Beer - we call it beer. If you go into a pub and ask for ale you'll get a funny look - unless of course you're ordering one of the beers called ales eg pale ale. Otherwise order by name eg a pint of Gem please. But well done on the 'crisps'. And Mr Toad, not TOO cold please. 11 - 13C. (52-55f) As for the original question I would say remember the spring garden. Starting with snowdrops, and moving onto crocuses, daffodils and then tulips. Forget-me-nots to go with the tulips and also wallflowers. The smell is incredibly evocative for me. And I wish petunias would self-sow here. They would be a great addition. We have to grow them as half hardy annuals. Here is a link that might be useful:

The deer haven't bothered mine and they have been able to get to them. At least they got inside the fence and ate the Tennessee Cutshort Beans that George gave me on the same fence that they are next to. I have more trouble with gophers and you probably remember George having a groundhog get into his. I don't know if deer never eat them, just that so far mine have escaped.

Those paintings are gorgeous! They really fit the room. The cherry blossom theme with the ginger jar lamps are perfect. Can you make a third one? It think they would really look nice having three of them in a tight row on the wall on the other side of the room. Even the two of them put together on the other wall will have great impact. Art that you create yourself is so much better than purchased art. I brings a joy to the heart to view. Since they are unframed and similar to the wall color hanging them together in a row on the larger wall makes a bigger statement than having them separate and hiding behind the lamps. "Anyway, I think I need something above the bed - maybe a starburst clock or something." No electronics over the head of the bed. Bad Feng Shui. It would be hard to view in that location too and you already have a bedside clock. Maybe a convex mirror like shown in your inspiration pic, but one more lightweight in feel. This one would mimic the brown branches and blossoms in the paintings balancing out both sides of the room.

We love ours for their style & comfort. The really nice feature about their swivel is that the stool seat and the top of the stool base are the exact same size and shape and spin on one another. Because of this construction, it is extremely difficult for anyone to get pinched fingers when the stool swivels. Some of the stool we looked at had safety issues when it came to the swivel (i.e. potential pinched fingers, hand/clothing could get caught between the swivel and the protruding legs of the base, etc) The ones in the photo below we borrowed from my parents temporarily. They are Hillsdale Furniture's Normandy counter height swivel stool. They have since discontinued the white and now only offer black. Normandy counter stools have a 28" height which was great for our 8 yr old but our older son felt his legs were a little close to the underside of the countertop (he's built like a linebacker). Hillsdale makes another stool called Northern Heights swivel counter stool that looks exactly like the Normandy but is 26" high. That height worked best for us. We also brought home too many stools to count in 24-25" heights and they all went back as we felt they were too low & made us feel like little kids sitting at the diner counter. You can get the Hillsdale stools from many different vendors across the country in many different styles. We found the best deal was to go through Kohls.com to get them. If you call the 800 number for them, often the customer service agent can help you out with multiple discounts. We ended up using our 40% off coupon + free shipping and they waived the shipping surcharge as well. We had our stools in 4 days with standard shipping at a deeply discounted price compared to anywhere else. I checked and they are out of stock on them right now, but if you give it a few weeks, they will pop back up on the site. Hope this helps! Here is a link that might be useful: Hillsdale Furniture Northern Heights Swivel Counter Stool