The boxes were actually in the bedroom when she told me to remove them.they were stacked atop one another against a wall.She said "fire hazard" and gave me a week to unpack what was inside.I already had a few pieces of audio equipment in my living room and when i unpacked i added more..nowhere else to put it.I made certain that it's all organized well and polished of any soil and not obstructing pathways in or out of the room, 'nor blocking access to the window. i'm not a messy person but when she inspected(initially),she found the kind of stuff that most of us wait til we move out of a place to bother cleaning.I've lived here nearly 4 years now ,so i admittedly did have some legitimate cleaning to perform..It was when she voiced her dissatisfaction with my 'stuff' that i got angry as well as fearing eviction.She stood in my entryway yesterday,(the re-inspection) looking at my 'stuff' and says " it looks better..but..you DO know that the state inspectors are going to be in here on the 31st!?..)I simply nodded and very casually or matter of factly said "yeah"..it was a kodak moment. I want to thank everyone for their response.i feel 100% better now.I spoke to a few people(acquaintances) at the local Denny's this morning shortly after my initial post here and they told me how absurd my manager's notion sounded to them,but i still felt panicky..The responses here put an end to that panic..Thanks again to all of you who replied.btw,i never bothered to move my vinyl LP's..They're still in the bedroom.Classic 60's 70's and 80's fire hazards don'tcha know! This post was edited by michaelspicer on Thu, Jan 30, 14 at 11:27

I would like to update my living room and I feel like my fireplace needs some spark without remodeling the whole thing. The fireplace is very bland. The picture I posted is from when I bought the house. Everything is the same other than the furniture. We have a solid blue couch and a glass coffee table with a black frame. The floors are cherry and trim is oak. ( furniture can't change). All ideas are welcome!

What type of siding is the taupe/brown material?

Since you like the molding, colors and design it should be fairly easy to duplicate. Your priority should be to decide on the best layout and also purchase smaller scaled furniture. Ligjhter walls would also help in regards to making toom feel larger.