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If you can, I would widen the doorway to hall. It would make things seem more balanced and let you put furniture slightly blocking it.

Second, move the rug angled to the fireplace and put the couch on it. behind the couch put the pedestal table and put some plants on it.

Third, get a big round rug and put it where the other rug was. Put the armchair on it, angled toward the room. Add another armchair and a coffee table. This is now a reading corner.

Add curtains. The same long curtains to both sets of windows to tie things together. NOT brown. You seem to have pops of blue around the space so I would go with that.

The Expedits are very wide and heavy looking, I would replace them with less deep bookshelves. White like the table might look good.

Also, use some more vertical elements to accent your lovely high ceilings, like a tall vase filled with reeds by the fireplace on the dining room side.

Maybe this will inspire you, Young House Love does before and afters and mood boards with specific colors and accessories named and they have a beachy feel.

http://www.younghouselove.com/photo-gallery-2/

I can't see the legs, so I don't know if this is a good option, but World Market sells canvas designed to slip onto director's chairs with all sorts of cute designs. It might be worth checking out.

Some options can be seen here: http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3621159

Hanging curtains on both walls of the corner would work, but I suggest you look into a folding screen. I can see you have an interest in Southeast Asia from your decor and a screen might fit in nicely.

Okay, a lot of this will sound like an echo but here goes.

1. Paint the trim white.
2. Paint the picture rail and the area above it white (to match the ceiling).
3. Move the tables to the sides of the sofa.
4. Paint the blue frame dark brown and move it down and to the right. Regroup the smaller paintings to the left (you may have to add one or two more to balance things).
5. Place a lamp on the left hand table.
6. Move the things over the doorway to the right hand table and construct a vignette. Adding a plant may help (balance it with the lamp or use a matching pair of lamps instead).
7. Add a single pair of matching neutral pillows (20x20) to the couch (pull the main color of the pillows from the lighter color of the rug).

Good luck! :)

Really, I was excited when I read the words before I clicked through the pictures. It doesn't look like they sanded at all. If I wanted a piece of furniture that looked like that, I would pick one up free off of Craigslist and half ass it myself. Except it appears they are also camping Craigslist, so I guess the question of why all the free furniture is already taken has been answered.

If it was designed for Barbara Bush, chances are it has something to do with Mark Hampton (unfortunately deceased). Try a search for "Mark Hampton vintage fabrics." His daughter has continued in the family business, so it might be worth it to do a search on "Alexa Hampton" too. Other than that, the words that pop into my mind when I see the pattern are Federalist and liberty print. Happy hunting. :)

This exact tile: http://www.sainttropezboutique.us/products/tiles/encaustic-cement-tiles/encaustic-cement-tile-07.aspx

I went to elementary school in a depressed blue collar neighborhood so the car options were: Ford, truck, motorcycle, bus. The most important part of the game was trying to figure out who the person was secretly rooting to marry. If you were their best friend and knew their crush you would deliberately include him. Because we half way believed in the power of MASH affecting our futures. Another important source of prognostication was apple stems. We'd twist the apple stem while singing the alphabet song. The letter it broke off on was the first letter of our future husband's name. This could be repeated to acquire initials. We also did daisy chain, coke tab, and eenie meenie minne moe predictions about the same thing.

I really like this idea! I now want to cross breed your DIY with the Orla Kiely laundry bag stool from earlier today (http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/look/look-orla-kiely-laundry-bag-upholstery-077830), with the wood painted white of course. :) Thumbs up!