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I agree something natural to ensure it doesn't feel too industrial-cold. Even mix-matched vintage wood chairs in beaten finishes would look great...though I have no idea what your style is! I'd stay away from black as it matches the tone of the table too closely. Best!

I think the house is striking as is, but I disagree with those who say do the black/white/red door scenario. It's been done. Frequently. I would want something more unique for myself. I agree with the french grey stucco color, maybe a very creamy white trim, and for the shutters, either the natural wood or a dark warm charcoal (not black).

You really have a beautiful home and once this is all finished you will be thrilled, whatever your decision. Best of luck!

Wow. Beautiful. Well done, I want to move across the street from you so I could look at this everyday!

A simple suggestion: grouping. Trying grouping the items you have together and allowing space between the groups. Like Spanky says, line up the shoe rack with the coats so it reads as one group. Lower the mirror a little so it reads as a separate group with the chair. Finally, create the final little group with your hook and mail organizer (maybe add another organizer to that group for additional storage). That is what I'd do differently with what you have shown. I don't think it looks awful now, though.

As a mother of 15 month twins who is moving next Week (and hasn't begun to pack!), I understand this post all too well. How kind of you to offer to help your friend out. I am sure it was appreciated. :)

I have the egg light (or my twins do, I guess) and love it! But for their first birthday the each received sleep turtles from "sleep sheep and friends". These are great, too, and shut off after a certain amount of time: http://cloudb.stores.yahoo.net/ongo1.html
I think they are around $25-$30 or so...

We've had our first "child", Cecil, our Boston Terrier for four years now and have one year old twins. The boys adore Cecil and have even learned to play fetch with him, and give him kisses. We've had to watch the following: baby toys (many toys are similar to Cecil's "babies" he has always played with, so we now have to limit his toys to outside time to prevent the destruction of baby items), keep an eye on bottles, binkies, etc (Cecil really likes to lick these items...ugh!), and kisses (my boys like to get right in Cecil's face, open their mouths and let Cecil "kiss" them...again, ugh! yuck!). But I think they will have really wonderful memories of growing up with Cecil, and he has brought such joy to our lives, and many laughs. The key is to supervise!

We bought a stainless steel-topped table from West Elm on sale years ago and it is THE best thing with kids! We also have plastic chairs (Alias Segesta) that are in my opinion the perfect design for kids. The arms kind of trap kids in! I agree about the dog thing. Our Cecil cleans up the mess before it hardly touches the floor! Except for some vegetables...

anthropologie has some nice sized coral knobs on sale right now- they would look sophisticated and organic with this design. That might be all you need!

I'm in love with an inanimate object...well, several, really.