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Beautiful. You can tell that everything was deliberately and carefully chosen to work well with each other, which is necessary to create the cohesive flow to the space. It's a simple room, yet there's enough variety and texture to make the space interesting and dynamic. Very reminiscent of Thomas O'Brien. Well done!

Melissa
www.prettyneatorganizer.com

Hi everyone. This is Melissa. Thank you for the kind comments. If you're interest in seeing more, including the before pictures, check out my blog at http://goodlookingthings.blogspot.com/

Wanted to answer a couple of questions/comments:

1. The tray was a $25 garage sale find.

2. The daybed is from Charles P. Rogers. I bought it 10 years ago, but they are still selling it at http://www.charlesprogers.com/iron-brass-sleigh-daybed-p-91.html?cPath=2_182

3. MsDonnaGirl, I agree with your comment about the paintings in the last picture. They are not in the same tone as the rest of the house, but I fell madly in love with the paintings and had to buy them. The console is an Ikea piece. It's not my first choice, but it's acting as a placeholder while I find the perfect piece.

Great job on mixing up the texture. Texture add so much in a monochromatic room.

This place has good bones in that everything is well placed and proportional, but I'm craving the finishing touches that give a home personality - tchotchkes from travels, plants, pictures, etc. With out these things, the place looks unfinished. Totally agree with design.va about the rugs.

This reminds me of a hotel Kelly Wrestler redid in LA. The pool cabana had the same type of tile. They didn't have the budget to replace the tiles, so they painted the tiles with white, epoxy paint. Really freshened up the room.

It's a nice house, but very generic and predictable. It reminds me of staged houses in new construction developments.

Good point Jim G. If we really want to be green, we should first reduce and reuse before we recycle.

I know we all want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment, but most of the "green" products I see simply give us another excuse to consume more "stuff" we really don't need without feeling guilty about it.