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Thanks for all the great comments everyone! To answer some questions, the sofa is from IKEA, slip covered, which was a consideration with the dog! The placement of the tv over the fireplace, was because at that angle ( it's on a tilt/and extending arm) I can see the tv from every angle ( kitchen to bed!!). I had originally wanted built in bookshelves where the current ones are, but unfortunately hit my budget before I could get there.These are from IKEA, and I thought would make that nook more of an interesting detail. The books have been thinned out since,and put in color order, which breaks things up a bit, and hopefully looks fun....

Interesting article. I would add though, that sometimes these DIY shows can help PREPARE a client. I gut renovated a brownstone studio in Brooklyn.I hired what I thought was a general contractor, but turned out to be an architect too. Anyway, everybody was pushing me to replace a false ceiling, with a slight brown patch.After watching these tv shows,I was convinced, they were going to rip down the ceiling, and discover some huge leakage problem. I gave in, praying it wasn't going to cost me a fortune to fix a problem, and it turned out to be nothing to worry about at all. Now, later on,when they opened up the fuse box/ wiring in the wall, they discovered that the electricity hadn't been touched since the 1940's, and the whole place had to be re- wired. Thanks to all the DIY shows however, I was fully prepared for a 'disaster' moment, and with my architects help, had a contingency fee, and was not all that phased.....