I would do something visually interesting on the wall-- in addition to the print. One of my sisters has two antique boat oars on one of her walls.. her son who is into WWII renactments has a wild array of memorabilia on one of his walls. It doesn't necessarily have to hang-- standing tall like mustang's plant works too. What are his interests? I don't get much of a sense of who your son is from the photo-- but I'd recommend something personal or interesting to him. I think that will greatly enhance the room and make it a fun refuge for him. Some ideas.. vintage sports equipment (masks, hats, bats, sticks, tennis rackets) musical instruments A shelf with boats or planes sailing flags I don't know my brain isn't working so well today and it really should be something personal to him-- hope that gave you some ideas though.

Wow: Thanks, everybody, for the inspiration photos--they're gorgeous!!! Jim: Your dog wall art arrangement is simply stunning--very classy, indeed. :) I will reference all of these photos when I put together my own dog wall art arrangement in my study--and will be coming back to get your feedback, to be sure! :) I bought the bird pics. I made an offer to the seller (it was a "Buy It Now or Best Offer" listing) and he accepted! A couple of questions: 1) Do you think I should have them professionally framed, or just buy very simple wood ready-made frames for them? The latter option would be cheaper, of course. :) 2) How should I arrange them? I bought all five of them. Anybody have the time to photoshop them over my sofa? Yikes--Is that asking too much? Especially since lindy already photoshopped my chair fabric for me this week?

Get some rolls of paper, or big pieces of cardboard and try out different sizes and arrangements of pieces you have or are thinking of getting. Tape it up and see what it looks like for balance. Keeping the art - whether it's a single piece or a cluster of small ones - visually about the same size (give or take a few inches) as the furniture or furniture plus accessories. The common mistakes are: Art work too small for size of space or furniture, looks timid and lost Art hung too high and looks "floaty" Art hung too far apart in a cluster, Looks skimpy. Incoherent frame or art choices in a cluster ... this one is hard to explain, but there should be a commonality that the viewer can spot in the pieces. Similar subjects with disparate frames, similar framing unifying disparate subjects, colors across the cluster. Sometimes it the "odd man out" - one picture is just not helping support the group.

Awesome suggestions! I've been sparked! @njmomma: I like this example. As the original buffet comes with a mirror, I don't like it. Perhaps a separate vintage mirror would be nice to reflect some light in the space. Then I can hang pictures around it. @yvonne: I have hordes of pottery and you bring up a good idea; instead of buying more art I should hang my pottery on the wall, after taking off the mirror top. We have quite a few family pictures; in our previous home the buffet was flanked by those vintage items. However as this space has less traffic than the front hallway where I was considering for the family pictures, I'll keep the pottery in this location and the family pictures in the front hallway. @holly: I'm refining my mint favorites. I'm looking at reds, oranges in abstracts and landscapes. However previous suggestions of using pottery may put Minted on the back burner. @tedbixby: yes I have considered putting the wicker chairs on either side of the buffet..To the right of the buffet is a dry sink which is normally in the living room but due to the Christmas tree we had to switch it out with a drop leaf table (which is usually to the right of the buffet under the window). @grover: the room functions as it is. There's a dog pen because we have to pen them when we're gone. We don't use a dining room table, so it doesn't need to function as that. And we have an abundance of antiques but less room than our previous house so we have to find a wall for them. I wish we could put them in storage, but these are my husband's family pieces and he's not interested in doing that. And he's not ready to reduce the inventory, so we have to work with the pieces in the square footage that we have.