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I haven't had a chacne to read all the comments but here's what I would do...

Paint your darkcabinets either a white or a light grey. The white appliances wont stick out as much and will blend in with the lighter colours. This will also brighten up the whole kitchen.

Replace the dining room light with a pendant light and have it come closer to the table. Replace the kitchen light with something else (maybe tracklighting so you can aim the lights a bit better. Home Depot has some decent looking ones or you could get some sort of drumshade that's flush mounted)

Remove the vertical blinds (not sure what you would replace them with but if they're not needed for privacy just get rid of them)

I would consider putting a shelf slightly above the counter in the back corner (where the microwave is) under the cabinets so your microwave sits on top of it (the mirowave would then face out, not angled like you currently have). if you space it properly your microwave will be only a few inches below the cabinets and look a bit more "built in". Plus visually it gets it off the counter and you'll have a bit of room underneath for short items.

Check out Ikea for a cheap butcherblock counter and replace the one you have now ($200ish). The wood will add warmth to the kitchen and the new white/light grey cabinets and butcherblock is pretty popular now so it will appear modern.

I would buy some white subway tile which you can pick up from Home Depot or lowes for pretty cheap and add a plain backsplash on the wall with the cabinets and the window wall. For the window wall keep the tile the same height as below the cabinets and just tile around the window.

Painting will also help the room look better. RIght now the walls seem to be a yellowish cream colour. Once you have all that white in the room you may want to consider adding colour to the walls or going to a dark charcoal for contrast. Everything that's hard to change would be neutral for when you sell and walls are easy to paint if they don't like the colour you've picked.

I ended up buying some cherry sapwood for the feature wall and I'm having it rabbit cut so that it has a 1" channel. It should look very similar to the wall in this link. (I love everything about this house remodel. It was originally shown on Property Brothers)

http://www.stuartsampleyarchitect.com/project/newton-remodel

This prices are a bit ridiculous aren't they? I myself got suckered into buying pair of teak lounge chairs (a short back and a tall back) for $440. Which isn't too bad for the pair. I was willing to spend the money because it's very rare for nice danish furniture to show up here in Calgary. It doesn't seem like much MCM furniture made it here. I picked thsoe up at a estate sale that I got to 2.5 hours early to make sure I was the first person in.

I love #10... Rift white oak *drool*

I'm heading to talk to a local wood guy this evening who has some rift white oak that I'll have him sand and finish for me so I can do a wall similar to #10 (But I'll have a bit of a channel so it'll have an additional vertical element)

or know of any additional pictures of that room? It looks really nice from the small portion I can see.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATTRACTIVE-SMALL-RETRO-1960-70s-CINTIQUE-TEAK-FIRESIDE-ARMCHAIR-EASY-CHAIR-/151043409229

I also found this image which shows how a similar chair's springs are "covered" without them being full covered. Not sure that makes sense :)

http://ringatoi.blogspot.ca/2012/03/pair-of-don-60s-lounge-chairs.html

Nice space! lots of great suggestions above.

I like the idea of a textile wall hanging but I do agree that the sag needs to go. If you can sew consider adding a pocket along the length of the textile and using a curtainrod to hang it from or altenatively use 2 eyeloop screws to attach to the wall and use some thinner rope between the two to give it enough support.

As for the type of textile, I think you should find something beautiful from africa but I wouldn't have too much red in it. you already have so much red colour with the sofa I don't think you need to tie in the red colour.

Consider adding a table cloth to brighten up the dining area.

The main thing I think will make you place wlcoming is plants! You look like you get a ton of sunlight so I would add a really tall plant in the corner next to your TV, another really tall plant inbetween the window and your shelving unit in the dining room and maybe a couple ontop of your shelving unit. Start with the 2 large plants and see where you go from there. There must be some sort of gargen store or market that you can buy some great tropical plants from.

plam = palm

*sigh*

Here are a few suggestions...

1. Add curtains to your window (here's where you can bring in some colour if you're not allowed to paint)

2. If you can rotate your bed to the left wall instead of under the window that would probably be better. (If you can't rotate the bed, then add the curtaisn and use them to define the bedspace.There curtains would sit behidn 2 bedside tables)

3. Small sidetable between your bed and the windows

4. Add a DIY upholstered headboard for more colour

5. add art/plants that you like

6. you could add a rug under the bed

7. you could change your bedding to something with more colour or pattern