Kimberly Lovely kitchen - hope you are enjoying I like the idea of continuing to use color throughout the space. You have a few orange things which compliment the flooring, and the trim around the window - as well as yellow ware (lovely) - Try finding ordinary orange and yellow around the house & just place them leave them see if you like where that may take you A fabric window shade with your color scheme A nice wool runner in front of the sink an orange tea kettle or le Crueset on the stove top

Laurie, I considered Billy bookcases. Unfortunately, they're about half an inch too wide. Oakley, the painting is from our first trip to Cuba, 17 years ago. I am not loving the frame colour in this setting, so it might not stay. jmarino, it's the dining area. I do have some stuff in boxes in the basement I'd like to unpack somewhere. Although I don't really "need" storage. I'd also like a small (not wall mounted) wine rack. Something like this: Here are some other photos of the area. (Yes, I am aware the light fixture is too high. My husband is tall and has a phobia of hanging fixtures. They need to be lowered gradually. :D ) That globe is going to goodwill. I bought it for the old house. In this house, it's too little and brown. The white seated stools are currently posted for sale online. The brown/maroon chair under the window has been waiting to be recovered. I can't decide if I want to do it in white, or the same green as the other chair. Speaking of bar carts, I love this cabinet. But it's a little high, and I feel like it would need to be balanced on the other side. I'm afraid an open style one is either going to look cluttered or flimsy. And I have a tendency to kill indoor plants. And I'm not good at dusting fake ones. aprilneverends, thanks for your comments. I really just find it kinda bare, and I have a few things I'd like to display. I am leaning towards open shelves. I'm even considering asking the welder who built the stairs to build supports for shelves like I posted above. But that is not going to be cheap at all. And then I'd need to cut the wood myself. Is the green chair what you were thinking of an "odd chair"? barncatz, the hearth is actually designed to be a seat, for extra dining seating in "emergencies". It wasn't intended to be used when the fireplace is on, but I have sat there when it was on when I was really cold a few times around Christmas. So seats on either side would basically extend the bench right across. ms b and My3dogs, yes, it's pretty much too late to extend the brick right across. Unless I wanted to rip out the cut pieces on the edge in order to replace them with full pieces, which I don't. This was my inspiration for it. I still need to do wood trim, but I want to decide what else is going on here, so I don't make the trim too wide or narrow. (Like if I'd planned to use Billy bookcases before I started this, I could have done the whole thing half an inch narrower and it would have worked.)

Keep the can Lights unless the imoead on the area needed to hang new pendants..more lighting the better for kitchen! Beautiful Home!

I think you have some very pretty spaces here and have already done a more than respectable job with the decor. For the living room in particular, it only needs tweaks, such as raise up the art higher (and pull that sofa a bit from the wall, so that no one feels nervous about hitting their head on the art); take everything off the media unit that has height and make the decorations low bowls or trays. Plants look wonderful in that room, so bring in as many as you can handle. Are you completely averse to a light toned shag-type rug for your living space? if that doesn’t work for you, a sisal is fine. That rocking chair in the corner of the dining room isn’t going to get used, so I’d replace it with a plant. In the other corner, instead of sticks, get a free standing or wall mounted wine rack. For the dining chairs, I would go for ones in colourful or transparent plastic (these come in different colors) or if you prefer the comfort of upholstered go for bright colors, florals or graphics, or solids. Coral, aqua, — whatever you like. You could have a livelier linear light fixture, either something curvy or feathery or with shine. What you have is fine with your chairs, but after you switch out the chairs, maybe you’ll want a new fixture. I love your glam Monroe headshots in the kitchen. A more fun and flashy kitchen clock would be nice, as would pop-style utensil holders, fruit bows, dishtowels, fab dishwashing gloves and a great cooking apron or 2 I would make bar stools the last purchase. My problem with macrame is that it collects dust. If you like fabric arts (and they can be inexpensive and easy to hang) look at batik wall hangings and Japanese noren curtains — that kind of folk art, which can have bright colors or subtle designs.