OMG, I've been ROFLMAO reading through all these posts . . . they're priceless! My worst decorating disaster was way back in my very first apartment down in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The landlords liked me and so they ok'd me painting one (huge) wall in my bedroom as long as I agreed to put it back to (stark) white before I moved. My boyfriend at the time was an artist, who also had no previous wall painting experience! I let him talk me into painting the wall a dark forest green and then he got the great(stupid!) idea of making a mosaic design with mirrors on it. I let him (stupidly) glue (with some heavy duty auto glue) twenty-plus 12"x12" mirrors to the wall in a huge flying bird design. I know, we must've lost our minds! Well, six months later, as I was ready to move to my new duplex, I tried getting those mirrors off the wall. OMG, what a nightmare!!! When I finished, it looked like some cannon company had used my dark green wall for target practice! I was in tears and petrified that I was never going to get that wall back to normal again. My grandfather and I worked for days patching Thank goodness my retired grandpa was brilliant when it came to that kind of stuff (heck, he was brilliant at everything!), but he was ready to toss me off my balcony when he first got a look at that wall! I was on Gramp's poop list for a couple of weeks after that, but I did learn several big lessons on what NOT to do to a wall! Did I mention that the boyfriend was not allowed back at Gram & Gramps house after that? I broke up with him a couple of weeks after that anyway. I needed a boyfriend that was smart, like my Gramp. Lynn

Pretend you are arranging pictures. Move the ottoman out and lay the mirrors on the floor in front of the sofa. How do they look: 1.with all 4 touching 2.with all 4, but with 1 or1/2" between them 3.with Only 3 If you find an arrangement you like put them up. Live with them in white and re-do the color later if you want. Addressing the reflection issue, it is preferable to reflect something lovely. If the mirrored buffet/hutch doesn't work for you, could it be moved ... Oh I can hear DH groaning from here:>)...to a side wall( fit??), and replaced with a long table or chest/console. Then you could have a big, bright painting over that, with lamp and greenery, perhaps, to be reflected in your new "windows". I'm thinking, however, that that's asking a lot and expect your sofa wall is far enough away from the D.R. hutch that it will be fine. One last thought...do not keep them if you are going to end up beating yourself up over your mistake. been there, done that, no fun!

wah...still not fixed! Ok, if I have time later, I very well may copy and paste some of the info. i really want to address some comments...and justgotabeme...i want to hear what you have to say! Overall...I just want to say the responses to my thread made me breathe a sigh of relief...I didn't know if my "wandering eye" as far as decorating goes would end up manifesting itself in a crazyass house! Seems others have this same issue.

I bought two new garlands this year for the chandelier, have lots of bling. Also used the matching candle rings to hang on the side medallions. I knew they had lights that ran on batteries, but I really didn't think I'd turn them on because 1) didn't want to get the tall ladder out each time and move furniture to turn them on and off. Then some time later I was reading the packaging and here they have timers! But I still didn't think I'd put the batteries in - until today. I climbed up there and, hey, it looked pretty cool. So at 9pm tonight I moved furniture and climbed and put the garlands on timer. Now when I turn the Xmas tree and other lights, plus the chandelier, off for the night at 11:30p the garland will stay lit most of the night. Not very good pics but I never could take a nice photo of my lit tree either at night.