Hi oopsie-this is in ref. to posting pics with a message. I've just learned how to do it recently and its quite easy. Open two tabs, one for garden web one for photobucket. Type your message. Then go to photobucket, click on the pic you want, then click the third line that has the word HTML code,(on the little box that says "share this image") it will be highlighted yellow, the go back to your message box. At the end of your message, right after your full stop, right click your mouse, and a box will come up, choose paste from that box and the image will show up. Preview your message, then post. I hope this helps, it's kinda hard to see the pic in the link you have. The hutch is beautiful!! Goodluck

I think your dining room chair options are a great idea. I am not sure I understand the curtains in the dining room where you can see the stairs going up on the side. Does that separate the LR from the DR? You asked for other suggestions and mine would be to take them down. As for the LR, I don't think it'd be too much wicker for either of those chairs. I think the first one looks nicer or more contemporary. The 2nd one looks more grandmotherly or porch-y IMHO. Depending upon the proximity of LR to DR you might consider whether this is too much, I couldn't tell but otherwise I think the style and texture would look nice with your sofa, art, colors, etc. Trim - I think black would be a preference thing. It would look fine, maybe make the rooms look more dark - you seem to have a lot of darker accessories so depending on the look you are after... The white looks fine as-is. You could try the 'cut out black construction paper and tape it on the trim to check it out' before painting technique (or hope for a photoshopper to help). Good luck - they are nice rooms!

Painting small rooms white does not make them look bigger, it just makes it look like you've got cute white and small rooms :) If you saw my son's room on a post here you'd know I'm a freak about kids rooms being over the top fun. Let them go through some magazines and show you what they like and go freaking nuts with it. Big pink dots on the wall, pink walls with bright green or turquoise trim...gad go for it, they're only young once and their rooms should be their fantasy sanctuary. Especially your 12 year old...how much fun would it be to do a room with a 12 year old? I'd kill!!! So paint the walls pink, or the ceilings, or whatever and give them different rooms...a five year old room should not look anything like a 12 year olds :) Remember how you felt at 12 and take that into consideration. I love kids rooms because it's the only room where a theme isn't tacky (ok I don't like themes when done to excess in any other room). You can spit out any decorating theme and add some glitter and it's fabulous :) Have FUNNNN With them! Now your room should be a different kind of sanctuary. I like to think of my bedroom as my cave LOL Yes DS comes in (4 1/2) but it's still our bedroom. I like to combine something like the richness of an old world library with the sexyness of a ralph lauren original room. It should not be overly feminine or masculine but if you're going to lean one way, go for the guys, but not football helmet masculine, instead rich deep silk jacket masculine (ok that might be a bad analogy). Anyhoo, I love a deep tone in a master suite. But then I'm a night girl and prefer the look of a room in low light to a bright morning wake up. My master suite is in bronze with brown and gold accents. My other master suite will be going a deep rich green or gold (haven't decided yet). Lots of oak and walnut antique furniture...rich and luxurious, even if the silk came from a five dollar a yard sale LOL I take great inspiration from textiles. I would never paint prior to finding the bedding. You are both working in tones that can play well together so try to find some wonderfull bedding inspiration that can get the room started and work from there. If you for instance found a wonderful deep ivory/tan silk dupioni with brown accents you'd want to consider taking the walls into a soft blue to play with those colors. If instead you had a wonderful pillow with a to die for blue ribbon that woo'ed you into the purchase you'd want to play with that blue on more bedding then soften the blues with a rich linen colored wall. Go find just a tiny pillow or piece of fabric that freaks your little inner decorator our and then let's build from there :) Your room will be so much more successful that way!

We used Hunter Douglas Designer Screen Shades in our house (no window treatments in the kitchen, though! LOL). In some rooms we have the Roman Shade style, but those have been discontinued. In other rooms, we used the roll-up flat screen style. I don't know how the Designer Screen Shades are different from their Roller Shades. Depending on the fabric you choose, they offer varying degrees of sheerness. Also, depending on your windows, these shades can be mounted over or inside the window casings(?). For our Master and Guest Bedrooms, we had HD micro-pleat shades installed behind the Screen Shades (theses are available in privacy and blackout versions, we used blackout). We raise them up completely during the day, while keeping the Screen Shades lowered (unless windows are open, then we raise those as well), and lower them at night. We are very happy with them.