves and such. Does this pond have a liner? Cleaning it out is messy and exhausting. Your filter will need to be cleaned or backwashed and you should check all your equipment for wear and tear. Pumps do wear out mostly when you least expect it. Hopefully they left you some notes on the how, what, where for reference. Did the prior owners take care of this themselves or hire a service? I hope this helps a little. Have a great day!

The lighter colors are prettier in the sunroom, especially if you do keep the very interesting mural. But I think I just prefer those light colors. If you like the comfort of the gold couch for TV watching, to pair the blue couch with the brown chairs in the living room, I think you could find gorgeous fabrics for pilows to spread the colors around.

How much of an update do you want? New furniture, new colors ? IMO the T.V. is mounted too high , not in a place that makes sense and IMO there is no reason you can’t move it .I would put the T.V on the wall to the left of the door where the flowered sofa is now and get 2 new sofas to put in an L configuaration so that you can enjoy the fireplace the TV and the view.If you still have some space left do 2 more chairs in a nice contrasting material to the sofas.Painting the whole room a nice soft gray/ green will have a huge impact , a nice big coffee table some new lighting will look like a new space.I never like sectionals so I would discourage that choice.