Brutuses, that Collin table is great, isn't it? Its only new piece of furniture Ive ever bought! When we got married 8 years ago, we had between the two of us boxes of textbooks, one twin bed, and a dresser. Im too frugal to buy much new, so its taken awhile to actually furnish a house ;-) Were out of grad school days now, but since I got the table on clearance with a gift card, I guess we dont change our stripes too much. Great ideas mjlb. The more I looked at the room photos, the more I liked those little watercolors in there somewhere. The wall to the left of the entry door would be perfect. Would black frames and aqua mats like the sepia prints suit these too? I actually made a grasscloth picture mat for the sepia prints first, before I realized there was no contrast there and it needed more color. I could certainly do a grasscloth frame for the mirror. Would the same vertical placement to the right of the door work better then you think? Somehow on the post above I got two of the same picture; I guess my copy and paste didnt work the second time. Here is another angle of the accent wall. I've since moved the candlesticks over by the closet door. I do like the molding shelves on the grasscloth. Since I have three, how should I arrange them on the wall? Do I need something in that left corner by the table or leave it empty? And what do people recommend for a lamp base, assuming I do the fabric shown above for the shade?

I am afraid i do not understand. when you walk in the house you are supposed to enter the living room, which is normally decorated nicer than the family room. many do not even put a tv in the living room. the family room is generally for the tv, family fun, friends who come over etc. and if possible larger. If you did your home this way, would it not be easier? if not could you explain how you use these rooms?

I don't think every space needs to be filled. I like your table and it is fine but a more substantial table would certainly look nice. I wouldn't work just find one, wait until you find one that you can't live without. Until then yours and your chairs are fine.

This idea that there is one good answer for every home is kind of crazy. I own a crazy dog, in the past I worked in the humane industry and had 14 indoor pets and often had foster animals. I loved my tile floors in my last home, but as I aged the tile was hard on my joints. When I moved to a home with wall to wall carpeting I was not expecting to get almost complete relief from my nightly joint pain. I still have a dog and still don't like carpet and still like the look of tile. I got coretec large format (18"x36") stone look LVT. I bought enough for the entire home except the foyer, which has purple, red and green slate that is beautiful and works with my home. I would have done all slate if I could have afforded all slate and could have made it easier on my joints, but that isn't happening. I purposefully selected two different colors of the same LVT. I wanted a darker color in my guest bedroom and bath than the rest of the house. It works with the color scheme and look that I am trying to achieve. There is nothing wrong with having two or three different flooring materials or with using just one. There is nothing wrong with using wood, engineered wood, LVT, LVP, tile, concrete or wall to wall carpet if it is what you like and works well for your lifestyle. My two sisters each chose to mix flooring materials. One has wood look LVP and wall to wall carpeting. She wanted some low pile carpeting, can't have area carpets due to it being a trip hazard and for both personal aesthetic reasons and medical reasons wanted the softness and better traction in the bedrooms. My other sister just likes carpet. She has LVT in her entry, laundry, kitchen, pantry and dining room. Has carpet in the living room, game room and bedrooms and did tile floors in the bathrooms. You could do LVP and LVT if you want the look of tile and wood planks in a luxury vinyl. My sister who has the tile look LVT had hers grouted. Everyone who comes to her home thinks it is tile. She has lived in her home with the grouted LVT for over 15 years and it looks brand new. I wanted a more monotone look with my LVT and chose a click together non grouted style of LVT.