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No picture? No sale.

Design Within Reach? Who's reach!?! It's more like "Design Out Of Reach"

Just for you 'twelveindustries'. ;-)
Keep your groupings tight and don't forget to breathe.

No really easy out-of-the-box solutions for this one, unfortunately.
The IR blaster equipment works best when you have some sort of master remote control that allows you to see all of the controls and infomation on the TV screen and/or on the screen of the remote itself. For most people, though, that level of expense, particularly if renting, is too much to be worth it.
I'd recommend buying/making a tall, narrow media cabinet (anchored to the wall) that has the screen mounted outside and the dvd player, cable box, etc. above or below the screen. Above would be my preference, so that channel changing, etc. is not blocked by the edge of the bed, covers and so on. You could either show the exposed faces of these devices or have a single low door that swings out/up/down to expose them when in use. Make sure to allow enough space between devices for air flow and cooling and put plenty of holes above and below them for cable manangement and cooling.

Forget the cats, what about the people below? Whether on the street or just a neighbor on a lower floor who may be leaning out their window, those ladders look like a potential danger--the first one in particular. How secure is it?

Very cool. Not $180 cool, but still very cool.

Build/purchase/modify a large, floor-to-ceiling (or nearly ceiling height) wall unit of open shelving-keeping it as shallow as possible. The biggest opening would be for the television and smaller rectangular openings for the different components. You will need to secure the unit to the wall or have the base be deep enough to keep the whole thing from falling forward.

I would even suggest stepping the depth of each shelf back from deepest on the bottom to shallowest on top. If there is a backer board, paint it the same color as the wall, so it takes up less visual space. The shelves themselves would either be white to match the wainscoating and trim or the same color/finish as other major furniture in the room that isn't shown.

I would also vary the width and height of the openings and keep them random/asymetric rather than more formal and symetrical. I wouldn't cover any of the shelves but might think about adding a number of darker/black accessories to balance out the black of the television and components, spreading them out so the black is more evenly distributed.

I'd rather see a flat connecting bench (with storage below) and standard cushions/pillows. And the hot pink is just ugly.

Bepsf is correct. Decorative window film.

http://www.decorativefilm.com/index.asp?c=21622

I own one of these and have the arc ending over my bed. I replaced the oringinal shade (as pictured in your post) with an even larger-but shallower- eliptical paper lamp shade I purchased online: http://www.paperlanternstore.com/ovandrecpapl.html

It looks like they no longer offer the really big one I purchased (29" diameter) but still looks good. I am sure a smaller size would work with the Regolit floor lamp. The metal framework from the original shade will most likely not work with other shades, but it isn't a problem. Paper shades always come with their own internal metal frame/tension device and can be secured to the lamp cord.