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Reminds me of a meld of Storm King and Opus 40 in Upstate NY and the gardens of the Getty Center in LA.
Lovely!

oooh, I'm going to have to venture into the city to check this out! Thanks for the post - the large wood wall hanging with trees trunks on it would be perfect in my forest themed bedroom. And very meta to boot.

I've contacted Silicathree numerous times over the years about items I've lusted over, and David has always been incredibly helpful and open about their pricing and availability. The prices, to me, are not outrageous when you take into account the museum-quality refinishing. If you want a garage sale find, this is not the place to find it.
Silicathree is for when you know you want something in absolutely perfect condition, don't want to hunt for the next six months for it, and can afford the price for the convenience of one-stop shopping. Expensive does not immediately mean rip-off, and I don't think Silicathree qualifies as over-the-top outrageous.
Even if you don't live in LA, their website is total furniture porn. Boom-chicka-wah-wah...

Miranda,
Reading through all these excellent suggestions, if you don't have Photoshop, I agree with trying to use one type of lighting for the room to keep it simple (buttery yellow lamp light and the bluer light through a window will probably just confuse you as you try to learn about color correction.) However, it's a fun experiment to take a picture during the day with just sunlight, take some more at dusk with mixed color light (lamps and dusk through the windows) and then one at night (just lamp light - use a tripod or brace against a chair if necessary to avoid blur). Experiment with your camera's white balance settings (take notes if you plan to do more of this sort of photography in the future, it's hard to remember what combination of settings worked best when you're faced with dozens of photos!). Then correct in iphoto (as suggested by a few folks above).
Just a note: try to get your photos to be as close to accurate as you can *before* you start adjusting colors in iphoto - the image can get grainy quite fast if you're really tweaking colors. And having something white (like a white window trim) in the picture will really help you determine if you're in the ballpark. The human eye/brain can get confused after staring at colors for a long time, so it helps to have something white for reference.

Of course, I'm assuming your computer monitor is relatively close to a neutral color balance. You can open up that can of worms by doing a little Googling :)

Also, grey-blues and grey-greens and reds are notoriously hard to depict accurately in the digital world. Reds can blaze with intensity, and greens and blues with subtle tones shift colors in unexpected ways. I'm a director of photography/camera op for docs and TV, and we always have to be careful with those colors when setting up interviews or decorating a set.

Another word of warning - I find that jumping in and doing my own tests is less overwhelming than reading through a lot of tech-tweaked photography boards. I learn better by doing it, who woulda' thunk? Good luck!

Really lovely post. I'm a nature lover, and a child of the 70's, so I think anything that is a decor-woodsy should be coated in awesome sauce.

designstein, well played.

Also, thanks for the tutorial, Maxwell; I think I'm going to try something like this for my art-making table.

Thanks for posting this, Gregory! I own a WhyrHymer prototype floor lamp, and it's so gorgeous and full of lovely hand-carved details. I'm ridiculously in love with it.

I love the little cactus. so cute!

My BF and I are freelance television camera/sound folks, so when we have really different schedules, I always pick out my work clothes the night before and put them by the heater in the bathroom for the morning. Hearing someone else rummage around at 4:30am in the dark is no fun!

Thank you, AT, for giving me this gift.