I agree with all of the above comments. My first thought was "too much brown" but moving the sofa to the opposite wall would help. And a landing strip with a mirror above and maybe a colourful bow...

Lamps to bring out the cosiness and I agree that white would be nice. Maybe make your curtain rod longer and put a long panel to make it more interesting. A nice area rug to cut up the brown.

There are some really nice light greys out there and some are very warm. Also consider what else you have in the room i.e. colour in furniture, art etc and what kind of light the room gets. I've a...

I think the house itself is beautiful - it would be hard no matter what the decorating to hide such beautiful bones. The decorating is okay - seems college-y but happy.

I'm more into the MCM aesthetic for sure but I think my approach has a lot in common with shabby chic ideas. The search for the right piece or the delight at finding something just right at a...

Love your home- so full of character and light! Also: the story behind it. We too are in the process of editing and just keeping what we love (after this we're on our way to the donation centre wi...

I agree - paint it if you want. Some painted furniture is great - preferably with some au natural too.

We use a similar buffet for our tv stand and still have the CRT (waiting for it to blow to justify new T.V.) I put a sanseveria plant beside it and it seems to help detract from the giant tv.