"How can I tell if it is *really* French Tarragon?" If the nursery has only one variety of "Tarragon," it's Russian Tarragon. If they only have "French Tarragon," it's mis-marked. If they have both French Tarragon and Russian Tarragon, put one of each plant next to each and compare them. The French Tarragon should have: darker leaves, smoother leaves, shinier leaves, a stronger, more pungent aroma a stronger flavor with no trace of bitterness Russian Tarragon has a weaker flavor and aroma, with a slight bitter edge. If the nursery has both "Russian Tarragon" and "French Tarragon," and they appear, smell and taste virtually identical, they are both Russian Tarragon. If the nursery is growing from seed, the seed supplier is probably the origin of the misidentification. If they are growing from cuttings, the nursery itself is suspect. If they buy from a "wholesale nursery," then the problem is upstream in the chain, and the wholesale nursery or their seed supplier is suspect. Which brings me to this overall advice: If you're planting herbs to cook with, when shopping at the nursery, smell and taste every plant you're going to buy. Reject any with weak flavor or off flavor or off aroma. Find that taste good and smell good. Don't buy any of that "cat pee sage" we see g posts about on here. Oh, and some mint is good. Be careful, that's another one that spreads far and wide from where you plant it. One final note, even with all "perennial herbs," there are some differing requirements from one type to another. Separating your herbs in some way will work to your advantage. You could have your "garden guy" use blocks or bricks build up "raised beds" and separate your various herbs. I use old tires for raised "mini-beds" in my herb garden. I cut out the sidewall on the side that goes down on the ground. I break up the soil underneath to allow for some deeper root growth, and I work some perlite into the soil because here my soil is very water retentive with a lot of clay in it. I then fill in the tire with a mix of good topsoil and "forest floor compost" that I rake up from the woods here on my acreage. I rake the loose leaves off the top, then rake up and shovel up the "coffee grounds" like layer under that, on top of the topsoil. It's great compost. You can use a mix of any good finished compost and good draining topsoil/garden soil to build up the raised beds. Some perlite in the mix will help with drainage.

Anglophilia makes a good point about the dresser issues. What kind of dresser you need and if you even need a dresser at all depends on what kind of closet situation you have. Some people have such fantastic huge closets with all sorts of built-ins, they don't need dressers at all! As to what type of dresser(s), maybe you can give us the dimensions of your room, and better yet, make a plan of your room with dimensions, and locations of windows and doors and closets and how the doors open, and where you think you want to put your bed, and what size it is, so Houzzers can give better suggestions. While a highboy does take up less space, the traditional triple dresser has the advantage of doing double duty as a TV stand if you want your TV in the bedroom. Another thing about hand knotted Persian carpets - they may not be the best idea if you eat crackers in bed. They should not be vacuumed frequently, it loosens the knots. What you can do daily is use a carpet sweeper which is a lightweight non-electrical device that doesn't use suction so it doesn't loosen the knots. They range from $15 cheapos at Target to $50 preemos from Fuller Brush that are made with natural boar bristles. I'm a Fuller Brush gal back from my school days when my mother sat in the kitchen with "the Fuller Brush Man" while he showed her his wares and she bought a lot. That company made really fine things and still does. But no more house calls! And this- is not for a recalcitrant spouse. You can hang your good rug on a line or over a railing and yes, smack it to get out dust, etc. People don't do this that much any more now that they use vacuums, but beaters are better. For lots of things :) Back to the rugs. You can vacuum once in a while, but don't make a habit of it.

I like all of your choices, OP, except the very last one. I like it alone, but think it matches your chair fabric too much. Any of the others would look great.

Wow! That rug looks like it was made for your room which is gorgeous, btw. My daughter recently found a La Barge table at a local shop for $100. We didn't know anything about it, but she fell in love instantly. It's a little taller than a standard coffee table, but works perfectly in her space. Looks like this one being sold for $1600 on 1st Dibs... I kind of like this, though. She could hang out anywhere in the room until you need her ; )