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Get rid of the ceiling fan, replace the light fixtures, replace the fireplace insert with something more modern, add a chunky mantle and large-scale art work, remove the bar counter and drywall over the pass thru. Paint the ceiling beams white and let the stone wall be the star of the room. Divide the space into two furniture groupings. Sofa and chairs and good reading lamps around the fireplace. Put the TV at the opposite end of the room with it's own sofa and chairs. I'm assuming you have a dining room elsewhere and don't need this space for a table. If you do, use this end of the room for table and chairs and mount the TV above the fireplace. Either go white or pull light gray tones from the stone for your wall color.

I would keep the wood table and use it as desk or work table in a guest room. Then when the IKEA on breaks, you have the option of moving that one in. Personally, I prefer the IKEA table, but that's only because it's round.

Save the good quality piece. You'll find a use for it some day.

Getting a little tired of seeing it EVERYWHERE, but still loving it in my own home.

Have to say I take issue with the Brooklyn Beer Kit. Apparently they have time to make a little video, but not type 3 lines to tell you what's in the kit. Is it an all-grain kit? Is it extract brewing? What's the batch size? Does it include carboy, air lock, hydrometer, etc? If not, that's not "everything to get you started on perfecting your own homebrew" as stated above.

Go to Northern Brewer, get a starter kit first unless you are buying for an experienced homebrewer. If you are, then get an all grain kit.

Ugh. When someone talks about something in the write up, can we please see it in the pictures!? Can barely see the chair, and where's this " tole chandelier spouting white lilies"?

Don't paint it! You'll be sad you did when you can't sell the house and end up living there much longer than expected.

I am shocked that someone paid $4K for that piece of art. Granted art is a very personal thing, but ick. $4000, really?

Great post. Love the after.
I feel like I live in a perpetual state of "during."

Something is troubling about Christina's closet. Oh, yes. It's the pants-less toddler.

Tricky color palette. Attempting to make this room something it's not--modern. The best you can do is to hire a professional.

A design consultant can interpret your vision with a level of sophistication the current space lacks. A couple hundred bucks for a color consult, space/furniture plan and clear direction will cost a heck of lot less than the time, energy and money you'll spend making more mistakes.