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Put the TV over the fireplace and if you still want a mirror over the fireplace then you can get those 2-way mirror so you'll still have your mirror and it hides the TV until you turn it on.

Love your white sofa, it kills me because it's what I'm looking for. Beautiful Queen Anne furniture combined with exposed loft/industrial-like brick walls that gives great contrasts of characters.

Lovely! I feel like I can put on my pointe shoes and go pirouetting around without fear of hitting anything. Your beautiful home has the look and feel of great breeziness. Great job!

Love the window divider, further adds to the charm of the home. Your home looks, well, homey! Cozy and a wonderful place to curl up and read a good book.

I've never seen a piano double as a media console, awesome to the nth degree! This is a very lovely, very well edited abode and I would have never guessed that it belonged to a student (yes, I got stereotypes stuck in my head). Color me very impressed.

@Jean, thanks for sharing. Kincade's earlier impressionistic styles caught my eye and I really liked them, and this is from somebody who normally don't have patience or tolerance for the more abstract impressionistic paintings. Kincade undoubtedly was very talented and he found a way to made mucho money and whom am I to deny him that opportunity. If more people prefer his "cottage" style than his impressionistic style then more power to them and him.

@HHRI, my books aren't that colorful either, maybe that's why the arrangement-by-colors works. Of the books that are colorful, for example the orange books don't all go on one shelf, they're divided into two shelves mainly due to their sizes. So one shelf is half white and half orange to tan, and the shelf below (which as bigger books) the orange books are on opposite end of their above counterparts and share the space with other bigger white to brown/burgendy books.

And I have two "secret" bookcase; bottom shelf of my console table which holds stack of my Harry Potter hardcovers which are laid flat and turned around so you only see the pages and they hold candlesticks to hide an outlet. The second secret bookcase is my bedside table which have my favorite comfort books to lull me to sleep after a bad day.

@REDMAIKO, agree with you there. The examples given above are not the best for advocating this arrangement. Small groups of books or a single bookcase can be fine, but entire walls filled with rows and rows of rainbow books is too much even for this fan.

I admit I was initially appalled at the visuals of books being arranged by colors and internally railed against the idea. That is until I tried it two years later and found I liked it so much better because of the color and size cohesiveness. I know what my books look like and can find the title easily among its similar color brethren. When I added new books I was surprised that my roommate immediately noticed the new titles in spite of being nearly camouflaged among similar colored spines.

I just installed a chandelier in my bedroom and I love it! Pi mentioned the relative lack of light output but I think for the bedroom it's alright. Previously used a halogen floor lamp and that sucker lit up my bedroom like a movie studio! Too bright, no thank you. With a sparkly crystal chandelier I get elegance, touch of femininity, and beautiful just-right lighting even though my bedroom doesn't get any direct sunlight.