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The first link goes to the last picture, not the Danny Seo project...

@ngnerd: I have that sofa model in the first picture. The build quality is fine, but the fabric is awful (wears quickly, holds lint and cat hair). But I bought it because it's a sofabed, and I needed one for guests - and that model is less than half the price of any other sofabed I've seen. So when I get my act together I absolutely will find it worthwhile to recover.

Sadly the antique sofabed market is limited. :)

@Trish1980 - I first had them in Vermont, though I've seen them mentioned most frequently on the West Coast.

They're the young, still-curled-up tips of ferns (probably sword ferns, though I'm not sure). Very earthy-green taste, texture something like asparagus tips, obviously more tender the younger and smaller they get, and so a very seasonal spring vegetable.

anning, I have the Skar shoe-storage/mirror, and it opens and closes just fine. I put hooks on the inside of the door and so all my jewelry lives in there as well as my shoes. If my boots could fit in there my storage issues would be entirely dealt with.

I'm not particularly fond of that version of it (especially that color), but it could be done more subtly.

Actually for a while I had a few pouches hanging from the arms of my Ikea Manstad sofa. I can't find the product name now, but it's made of matching material, has a rod that goes under the neighboring cushion to keep it stable, and has one big pocket and a few smaller ones. My notebook computer went into the big pocket, various cables went into the smaller ones, and since the arms were near the walls you couldn't really see it when it was tucked away.

Wow, you have a fabulous ceiling and moldings. I am envious.

And your windows give the room some natural symmetry! Even more envious...

But you have: Too much furniture, and too many finishes.

I agree with the others to get rid of the three dining-room-style chairs, by moving them to other rooms if nothing else. I would also get rid of or move the two bureaus unless you desperately need whatever they're storing to be stored right there. They're all beautiful, but they're just overwhelming the space. And I'd get rid of the purple chair too and leave the tree on the floor (or maybe on the pretty white table, which is just a little too tall to be a coffee table).

Once you've done that you'll be down to, as far as finishes, white paint, the dark wood of the bigger chair, and whatever the sofa base is. It will instantly feel calmer.

Move the desk to the corner where the big chair is now, and the big chair over to the seating area. If the tree can stand to be away from the window, I'd move it over near the desk.

I'd actually add furniture back in, in the form of more bookcases to reassert the lovely symmetry of the windows, but we've already established that I am a bit more desperate for symmetry than is perhaps rational.

At some point, I would do something:
--With paint to emphasize those pretty pretty ceilings and moldings
--With fabrics to bring the number of colors and finishes of curtains/upholstery/pillows into a little more harmony
--With frames so that there aren't quite so many different sizes/weights/textures of frames in the room

But those three would become less urgent with less furniture and some rearranging.

You obviously have an eye for beautiful things; I think you'll be able to appreciate them more if you are looking at fewer of them at once.

P.S. What's with the curtain rods? I actually own the same ones, and they're cute, but they're not hefty enough to compete with your window frames, and they don't appear to be associated with any... curtains.

Not that I have this at all under control myself, but:
--Figure out a *limited*, neat storage system for things. Once your Box for Corks is full, you either can throw more corks out without guilt, or you have to come up with a project that uses them that week.
--Keep the storage system somewhere accessible (so you use it) but not in your way (so you trip over it).
--Keep a list of what you're keeping and where, so if inspiration hits you can find it. Don't lose the list. :)

Well, given that they've got the three primary colors (in exactly their true colors, at least on my monitor), I'd imagine that, yes, people will be incorporating them into their interiors. ::grin::

The other colors look kind of grayed and mushy (and suspiciously 80s) to me, and not particularly spring-like. It will be interesting to see how they actually show up in clothing.

For sachets that don't require sewing, I like making lavender wands. You only need a length of ribbon, and (after the third or fourth one) they look really sharp and take about a minute each to make.

H L I: You're not the only one. I'm at a loss as to where that propeller would "balance" a space, and can only think, "not anywhere in that picture".

I can't speak to the relative sound quality, but Roku's SoundBridge radio has been out for several years, and I've really enjoyed owning it.

http://soundbridge.roku.com/soundbridgeradio/features.php

*Huge* Pro:

You can stream all of your music from your computer.

Cons:
No Slacker interface (that I know of)
Can't connect to a WiFi router faster than 802.11g
Setup was really really frustrating