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I think once you refinish it you may feel a little better about it. If you don't have a place for it at that point you can turn a profit and sell it to someone too lazy to restore it.

the furniture is not particularly my style but this apartment is so well done I had to click favorite! the layout you created is very persuasive.

this is wonderful and not overdone. your furniture is the right size and has the right details to tie it together. wonderful job!

almonds are the new peanuts.

I find it amusing the person writing this post disposes of a kitchen sponge after a week, but will use mascara long enough for it to dry up and then want to melt it and continue use.

I also prefer brick unpainted. Within a few years the painted brick will show much more age than before. I'm renting a place with similar brick and my landlady told me she was wanting to paint it. I told her if she did I'd move out. The brick was what attracted me to the house initially. I'm also in a historic neighborhood and the houses that have been painted look out of place and time with the rest of the street.

I love art collages and the elements you are using are great but you do need a new formation.
Because of the existing furniture layout and the length of your wall it would be better to do a formation that's more vertical and also asymmetrical (since your side tables are the same size with the same lamps. it would be very dull to do a symmetrical formation.)
I find the best way to get a collage right the first time is not only put it down on paper (keeping in mind the ratio of space between each object) but laying it out on the floor directly below where you're hanging it. Since you've already goofed once a further suggestion is to cut paper the exact size and shape of each item and arrange it on the wall using tape (like painters, electrical or photography so not to pull any paint with it when removed). This way you can arrange and rearrange until your heart's content without doing any more damage to the wall.

on the outside. but i also fold them under the pillow.

I can relate to the clutter bug artist friend. I'm an artist and graphic designer who just moved into a new place with my sister. All of her processions are simply necessity items, even her furniture. When I was near finished unpacking I got yelled at quite a bit for all my clutter and being a pack rat. I did successfully edit my things. Our mother visited and said it was decorated better than any other place I've lived :)
breathing room = great advice

Hobby Lobby frequently puts their ready frames on 50% off. I purchased a large contemporary black frame originally $60 for $30, so even with out the sell Hobby Lobby is on the list for cheap framing.