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Sitting on the couch right now with a broken leg and the Ikea Brada laptop support works perfectly for me:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40148622/
Those cushioned ones look comfy but I get too hot using them.

It's gorgeous! I love white painted wood, there is something so clean about it. We painted all of the trim in our house bright white and I love it. We don't have any problems with scuff marks either.
I've been obsessed with stair runners lately, so I would add one (reading their blog I realized that they are looking at runners too). Sisal would look nice and work well with the dark stained stairs. Or I would go with a fun striped one (saw a zig-zag one with about 10 colors the other day that was stunning).

Tammy - your house sounds lovely. I don't know if I covet the desk or the chair swing more! No wonder it is your son's favorite place

I really truly wanted to buy a nice quality sofa but - I didn't want to spend upwards of 15K which left me with "mid range". I shopped around for quite some time and was very unimpressed - the quality is so-so as is the design. And why do all sofas have to be so massive? They all look like a huge beige whale got stranded in your living room. Ikea ended up being the only place where they had a sofa that worked with the proportions of my living room so that's what I bought. It's not holding up too well but I am wondering if I could get it reupholstered since the frame seems ok to me and not of worse quality than most other sofas.....

You did an amazing job with the house! It came out beautiful. Love the bedroom.
And thank you, thank you for giving me an idea for my "entry" (which is really just a wall in the living room because the door opens into the living room), I am looking into hanging upper kitchen cabinets now!

Adorable! I love the fuzzy foot stool. Can you make me one, please?

You need a Schlagbohrmaschine (no idea what the English word is) to drill into concrete:
http://www.obi.de/decom/product/Bosch_Schlagbohrmaschine_PSB_1000-2_RCE/2298123
Somebody at your local hardware store should be able to tell you which drill bits and anchors to use.

I think you need a reading chair in that awesome window nook.....

I know exactly what you mean by tan with too much green in it! I had that color in my living room for way too long but the husband refused to repaint. We finally did it and I am so much happier with the new color, so yes, paint away!
I think the main thought behind everything you do in this room should be to eliminate visual clutter. Play rooms can look cluttered quickly, the same for office areas and entry ways. Closed storage is your friend.
Can you fit some shelving (possibly a large Expedit) on that mostly empty wall and use it as a combination bookshelf, toy storage, landing strip? I'm picturing boxes on the bottom shelves for toys, maybe even one for shoes, one compartment with a cute mail holder and a small tray for keys, phones, etc, and the rest dedicated to books, etc.
One thing that would be really cute would be if you could find a white desk with curved legs for your daughter to match yours and get her a grey upholstered chair.

I would remove the table, pull the chair out of the corner so you don't hit your head sitting down, find some cute colorful pillows and a nice colorful side table/magazine stand for pops of color. I think if you paint that wall a bright color it's going to be overwhelming for the person sitting in the chair.

They are adorable, but they will rot from the slobber and the water unless you use marine grade polyurethane or something similar to protect them (especially the one with the crack, you'd have to fill in that crack). And not just the seat, the legs would have to be finished too.
I used to have a wooden stand for the dog bowls and it lasted for about 2 years.