Great rugs!!! Though I'm still drawn to the PB one. The blue in that rug is this color: http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/benjamin-moore-natura-paint-old-blue-jeans/?catalogId=5&bnrid=3580801&cm_ven=GoogleBase&cm_cat=Shopping&cm_pla=Home%20page&cm_ite=Datafeed Not as deep as my Newburyport...do we think the that will be OK? As to the panels, what if I go with a wallpaper. Thinking maybe something not bold...with the white, and pull in maybe the gold or light brown or rust, in a pattern. So it breaks up the white, but doesn't look as choppy? Carry it down to the bookcase? When I'm searching fabrics...would I then pull the same color for panels? So if I do a gold or brown/rust on the front wall, pull this color to the panels? Solid? Maybe pull more blue, tie both the blue on the walls and the blue on the rug, with some pieces put on display on the bookshelves? The items on the shelves, and on the walls, are not necessary to stay. I have a happy home for the rug and the art work in the adjoining room, which for the next 6-8 years will be toddler play room... As for the furniture...this is why I've been reluctant to hire a designer. In our old house, I asked a designer to help me to select furniture. He was persistent that I needed THREE different color and texture pieces. It went against what looked and felt right to me, but I doubted my taste (I'm an engineer afterall, what do I know about style?). I don't have a good referral for a designer around here that I feel I can trust, and I'm not about to go pick one willy nilly to spend good $ and end up being disappointed.

I always think of lamps from a functional aspect first...do you sit up to read in bed or lay down?........is the lamp just for ambiance or just to see to get in bed?.......do you want matching lamps?...in your case if they match.... the width of the shade will be restricted by what will fit and not interfere with light switches....0n the other side you have something on the top that forces the lamp further away than convenient for reading...these circumstances suggest wall sconce that can be pulled out to where needed...with the advantage not using up bedside tabletop space...which i love as i like to keep all sorts of stuff in reach without having to open drawers...but more importantly you want it to be easy to reach to turn on and off...all of this should come before what looks nice🤗

Measure out the space and that will give you an idea of the size you need to look for. If you are sold on the designer shoe holder than the 2 will have to compliment each other. Though I think if it were me, I'd find the wider buffet 1st as it is a larger more important piece before I made a decision on the shoe holder. As far as the diningroom. The fact is that you don't have much room so let's see if anything could work to make it both a dining and work space. Would the table work for you if you pushed the long side up against the half kitchen wall? You would have 2 seats on the other side and a chair on each end. Then on the stair side wall, wondering if a narrow table would fit on that wall for your computers.

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