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The artwork has some fun colors in it, I think it would be a bit of a shame not to play with that on the walls and leave them all white. I'd experiment with picking a couple of shades of blue from the sky of that image (or a couple of greys if you'd like something more neutral) that are light to use on the opposite wall from the couch, and use the lightest around the fireplace. Which seems odd, but I suppose my goal is to keep the fireplace from stealing the show from your painting.

Anyways, if you stay light and subtle your other white walls won't jump out at you, but it would be some personality for the room. I'd also pick a red out of the skirt and find a rug that matches for the floor.

If you don't care for the sage tiles, I wonder if you could cover them over with some tin ceiling tiles? Nothing too busy, but a little bit of stainless could work well with everything else.

I wanted to give gregory some thanks for considering new readers. I am a fairly new (consistent) reader, and I watch AT for new design ideas and inspiration. I can't very well search for those words in an archive and come up with anything meaningful. Archives are for when you already know what you are looking for.

I enjoy my books, and I could see how ordering them in this way would almost irresistibly draw either my own or a visitors eye towards them - inviting browsing and exploration. It may not work out if I lack the color variety, but I don't expect it to unravel my reputation and all of western civilization in the attempt. To stay organized, I plan to get a rolodex holder, do one card per book and use a color pencil to indicate the binding color. If I decide to ditch the color-ordering I expect I'd still use the rolodex of books quite a bit - as a way to keep track of what books I have, which are on loan and which bookshelf they are on.

That someone in the world felt it necessary to take another religion's symbolism and degrade it for their own enjoyment is not shocking, but that you would post it and then send it out to your email list as an example of "good design" has lowered my opinion of this newsletter from something I looked forward to the moment it was in my inbox to something I am mortified that I ever recommended to my acquaintances.

There could have been no doubt in your mind of how offensive the photo of "Urinarios" could be, so I must assume your intent was to weed out your audience from those irksome individuals who actually believe in tolerance and respect towards other people's beliefs. With me at least, you have succeeded.