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I feel your pain. But take heart! It's only paint! ;) Have a painting party when you start to take some of the angst away.

If you look at the white trim around the window, it gives you an idea of how bright the colour would be near white cupboards. I agree that it would be better with another colour. I like some of the darker cabinet colours that I have seen lately. Would one of those work?

As for paint, one of my rooms had a red glaze mixture on the walls and it didn't do much to make it any lighter. The texture was different, but that was all. When I painted over it, I primed the room first and then added the new colour. I hadn't thought of tinted primer, but that would have been even better. The new colour looks great!

I agree that paint samples would be a good way to go. Benjamin Moore has a great colour selection and sample paint pots galore! It may be a bit pricier, but it's what I have used and I love it!

Courage! I'm sure you'll pick the right colour!

This is close to the colour I picked for one of my rooms! I love it! Such a relaxing atmosphere! Way to go!

Did you make the newspaper art? Like MappingKat, I want to know more about that too!

Can we all agree that it is better to paint an heirloom than to have it end up in the garbage, un-used in the back of a store somewhere or in a landfill?

Hey Tran,

I love all the windows!

I'm just learning about decorating myself, so I don't have a ton of ideas for you. I think that white curtains will only look sterile if you have white curtains, walls, ceilings, floors and furniture. If you can add colour with accent pieces that you like, the curtains will be a great background, and not a sterilizing agent.

My mum just swapped her coloured curtains for white, and the light in the room is much better. It also is less of a distraction than the coloured curtains that she had.

I have seen TVs mounted above fireplaces before and some of them work really well. You'll have to make sure that the height is just right, so that you aren't straining your necks by looking up, and that the heat from the fireplace won't affect the TV. It would free up lots of space for you if you could have some floating shelves for the dvd player, etc as well....not sure where. Sorry.

Oh and I love the idea Daily Decorator had about moving the loveseat to where the armchair is right now. It looks like it would fit well there, and it would free up tons of space visually.

Have fun!

Btw, is the red chair in the first picture a La-Z-Boy recliner? I saw one like that a few months ago that was VERY comfy.

Your home looks like such a peaceful retreat. I can tell that every space was well-planned and there is such a connection between all of them. Your style stands out in each room. A lovely home!

Thanks for the advice! I detached the canvas, as you all advised. It's actually strung as a whole. The nylon goes through the chair piece, into the canvas, back through the chair and up to the next hole on the chair.....

Eklektra---I have no idea who made the chair. There isn't a label or anything.

The chair has been sanded, stained and lacquered....and now it seems the canvas has shrunk since I washed it by hand! So I'll be looking for a new cord or canvas ANYWAY in order to make up for it.